745G47 · 7.5 credits · Basic level (G1N) · Socialt arbete

Introduction to Research in Social Work

Active · next start HT 2026

80%

passed the latest regular sitting

EXM2 · 5 Jun 2026 · 87 students

92%

passed the regular sittings, all sittings over the last 5 years

EXM2 · 686 students

27%

Harder than 27% of courses at basic level

Compared with 874 courses at the same level, ordinary exams over the last three academic years. 307 students.

Part of 1 programme

Social Work Programmesemester 2 · period F7YSC · compulsory

Other module

EXM2 Examination

Main rounds

92% passed · 686 students

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Later rounds

95% passed · 168 students

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Pass a later round: 95% (168 students), compared with 92% (686 students) on the ordinary exam
Get VG: 18% (854 students)

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Partial exams, hand-ins and labs. They are not part of the figures at the top.

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SEM4 Exercises

Main rounds

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Later rounds

100% passed · 91 students

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SEM5 Exercises

Main rounds

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Later rounds

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OBL8 Exercises

Main rounds

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Later rounds

100% passed · 177 students

12 Dec 2025100%87
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Pass a later round: 100% (177 students), compared with 100% (628 students) on the ordinary exam

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OB10 Exercises

Main rounds

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Later rounds

100% passed · 6 students

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OBL7 Exercises

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Later rounds

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OBL9 Exercises

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Later rounds

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REF1 Exercises

Main rounds

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About the course

Aim

Efter avslutad kurs ska den studerande kunna:

redogöra för socialt arbete som forskningsområde
identifiera och diskutera forskningsetiska frågor i socialt arbete samt definiera relevanta forskningsetiska dilemman
kritiskt granska vetenskapliga studier
redogöra för och kritiskt granska olika vetenskapsteoretiska inriktningar samt kvantitativa och kvalitativa forskningsmetoder i socialt arbete
planera, genomföra och redovisa en vetenskaplig studie
redogöra för referensers funktion och form i en vetenskaplig text samt tillämpa referenshantering
reflektera över socialt arbete som profession i relation till kunskapsanvändning i det sociala arbetets praktiker

Content

I kursen behandlas vetenskapsteoretiska riktningar i relation till olika forskningsansatser, forsknings- och analysmetoder i socialt arbete. Tyngdpunkten i innehållet ligger på kunskaper om, samt tillämpning av kvantitativa och kvalitativa forskningsmetoder. I kursen ingår litteratursökning, problemformulering, planering samt insamling, bearbetning och analys av insamlat material. Vidare behandlar kursen forskningsetiska frågor samt rapportering och kritisk granskning av vetenskapliga arbeten inom socialt arbete.

Examiner: Leonard Ngaosuvan
Main field of study: Socialt arbete

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