Students may take these courses provided they have completed relevant work available in the regular course program. Tutorials are offered in social gerontology, children and family services, health services, substance abuse, AIDS, family policy, and comparative social policy, among others. Social work practice and social science tutorials are offered when required by students in attendance.
Students may take these courses provided they have completed relevant work available in the regular course program. Tutorials are offered in social gerontology, children and family services, health services, substance abuse, AIDS, family policy, and comparative social policy, among others. Social work practice and social science tutorials are offered when required by students in attendance.
Students may take these courses provided they have completed relevant work available in the regular course program. Tutorials are offered in social gerontology, children and family services, health services, substance abuse, AIDS, family policy, and comparative social policy, among others. Social work practice and social science tutorials are offered when required by students in attendance.
Students may take these courses provided they have completed relevant work available in the regular course program. Tutorials are offered in social gerontology, children and family services, health services, substance abuse, AIDS, family policy, and comparative social policy, among others. Social work practice and social science tutorials are offered when required by students in attendance.
Students may take these courses provided they have completed relevant work available in the regular course program. Tutorials are offered in social gerontology, children and family services, health services, substance abuse, AIDS, family policy, and comparative social policy, among others. Social work practice and social science tutorials are offered when required by students in attendance.
Prerequisites: Microeconomics sequence. This course will cover methods and application of economic evaluation for social programs. The two methods are cost-effectiveness analysis and benefit-cost analysis. The course will cover both methods in detail, including the ingredients method, shadow pricing, discounting, and sensitivity testing. These methods will be applied to perform economic evaluations of social programs.
Discussion of problem formulation and research design on topics suggested by participants, in order to help doctoral candidates formulate dissertation proposals.
Prerequisites: Previous course work on causal inference and good working knowledge of STATA. This advanced course focuses on the use of empirical methods in policy analysis. Through a series of directed readings on major policy topics, students learn how policy research methods have been used and what their strengths and limitations are.
In the term following the passing of comprehensive examinations, doctoral candidates must register for a total of 6 points of instruction. Supervision and consultation are provided by the faculty to doctoral candidates in the courses of their selection of the dissertation topic, carrying out the prescribed research, and writing the dissertation. Library privileges are included.