SCWK8841 · Social Work
School of Social Work
Required of all M.S.W. students. An advanced course designed to provide students with the skills to carry out evaluations of programs and services. Major topics covered include types of evaluations, evaluation design and theory, measurement, sampling, data collection techniques, ethics and politics in evaluation, data analysis, and utilization of findings. Special attention is also given to social and economic justice, value, and ethical issues that arise in evaluation research.
Course experience
Averages use the original five-point historical evaluation scale.
Organization
4.3 / 5
How well the course was organized
Challenge
4.1 / 5
How intellectually challenging students found it
Attendance
4.0 / 5
How necessary attendance was
Assignments
4.3 / 5
How helpful assignments were
Weekly effort
~3.5
hours per week
Estimated from the original workload response buckets. Individual sections may differ.
Instructor options
Ratings below reflect only recovered evaluations connected to this course.
Associate Professor, SSW, Health & Mental Health
4.2 / 5
3.5 / 5
Associate Professor, SSW, Older Adults and Families
4.9 / 5
3.9 / 5
Assistant Professor, SSW, Health & Mental Health
4.0 / 5
3.3 / 5
Professor, Global Practice, School of Social Work
4.5 / 5
4.1 / 5
Assistant Professor, SSW, Health & Mental Health
4.6 / 5
3.5 / 5
Part Time Faculty, School of Social Work
4.4 / 5
3.4 / 5
Senior Social Science Research Data Analyst, RPCA, Global Practice, School of Social Work
4.5 / 5
3.4 / 5
2 evaluations for this course
4.5 / 5
3.5 / 5
Across time
Section-level results available in the recovered archive.
Spring 2025
12 sectionsFall 2024
1 sectionSpring 2024
15 sectionsFall 2023
1 sectionSpring 2023
15 sectionsFall 2022
1 sectionSpring 2022
8 sectionsFall 2021
1 sectionSpring 2021
8 sectionsFall 2020
1 sectionSpring 2020
9 sections