Goal VI. Research, Evaluation, and Technology

Goal VI. Research, Evaluation, and Technology

1. Students demonstrate the ability to apply evaluative measures, technological processes, and the management of information to understand and facilitate healthy communities.

MSW Assessment of Learning Outcomes for the Concentration Year

The individual courses that comprise the MSW curriculum support and assess the goals, objectives, and learning outcomes for advanced social work practice in Community Partnerships as noted below. In addition, the concentration year has two integrated or capstone course experiences. The first is the SW 8800, Community Projects in which student groups partner with agencies, organizations, and or neighborhood groups to conduct an agreed upon project that advances the goals of the external entity. Each project must be able to demonstrate at least 3 of the learning outcomes in the completion of the project. The second integrating experience is concentration field education course, SW 8500/88900. This is a two semester, 500 hour, professional supervised internship that provides students the opportunity to perform tasks that demonstrate satisfactory completion of the learning outcomes. The assessment of the learning outcomes in these two integrating courses as well as the assessments from the other concentration year courses in the curriculum will be outlined below.

Under Goal II. Community/Organizational Communications, Learning Outcome 1 written modes are assessed in SW 7100, Foundations of Community Partnerships in a research paper and their professional writing is assessed in SW 8500 and 8900, Field Education through acceptable agency record keeping and report writing. Oral modes are assessed in SW 8800, Community Project, through a formal presentation of the Community Project to faculty, students, and staff and to relevant external audience and an oral class presentation in SW 8300, Leadership and Management. It is also assessed in SW 8500 and 8900, Field Education through professional interactions with consumers, colleagues, and community stakeholders.

Under Goal III. Community Assessment and Resource Development, Learning Outcome 1 is assessed through the group project in SW 8800, Community Project. In part, this project requires students develop a memorandum of understanding with a community partner that establishes goals and objectives. In SW 8500/8800, Field Education, students, in collaboration with field supervisor and faculty liaison are required to develop and implement an Individualized Partnership Plan (IPP) for their internship.

Under Goal IV. Community/Organizational Development, Learning Outcome 1 is assessed in SW 7100, Foundations of Community Partnerships through a Community Experience Analysis paper and in SW 8800, Community Projects, through the implementation of the memorandum of understanding with a host agency or organization.

Under Goal V. Leadership and Management, Learning Outcome 1 is assessed through six analytic and research papers that confront leadership and management issues in communities and organizations.

BSW and MSW Implementation Plan

The BSW and MSW Program Committees, respectively, maintain overall responsibility for monitoring the data collection, reporting, and dissemination of assessment results to the faculty of the School of Social Work. This material was reviewed as part of the Self Study and site visit for Reaffirmation of Accreditation in May 2004. Reaffirmation was received in October 2004 through October 2012. It was reviewed again as part of the Self Study for Academic Program Review in December 2005.

Both committees do and will meet several times each academic year to review the data gathered during the assessment process planned for that year. They will report and recommend changes based upon that data to the faculty. Faculty will decide if and what changes in the curriculum should be made. This process is consistent with CSWE accreditation standard that all programs must engage in program renewal that includes iterative involvement with faculty, students, and external constituencies. Feedback from these constituencies will be used to evaluate and implement changes in course offerings, learning outcomes, and assessment procedures.

Implementation Timeline

This implementation of learning outcomes and assessments of learning outcomes for both the BSW and MSW programs has effectively been in place since initial accreditation of the MSW program in 2002 and reinforced in the reaffirmation of the combined BSW and MSW programs in October 2004.

Appendix D2

SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK

College of Health & Human Sciences

Georgia State University

Atlanta, Georgia

Spring 2004 (CS300) 11:00-12:15 a.m.

Methods of Community Research - SW 7300

Wansoo Park, Ph.D. Office Hours

Telephone: 651-3526 (School) 10:00-10:50am - T,Th

651-0743 (office) 1009 Urban Life BLD

Fax: 651-1863

E-mail: wansoop@gsu.edu

I. Course Description
This course is designed to provide an overview of basic principles of social science research that provide the foundation for research in social work settings. Research processes will be examined in stages from problem formulation to data collection and some basic descriptive analysis. This course will stress the importance of the relationship between research and social work practice, and prepare students to evaluate existing social science research. Students will learn how to appraise the past research as a consumer. This course also emphasizes the ethical issues involved in research with human subjects. In addition, the course will examine the ways in which the unique nature of social work practice (especially clients of cultural and social diversity) serves to affect social work research processes and will provide students to be aware of issues of community research.
II. Course Objectives
1. To understand the basic concepts of social science research (P.O.#11).

OUTCOME MEASURE: Exam 1, 2.
2. To understand the relationship between social work practice and social research (P.O.# 1,11).

OUTCOME MEASURE: Exam 1 and Article Critique.
3. To develop the ability to evaluate existing research (P.O.#11).

OUTCOME MEASURE: Article Critique
4. To understand the conceptualization of research problems and development of research design (P.O.#1,11).

OUTCOME MEASURE: Research Proposal Paper and Presentation
5. To understand issues related to ethics, treatment of women, and minorities in research (P.O.#2,3).

OUTCOME MEASURE: Article Critique
6. To develop skills in basic descriptive data analysis and interpretation (P.O.#11).

OUTCOME MEASURE: Computer Lab Exercise

This course syllabus provides a general plan for the course; deviations may be necessary.

III. Curriculum Content Areas
Social Work Values and Ethics

Diversity

Social Work Practice

Research

IV. Text

1. 
   Duane R. M., Thomas J. S., Cornell R. D. (2002). Applied social research. (5^th ed.).
   

Fort Worth: Harcourt Brace College Publishers.

V. Methods of Instruction/ Course Format

This course will use a variety of teaching methods and learning aids. These may include lectures, class discussions, small group projects, and student presentations. In addition, inside or outside classroom instruction may be provided on the use of the WebCT and Internet in locating and evaluating research information.

VI. Course Requirements

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