Subject: Doctor Social Work (Grad) (DRSW)

CRN: 10123

Online: Some Synchronous | Online: Synchronous

Online

  Kingsley Chigbu

The intent of this course is for students to gain a mastery in the selection and application of theories, concepts and frameworks that serve as the grounding of social work in classroom and practice settings. Students will be introduced to the processes involved in constructing and de-constructing models and theories. This course will also provide opportunities for students to identify strengths and limitations in the selection and application of theory and the factors that contribute to this process. Students will critically analyze and compare theories from a variety of frameworks including ethics, diversity, and social justice.

3 Credits

Subject: Doctor Social Work (Grad) (DRSW)

CRN: 10247

Online: Some Synchronous | Online: Synchronous

Online

  Renee Hepperlen

Developing effective grant writing skills is essential to acquiring competitive funding from internal institutional resources, government agencies or private foundations for research or program evaluation/ development. The ability to write grants is a highly marketable skill that is a blend of both science and art. It requires content knowledge, writing proficiency, strong research skills, creativity, organizational ability and patience. The purpose of this course is to address the essential knowledge and skills of grant writing and provide the experience of writing a grant application from the development of an idea through the submission process for either an academic research proposal or a community-based collaboration. Students will learn and demonstrate the basics of grant writing including identifying and analyzing potential funding sources, creating project goals/ study aims, choosing study designs and evaluation plans, addressing budgets and timelines, and responding to grant reviews.

3 Credits