The Public Affairs Program offers this course in collaboration with the Office of Residence Life to help students develop life habits that will improve their effectiveness as communicators and leaders. Opportunity to develop competencies in the application of social science methods to public-policy problems. Students perform 50-80 hrs. of work for a community agency. Must have permission of instructor. Students are placed in community agencies and provide 10 hrs.
Seminar meets bi-weekly.
May be repeated for credit. Must have permisison of instructor. Students are placed in community agencies for about 100 hours of work or work in applied research projects conducted by faculty. Field research methods including participant observation, unstructured interviewing, life histories, and case studies. Preparation and analysis of field notes and interview data.