745G54 · 15 credits · Basic level (G2F) · Socialt arbete

Theories of Science and Research Methodology in Social Work

Active · next start HT 2026

81%

passed the latest ordinary exam

TEN4 · 17 Sep 2026 · 73 students

83%

passed the ordinary exams, all sittings over the last 5 years

TEN4 · 513 students

45%

Harder than 45% of courses at basic level

Compared with 874 courses at the same level, ordinary exams over the last three academic years. 368 students.

Part of 1 programme

Social Work Programmesemester 6 · period F7YSC · compulsory

Exam

TEN4 Exercise

Ordinary exams

83% passed · 513 students

17 Sep 202681%73

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Re-exams

82% passed · 92 students

16 Apr 202694%18
12 Nov 202591%22
16 Apr 202557%21
20 Nov 202475%20
20 Nov 2023100%11

Pass the re-exam: 82% (92 students), compared with 83% (513 students) on the ordinary exam
Get VG: 28% (605 students)

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15 Apr 202475%4

Other modules

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

Exam

TEN3 Exercise

Ordinary exams

93% passed · 441 students

5 Mar 202692%86
8 Oct 202588%69
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11 Oct 202394%65

Re-exams

91% passed · 46 students

29 Apr 202686%7
26 Nov 202591%11
2 May 202590%10
4 Dec 2024100%6
29 Apr 202483%6
4 Dec 2023100%6

Pass the re-exam: 91% (46 students), compared with 93% (441 students) on the ordinary exam
Get VG: 31% (487 students)

Exam

TEN2 Exercises

Ordinary exams

88% passed · 232 students

31 Mar 202394%62
3 Nov 202284%63
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4 Nov 202183%53

Re-exams

87% passed · 47 students

12 May 202388%8
16 Dec 202286%14
12 May 202277%13
9 Dec 2021100%12

Pass the re-exam: 87% (47 students), compared with 88% (232 students) on the ordinary exam
Get VG: 36% (279 students)

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Hand-in or lab

SEM7 Exercises

Main rounds

100% passed · 701 students

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Later rounds

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SEM8 Exercises

Main rounds

100% passed · 595 students

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Later rounds

100% passed · 5 students

3 Nov 2023100%5

Pass a later round: 100% (5 students), compared with 100% (595 students) on the ordinary exam

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Other module

SE11 Exercises

Main rounds

100% passed · 654 students

11 Sep 2026100%74
5 Feb 2026100%84
11 Sep 2025100%71
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Later rounds

100% passed · 63 students

16 Feb 2022100%31
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Pass a later round: 100% (63 students), compared with 100% (654 students) on the ordinary exam

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Other module

SE12 Exercices

Main rounds

100% passed · 617 students

30 Sep 2026100%41
27 Feb 2026100%84
1 Oct 2025100%72
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2 Oct 2024100%73
28 Feb 2024100%79
5 Oct 2023100%40
27 Feb 2023100%57
3 Oct 2022100%63
25 Feb 2022100%36

Later rounds

100% passed · 83 students

29 Sep 2026100%27
6 Oct 2023100%27
11 Mar 2022100%5
28 Feb 2022100%24

Pass a later round: 100% (83 students), compared with 100% (617 students) on the ordinary exam

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Other module

EXM4 Exercise

Main rounds

91% passed · 456 students

25 Mar 202685%87
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3 Nov 202394%69

Later rounds

100% passed · 27 students

8 May 2026100%12
11 Dec 2025100%8
7 May 2025100%7

Pass a later round: 100% (27 students), compared with 91% (456 students) on the ordinary exam
Get VG: 11% (483 students)

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EXM3 Exercises

Main rounds

100% passed · 101 students

28 Oct 2022100%55
27 Oct 2021100%46

Later rounds

100% passed · 122 students

22 Mar 2023100%62
1 Dec 2022100%7
13 Apr 2022100%53

Pass a later round: 100% (122 students), compared with 100% (101 students) on the ordinary exam
Get VG: 18% (223 students)

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Other module

SE10 Exercises

Main rounds

100% passed · 121 students

14 Feb 2023100%59
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Later rounds

100% passed · 63 students

20 Sep 2022100%63

Pass a later round: 100% (63 students), compared with 100% (121 students) on the ordinary exam

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Other module

OBL4 Exercises

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About the course

Aim

Efter avslutad kurs skall den studerande kunna:

redogöra för och diskutera vetenskapsteoretiska frågor och forskningsmetoder inom socialt arbete
formulera för socialt arbete relevanta forskningsproblem och diskutera dessa i relation till forsknings- och analysmetoder
använda samt på ett fördjupat sätt reflektera kring olika vetenskapsteoretiska utgångspunkter i relation till val av forskningsmetod
använda olika datainsamlings- och analysmetoder samt relatera dessa till olika forskningsfrågor
på ett fördjupat sätt reflektera kring olika forskningsdesigner i relation till aktuellt forskningsproblem
kritiskt granska och på ett fördjupat sätt reflektera över kvalitet i vetenskapliga texter
självständigt planera och lägga upp en studie inom utifrån valt forskningsproblem
självständigt söka, sammanställa och analysera aktuell forskning inom socialt arbete
självständigt identifiera och diskutera forskningsetiska dilemman i relation till valt forskningsupplägg.

Content

I kursen fördjupas kunskaperna om vetenskapsteoretiska perspektiv och deras relation till olika kunskapsintressen. Vidare ges fördjupade kunskaper om kvantitativa och kvalitativa analysmetoder, samt om kvalitet och forskningsetik i socialvetenskaplig forskning. Kursen avslutas med planering av självständigt arbete/examensarbete i vilket ingår litteratursökning samt reflektion kring metodologiska och teoretiska ställningstaganden.

Examiner: Ulrika Wernesjö
Main field of study: Socialt arbete

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