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The Program Evaluation & Applied Research pathway provides students with an opportunity to develop advanced skills in program evaluation and other qualitative and quantitative methodologies. The pathway will balance rigorous inquiry within social justice frameworks and examine how research/evaluation informs social work policy and practice. Students interested in conducting evaluations (clinical practice, program, or policy), engaging in research, or pursuing a PhD should consider this pathway.

Careers

Examples of career (job) titles and positions relevant to this pathway include but are not limited to:

Clinical Research Project Manager
Community Development Specialist
Consultant
Data Manager/Management Specialist
Evaluation and Improvement Analyst
Foundation Project Officer
Impact Measurement Specialist
Legislative Financial Analyst
PhD student
Policy Analyst
Presidential Management Fellow
Program Evaluator/Program Evaluation Specialist
Research Assistant or Research Associate
Research Coordinator
Strategy Analyst
Survey Specialist

Field Experience

Types of agencies and settings where students in this pathway may engage in field learning:

Healthcare systems (such as clinical research, quality improvement units)

County-based community and economic development units

City and State government planning units

Social science research labs, centers

Research institutes

National organizations

Foundations, Corporations, Social Impact/Social Entrepreneur organizations

Evaluation firms

Program Details

Courses

Choose one course (3 credits)

Qualitative Methodologies for Socially Just Inquiry, 3 credits

Quantitative Methodologies for Socially Just Inquiry, 3 credits

Choose 6 credits

Qualitative Methodologies for Socially Just Inquiry, 3 credits

Quantitative Methodologies for Socially Just Inquiry, 3 credits

Data Visualization Applications, 3 credits

Ethnography, 3 credits

Narrative Inquiry/Oral History, 3 credits

Approaches to Qualitative Analysis: Thematic, Content and Critical Discourse, 3 credits

Mixed Methods, 3 credits

Advanced Statistics, 3 credits

Focus Group Facilitation, 1 credit

Philanthropy, Evaluation, and Performance Measurement, 1 credit

GIS and Spatial Analysis, 1 credit

Report Writing for Public Consumption, 1 credit

Participatory Facilitation, 1 credit

Project-based Learning in Evaluation and Research, 3 credits

Indigenous Methodologies, 1 credit

Choose 3 credits

Fundraising and Grant Writing, 3 credits (Management and Leadership)

Frameworks for Understanding Social Impact Organizations, 3 credits (Mgmt and Leadership)

Methods for Socially Just Policy Analysis, 3 credits (Policy and Political Social Work)

Participatory Research & Evaluation, 1 credit (Community Change)

PhotoVoice, 1 credit (Community Change)

Evaluation in Global Social Work, 1 credit (Global Social Work)

Global Perspectives in Practicing Research, 1 credit (Global Social Work)

Field Experiences

Healthcare systems (such as clinical research, quality improvement units)

County-based community and economic development units

City and State government planning units

Social science research labs, centers

Research institutes

National organizations

Foundations, Corporations, Social Impact/Social Entrepreneur organizations

Evaluation firms