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Course Info for LAAL - 200 - 01, Spring 2024
Class number: 1715 Title: Action Research Methods Htfd Department: Liberal Arts Action Lab
Career: Undergraduate Component: Lecture Session: Regular
Instructor's Permission Required: Yes Grading Basis: Regular Units: 1.00
Enrollment limited to 24 Current enrollment: 15 Available seats: 9
Start date: Monday, January 22, 2024 End date: Friday, May 10, 2024 Mode of Instruction: In Person
Schedule: M: 1:30PM-4:10PM, 1CP - 312 Instructor(s): Atalay, Ozlem
Prerequisite(s): None
Distribution Requirement: Meets Numerical & Symbolic Reasoning Requirement
Note: Apply online at http://action-lab.org
Note: This course will meet at the downtown campus, 1 Constitution Plaza.
Course Description:
What is the role of academic research in social change? How can students and community groups collaborate effectively to co-create, implement, and use research projects to solve social problems? In this course, students will study the theories and methods of interdisciplinary action research. Emphasizing ethical collaboration, students will learn research design strategies, methods, tools, and research tools in order to work with community partners to solve pressing problems. Students will learn to use a variety of statistical, geographic, and interview data to answer questions, make recommendations, and tell stories about the issues that are most relevant to Hartford.