SOC316 - Community Research Seminar

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Academic Year 2002/2003

Community Research Seminar
SOC 316 SP

Small teams of students will carry out research projects submitted by local community groups and agencies. These may involve social science, natural science, or arts and humanities themes. The first two weeks of the course will be spent studying the theory and practice of community research. Working with the community groups themselves, the teams will then move to design and implementation of the research projects. Throughout the semester, the course will convene twice weekly to allow for discussion of research methodology and to track problems and progress in the individual projects. The instructor will assign further specific readings germane to the individual projects.

MAJOR READINGS

Dewey, "Experience and thinking"
Park, "What is participatory research?"
Stoeker, "The imperfect practice of collaborative research"
Hondagneu-Sotelo & Raskoff, "Community service-learning"
Gaventa, "The powerful, the powerless, and the experts"
Babbie, "The logic of sampling" & "The research report"
Horton & Friere, WE MAKE THE ROAD BY WALKING
Rosenthal, "Dilemmas of local antihomelessness movements"

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

One major research paper, including evaluations of each component (research design, implementation, etc.) along the way.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

By permission of the instructor, 16 students, all juniors and seniors, will be admitted. STUDENTS IN ALL DISCIPLINES MAY APPLY. Students applying to be admitted to the course will write a statement indicating: 1) which project they wish to work on and why, and 2) what methodological training and research experience in the field, if any, they would bring to the project. This course is open to non-majors.

Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting or communicate directly with the instructor prior to the first class, they will be dropped from the class list. NOTE: Students must still submit a completed Drop/Add form to the Registrar's Office.

The instructor of this course will not be using the on-line wait list. If you are interested in this course, please contact the instructor directly.

COURSE FORMAT: Lecture/Discussion

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UGRD Credit: 1 Gen Ed Area Dept: SBS SOC Grading Mode: Graded

Prerequisites: NONE

SECTION 01

Instructor(s): Rosenthal,Robert

Times: ..T.R.. 02:40PM-04:00PM; Location: PAC422

Reserved Seats: (Total Limit: 16)

SR. major: Jr. major:

SR. non-major: Jr. non-major: SO: FR:

Special Attributes:

Curricular Renewal: Writing

Permission: Permission of Instructor Required

Links to Web Resources For This Course.

Last Updated on MAR-18-2003