Fall 2013 : African American Studies 101 Research Methods for African American Studies

(4) Three hours of lecture and one hour of laboratory per week. Prerequisites: Introductory statistics. As an introduction to interdisciplinary research methods as they are applied to the study of African American communities, the course will examine theoretical and conceptual issues; techniques for identifying existing research; and sources and methods of social research and data collection. The main focus will be on qualitative methods.