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 196-517 Social Work Thesis

Note

Students undertaking the three-year program will commence the thesis in Semester 2 of third year and complete it in the Summer Semester of the following, or fourth year. Students undertaking the accelerated program will commence the thesis in the Summer Semester of the third year and complete it in Semester 1 of the third year.

Credit Points

37.5

HECS Band

1

Coordinator

Dr Fiona McDermott

Prerequisites

Admission to the Postgraduate Diploma in Social Work or the Bachelor of Social Work Honours, see Honours entry.

Semester

1, repeat 2, Summer (view timetable)

Contact

Regular meetings with the supervisor

Subject Description

This subject focuses on the study of research methods and their application to an agreed social work related topic.

Assessment

A thesis of 12 000 words.

Prescribed Texts
  • G Bouma, The Research Process. OUP, 1993.
  • M Crotty, The Foundations of Social Research. Allen & Unwin, 1998.
  • D K Padgett, Qualitative Methods for Social Workers. Sage, 1998.
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