SCWK 7747 Research Methods in Social Work Practice

Prerequisite for all advanced research courses. Required of all M.S.W. students. An introduction to research methods and statistical analysis of social work data. The course covers basic methods of social research including principles of research investigation, research design and problem formulation, survey methods, sampling, measurements, and the use of a statistical software package for descriptive and basic inferential statistics for data analysis and hypothesis testing.

Course overview

Department
Social Work
School
SSW
Credits
3
Level
Graduate
Offered
Every Fall,Every Summer

Requirements fulfilled

No source-backed degree requirement is attached to this course yet.

Official evaluation summary

3.46 / 5

Based on 836 aggregate responses from BC Avalanche/Blue evaluations.

Data freshness

Course and evaluation data last updated 2026-08-02. Source details and limitations are documented in Data Sources and Methodology.

Instructors

  • Catherine Taylor
    Fall 2025, Fall 2024 · Official rating 3.91/5
  • Charles Currie
    Fall 2023 · Official rating 4.33/5
  • Christina Matz
    Fall 2025, Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022 · Official rating 4.79/5
  • Indrani Saran
    Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2021 · Official rating 3.95/5
  • Laura Bond
    Fall 2023 · Official rating 4.35/5
  • Matias Placencio-Castro
    Fall 2025, Fall 2023, Fall 2022 · Official rating 4.25/5
  • Megan Taylor
    Fall 2025 · Official rating 4.69/5
  • Melissa Brown
    Fall 2021 · Official rating 4.82/5
  • Patrick Mulkern
    Fall 2025 · Official rating 4.44/5
  • Ricardo Suarez Rojas
    Fall 2024, Fall 2023 · Official rating 4.07/5
  • Scott Easton
    Fall 2025, Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021 · Official rating 4.68/5
  • Sophia Eisenberg
    Fall 2025 · Official rating 4.58/5
  • Spencer Sandberg
    Fall 2024, Fall 2023 · Official rating 4.32/5
  • Thanh Tran
    Fall 2021 · Official rating 2.16/5
  • Thomas Crea
    Summer 2025, Summer 2024, Summer 2023, Summer 2022 · Official rating 4.67/5
  • Thomas O'hare
    Fall 2025, Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021 · Official rating 4.00/5
  • William Byansi
    Fall 2025, Fall 2024 · Official rating 4.68/5

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