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• SOWK 701: Social Work Leadership II

  3.00 Credits

  Millersville University of Pennsylvania

  
  This is the second course in the advanced leadership and management sequence. The focus of this course is on development of knowledge and skills for social work managers within the public and private social service sector. Additional attention will be given to leading in times of fiscal constraint, political changes, and workforce challenges.
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• SOWK 704: Social Work Teacher-Scholar I

  3.00 Credits

  Millersville University of Pennsylvania

  
  This is the first of a sequence of two courses on social work teaching and scholarship for Doctor of Social Work students. The course will enable the students to critically examine seminal and contemporary works in pedagogy. The connection of these theories to social work teaching and learning will be a central component of this course, including particular emphasis on the historical evolution of social work education. The course provides students with an opportunity to explore seminal works from a historical perspective and critically evaluate contemporary theories of teaching and learning in social work. It is required preparation for the second course in the sequence in which students develop a unique and personal conceptual framework for their own teaching.
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• SOWK 705: Social Work Teacher-Scholar II

  3.00 Credits

  Millersville University of Pennsylvania

  
  This is the second in a sequence of two courses about social work teaching and scholarship for Doctor of Social Work students. The course provides students with an opportunity to critically evaluate theories of teaching and learning, particularly in contemporary settings in social work. Students will craft a conceptual framework to guide their own career as instructors in a variety of social work settings, including undergraduate and graduate professional social work education. They will practice course planning and delivery along with program development and student/course/program assessment with attention to accreditation requirements. In addition, they will develop understanding of the roles of the social work teacher-scholar in academe and other settings.
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• SOWK 715: Multivariate Stat Analysis

  3.00 Credits

  Millersville University of Pennsylvania

  
  Students will be able to apply univariate, bivariate, and multivariate statistics, analysis of variance and simple linear regression to the analysis of a social science data set. They will learn how to choose appropriate statistical analyses that answer research questions and hypotheses, conduct these analyses using SPSS, interpret their findings, and communicate their results clearly and effectively. Reserved for students in the DSW program.
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• SOWK 720: Leadership/Teaching Praxis I

  3.00 Credits

  Millersville University of Pennsylvania

  
  Experiential two semester course designed to provide students with an opportunity to demonstrate mastery of the course content from the program's first year's courses. Students will participate in supervisory leadership and/or teaching activities that provide experiential learning and application and integration of theory and skills acquired in earlier coursework. Weekly meetings are a required component of this course and the meetings will be facilitated by the faculty mentor to instruct, guide, and assess student's progress related to the leadership and/or teaching praxis.
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• SOWK 721: Leadership/Teaching Praxis II

  3.00 Credits

  Millersville University of Pennsylvania

  
  Experiential two semester course designed to provide students with an opportunity to demonstrate mastery of the course content from the program's first year's courses. Students will participate in supervisory leadership and/or teaching activities that provide experiential learning and application and integration of theory and skills acquired in earlier coursework. Weekly meetings are a required component of this course and the meetings will be facilitated by the faculty mentor to instruct, guide, and assess student's progress related to the leadership and/or teaching praxis.
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• SOWK 725: Intervention Research

  3.00 Credits

  Millersville University of Pennsylvania

  
  Advanced research course introduces students to the five steps of intervention development, testing, and dissemination. Students will be given the opportunity to practice elements of these stages to master the strategies of implementing, documenting, and evaluating interventions that respond to social problems affecting systems of all sizes (e.g., individual, family, group, community).
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• SOWK 774: Comprehensive Seminar

  3.00 Credits

  Millersville University of Pennsylvania

  
  Students will engage in a collaborative learning experience in which they assess whether as doctoral students they have acquired the knowledge and skills necessary for proceeding with the development of a Doctoral Dissertation. Utilizing a phenomenon of interest, students will demonstrate their ability to conceptualize a clear and compelling research topic by organizing, presenting, and critiquing both theoretical and empirical knowledge related to the phenomenon. Further, students will identify areas needing further exploration as well as possible research methods to conduct the proposed research. The Preliminary Paper must demonstrate that the student has acquired a sufficiently broad understanding of the phenomenon of interest and indicate that the student is prepared to add to knowledge in the field through an independent in-depth study of a topic relevant to best practices in social work related to leadership, teaching, or both. Students will orally defend their comprehensive paper at Residency. The defense will include an overview of the phenomenon as well as a summary of the research question that could be employed should students continue with the same topic for their dissertation.
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• SOWK 775: Dissertation Seminar

  3.00 Credits

  Millersville University of Pennsylvania

  
  Students will engage in a collaborative learning experience in which they explore different ways of knowing in social sciences. They will become familiar with a variety of theoretical perspectives and will practice integrating those theories with their professional social work practice as they work toward formulating a research question and identifying a relevant theoretical perspective from which to examine it in the upcoming dissertation. Ethical considerations in research will be examined, and students will become familiar with their institution's IRB process. Students will consider deeply the relationship between their education and their future roles as leaders and educators.
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• SOWK 776: Dissertation I

  1.00 - 3.00 Credits

  Millersville University of Pennsylvania

  
  Over two semesters, students will work in close consultation with a faculty member to build upon the research question crafted in the Dissertation Seminar. They will gain institutional approval to conduct their independent research and will conduct the research under the supervision of the faculty member. A focus will be placed on the completion of a traditional dissertation in the context of the development of applied knowledge that will be relevant to the social work profession; as such, the student will develop components of the dissertation that may be published or presented in refereed venues. Prerequisite:    SOWK/SWK 775: Dissertation Seminar
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