Community Research Workshop

3 credits · Undergraduate

This course offers students the chance to engage in real, applied research under the close supervision of the instructor. It brings community groups, members, or agencies with an identifiable research request into the classroom so that students can collectively address some clearly defined research need. Tasks assigned for credit might include: delineating a researchable problem, selecting an appropriate methodology, designing research instruments (for example, interview or observation guide or surveys), conducting research, drawing conclusions, and presenting research findings. Students might work in teams on different aspects of the research. The course will close with a presentation of research findings back to the community partner. PREREQUISITES: Any 1000 level SOSA or FYP and SOSA 2007.03: Thinking Sociologically AND SOSA 2008.03: Doing Sociology; or SOSA 2012.03: Thinking through Anthropology AND SOSA 2013.03: Anthropology in Practice. FORMATS: Lecture