BASW Advising: Independent Study

Independent study elective courses that offer students the opportunity to work one-on-one with faculty in an area of shared scholarship. Employers and graduate schools like to see this experience in your college education because it develops your initiative, responsibility, and creativity.

Students must adhere to the Independent Study Contract Instructions when submitting a contract plan for approval. Note: It is the students' responsibility to approach faculty with an idea for independent study.

Types of Independent Study

TSOCWF 409 - Readings in Social Welfare

Student originated, individually contracted projects on topics of interest in social welfare/social work not covered by other Social Work program offerings.

TSOCWF 490 - Research in Social Welfare

Individual work with faculty member to assist with current research project(s). Students trained and supervised in some or all of the following research tasks: literature review, data analysis, record-keeping, interviewing, report writing, data entry and coding, data collection, and other tasks commonly found in research problems in social welfare.

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