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Asian American Studies Master of Arts
APPROVED RESEARCH METHODOLOGY COURSES

Effective date: Summer Quarter 2007

AFRO-AMERICAN STUDIES
M200A Advanced Historiography: Afro-American (Same as History M200V)
M270A Survey of Afro-American Research (Same as History M200V)

AMERICAN INDIAN STUDIES
M200A Advanced Historiography: American Indian Peoples (Same as History M200W)
M202 Qualitative Research Design and Methodology for Indigenous Communities
C220 Working in Tribal Communities: Introduction
C221 Working in Tribal Communities: Preparing for Fieldwork

ANTHROPOLOGY
133P Visual Anthropology: Documenting Photography
136Q Laboratory for Naturalistic Observations: Developing Skills and Techniques
139 Field Methods in Cultural Anthropology
141 Ethnography of Everyday Speech
167 Urban Anthropology
239P Selected Topics in Field Ethnography
260 Urban Anthropology
282 Research Design in Cultural Anthropology
M284 Qualitative Research Methodology (Community Health Sciences M216)

ART HISTORY
200 Art Historical Theories and Methodologies
201 Topics in Historiography of Art History
202 Topics in Theory and Criticism in Art History
C203A-C203B Museum Studies
203E Issues in Material Preservation

ASIAN AMERICAN STUDIES
103 Social Science Research Methods
104A Field Studies Methods in Asian Pacific Communities (Formerly numbered 101B.)
104B Internships in Asian Pacific Communities (Formerly numbered 101B.)
105 Historical Research Methods
M108 Policy, Planning, and Community
*141A-141B Asian American and Pacific Islander Leadership Development Project, Parts 1 and 2
*Must both be completed and will only satisfy one of the three course requirement as 141A
**142B Ethnocommunications II: Intermediate Creating Community Media (Formerly numbered 107A)
**142C Ethnocommunications III: Intermediate Creating Community Media (Formerly numbered 107B)
**Students must chose either AAS 142B or AAS 142C to count towards the research methods
   requirement.  Students cannot use both courses to satisfy two of the three course requirement.
143A Fieldwork in Asian American and Pacific Islander Communities (Formerly numbered 120B, and previously as 135B)
M165 Race, Gender, Class (Comparative Literature M175)
187A Special Courses in Research Methodology
191A Topics in Research Methodologies
203 Asian American Research Methods
M239 Race and Ethnicity as a Concept in Practice and Research
M261 Theorizing the Third World (Comparative Literature M274)
297A Asian American Youth Culture in History
297E Topics in Asian American Studies: Historical Research Methods

ASIAN LANGUAGES AND CULTURES
210 Pro-seminar: Cultural and Comparative Studies
215 Seminar: Cultural Studies Theory
220A-220B Seminars: Topics in Cultural Studies
M251 Seminar: Literary Theory
281A-281B Field Methods for Study of East Asian Oral Traditions
297 Life Writing in East Asia

BIOSTATISTICS
100A Introduction to Biostatistics
100B Introduction to Biostatistics
200A-200C Biostatistics
M208 Introduction to Demographic Models

CHICANA AND CHICANO STUDIES

M112 Ethnic Groups and Their Bibliographies: Latino History and Culture (Information Studies M111C)
123 Applied Research Methods in Latino Communities
129 Field Research Methods in Labor and Workplace Studies

CHINESE (ASIAN LANGUAGES and CULTURES)
200A Research Methods in Chinese
205 Critical Issues in Chinese and Sinophone Literature
220A-220B Western Theory and Chinese Texts

CIVIC ENGAGEMENT

105SL Client-Based Program Evaluation
133SL Community-Based Research: Theory and Practice

COMMUNICATION STUDIES

150 Methodologies in Communication Research

COMMUNITY HEALTH SCIENCES
M208 Introduction to Demographic Methods
211A-211B Program Planning Research, and Evaluation in Community Health Sciences
212 Advanced Social Research Methods in Health
213 Research in Community and Patient Health Education
214 Issues in Program Evaluation
M216 Qualitative Research Methodology (Anthropology M284)
M218 Questionnaire Design and Administration
219 Theory Based Data Analysis
M239 Race and Ethnicity as a Concept in Practice and Research (Asian American Studies M239)
M252 Health Policy Analysis

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE

C157 Memory and Forgetting
158 Colonial Encounters
C173 Postmodernism and the Third World
M175 Race, Gender, Class (Asian American Studies 165)
C187 Reading Across Culture
200A Theory of Comparative Literature
200B Methodology of Comparative Literature
C273 Postmodernism in the Third World
M274 Theorizing the Third World
279 Subaltern Studies: Colonial Histories and Cultural Critique
C287 Reading across Culture
289 Theory of Film and Literature
290 Contemporary Theories of Criticism
291 Problems in Theory of Literature
292 Theories of Empire

ECONOMICS

111 Theories of Economic Growth and Development
143 Applied Regression Analysis
200 Mathematical Methods in Economics
200B Mathematical Methods in Economics II
203A Probability and Statistics for Econometrics
203B Introduction to Econometrics: Single Equation Models
203C Introduction to Econometrics: Systems Models
M208 Introduction to Demographic Methods

EDUCATION
138 Critical Pedagogy and Cultural Studies in Urban Education
162 Policy Analysis and Real Politics of Education
200A Historical Research and Writing
200B Survey Research Methods in Education
200C Analysis of Survey Data in Education
208C Explanation in the Social Sciences and Educational Research
209C Research and Evaluation in Higher Education
210 Education as a Profession: Theory, Research, and Practice
211A Measurement in Education: Underlying Theory
213D Assessment in Counseling and Student Affairs
218 Measurement of Educational Achievement and Aptitude
219 Laboratory: Advanced Topics in Research Methodology
221 Computer Analyses of Empirical Data in Education
222A Introduction to Qualitative Methods and Design Issues in Educational Research
222B Participant-Observation Field Methods
222C Qualitative Data Reduction and Analysis
222D Qualitative Inquiry: Special Topics
228 Observation Methods and Longitudinal Studies
230A Introduction to Research Design and Statistics
230B Linear Statistical Models in Social Science Research: Multiple Regression Analysis
230C Linear Statistical Models in Social Science Research: Analysis of Designed Experiments
230X Applied Research Design and Statistics for Social Sciences
231A Multivariate Analysis
231B Factor Analysis
231C Analysis of Categorical and Other Nonnormal Data
231D Advanced Qualitative Models in Nonexperimental Research: Multilevel Analysis
M231E Statistical Analysis with Latent Variables
232 Instructional Analysis
241 Research Methodology of School Administration
242 Quantitative Foundations for Educational Policy and Planning
243 Reflections on Methods in Social Sciences
245 Seminar: Cost-Benefit Analysis in Education
246A Decision Analysis and Advanced Computer Methods for Educational Policy and Planning
249B Seminar: Institutional Research and Program Evaluation
250C Theoretical Frameworks of Higher Education
251A Seminar: Philosophy of Education, Epistemology
251C Seminar: Philosophy of Education, Social Science Problems—Methodological Perspectives
261E Higher Education Seminar: Diversity Issues and Research Perspectives
262H Economics of Urban Schooling
M266 Feminist Theory and Social Science Research
268 Theorizing Reading: Rhetorics of Academic Discourse
272 Case-Study Research in Education Policy and Practice
274 Science, Technology, and Social Research after Eurocentrism
276 Contemporary Theories of Writing
CM278 Critical Media Literacy and Politics of Gender: Theory and Production
283 Social Research in Multicultural and Postcolonial World
284 Critical Theory in Education: Power, Politics, and Liberation
290 Educational Policy Analysis: Research, Theory, and Practice
292 Curriculum Theory, Research, and Practice
443 Policy Analysis in Education

ENGLISH
137 Advanced Computer Techniques for Studies of English
140A Criticism: History and Theory
140B Criticism: Special Topics
178A Perspectives in Study of American Culture
200 Approaches in Literary Research
201C Developments and Issues in Modern Critical Thought
203 Computers and Literary Research
M205A Study of Oral Tradition: History and Methods
M205B Collecting Oral Tradition
259 Studies in Criticism
260 Studies in Literature
M270 Seminar: Literary Theory

FILM AND TELEVISION
115 Stylistic Studies for Moving Image: Theory and Practice
*176A-176B Advanced Undergraduate Video Production
*Students must chose either Film and Television 176A or Film and Television 176B to count
  towards the research methods requirement.  Students cannot use both courses to satisfy two of
  the three course requirement.
200 Bibliography and Methods of Research in Film and Television

GEOGRAPHY
M146 Feminist Geography (Same as Women’s Studies M146)
147 Social Geography
148 Economic Geography
168 Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (no longer offered as of  Fall 2009)
170 Advanced Geographic Information Systems
M171 Introduction into Spatial Statistics (Statistics 171)
231 Terminology and Theory in Political Economy: Deconstruction and Reconstruction of Approaches in Research, Writing, and Practice
268 Advanced Projects in Geographic Information Systems
M272 Spatial Statistics (Urban Planning M215 and Statistics M222)
299A Statistical Methods for Geographic Inquiry
299B Geographic Data Visualization and Analysis
299C Qualitative Methods and Methodology
299D Research Design in Geography

HEALTH SERVICES
214 Measurement of Effectiveness and Outcomes of Healthcare
M233 Health Policy Analysis (Same as Community Health Sciences M252)
237A-27B Special Topics in Health Services Research Methodology
237C Issues in Health Services Methodologies
266A-266B Community Based Participatory Health Research: Methods and Applications

HISTORY
131A-131B Marxist Theory and History
M151C Understanding Whiteness in American History and Culture
200H-200N Advanced Historiography
200T Advanced Historiography: Southeast Asia
M200V Advanced Historiography: Afro-American (Same as Afro-American Studies M200A)
M200W Advanced Historiography: American Indian Peoples (Same as American Indian Studies M200A)
200X Advanced Historiography: Oral History
200Z Advanced Historiography: Chicano
201H Topics in US History
201T Southeast Asia
201L Women in Chinese History
201K India
M203A-M203B Social Theory and Comparative History

INFORMATION STUDIES
207 International Issues and Comparative Research in Library and Information Science
208 Scholarly Communication and Bibliometrics
228 Measurement and Evaluation of Information Systems and Services
280 Social Science Research Methodology for Information Studies
281 Historical Methodology of Information Studies
282 Principles of Information Systems Analysis and Design
285 Introduction to Research Design and Methodology

JAPANESE (ASIAN LANGUAGES AND CULTURES)

200A Research Methods in Japanese Linguistics

KOREAN (ASIAN LANGUAGES AND CULTURES)
200 Bibliography and Methods of Research in Korea

POLITICAL SCIENCE
104A-104B Introduction to Survey Analysis
113B Politics, Theory, and Film
116A Marxism
119 Special Studies in Political Theory
168 Comparative Political Analysis
170A Studies in Statistical Analysis of Political Data
200A-200C Statistical Methods I, II, III
200D Quantitative Methods in Politics
201A Introduction to Formal Political Analysis
202 Mathematics for Political Science
203A-203B Economic Theory and Methods for Political Science I, II
M208D Multivariate Analysis with Latent Variables (same as Psychology M257)
214 Political Theory in Transnational Context
215 Liberalism and Its Critics
289A Approaches to Study of Race, Ethnicity, and Politics

PSYCHOLOGY
100A Psychological Statistics
100B Research Methods in Psychology
136B Nonexperimental Methods in Social Psychology
136C Survey Methods in Psychology
220B Research Methods in Social Psychology
223 Seminar: Social Survey Research
249 Evaluation Research
250A-250B Advanced Psychological Statistics
M257 Multivariate Analysis with Latent Variables (same as Political Science M208D)

PUBLIC POLICY
203 Statistical Methods of Policy Analysis I
208 Statistical Methods of Policy Analysis II
217 Methods of Evaluation Social Programs
M218 Research Design and Methods for Social Policy (same as Urban Planning 204)
M224A Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (same as Urban Planning M206A)
M224B Advanced Geographic Information Systems (same as Urban Planning M206B)
M280A Research and Development Policy
291 Methods of Policy Analysis
292 Quantitative Policy Analysis

SOCIAL WELFARE
106 Research Seminar & Field Observation: Social Welfare
107 Field Practicum: Social Welfare
280 Social Welfare Research
281A, 281B, 281C Advanced Social Welfare Research
285A -285C Research in Social Welfare
285D Research in Child Welfare
285E Research in Gerontology
285F Research in Health
285G Research in Mental Health
285H Program Evaluation Research
285I Research in Youth Populations
286A Survey of Research Methods
286B Advanced Research Methods

SOCIOLOGY

106A-106B Field Research Methods/ Intensive Field Research/Analysis- Field Data
110 Sociohistorical Methods
113 Statistical and Computer Methods in Social Research
202A-202B Theory and Research in Sociology
204 Topics in Sociological Theorizing
210A-210B Intermediate Statistical Methods I, II
210C Intermediate Statistical Methods III
211A-211B Comparative and Historical Methods
212A-212B Survey Data Analysis
212C Study Design and other Issues in Quantitative Data Analysis
M213A Introduction to Demographic Methods
M213B Applied Event History Analysis
216A-216B Survey Research Design
217A Analyzing Ethnographies
217B-217C Ethnographic Fieldwork
219A-219B Advanced Statistical Methods (no longer offered as of Fall 2008)
226A-226B Introduction to Theory and Major Empirical Research in Social Demography
235 Theories of Ethnicity
239A-239B Quantitative Research on Social Stratification and Social Mobility

STATISTICS
100A Introduction to Probability
100B Introduction to Mathematical Statistics
101A Introduction to Design and Analysis of Experiment
101B Introduction to Data Analysis and Regression
101C Introduction to Regression and Data Mining
102A Introduction to Computational Statistics
102B Matrix Computation and Optimization for Statistics
110A-110B Applied Statistics
112 Statistical Methods for Social Sciences
130A Statistical Analysis with STATA
130B Statistical Analysis with SAS
130C Statistical Analysis with SPSS
M171 Introduction to Spatial Statistics (same as Geography M171)
200A-200B Statistical Theory
M211 Analysis of Data with Qualitative and Limited Dependent Variables
212 Program Evaluation and Policy Analysis
M222 Spatial Statistics (same as Geography M272 and Urban Planning M215)

URBAN PLANNING

M204 Research Design and Methods for Social Policy (same as Policy Studies M218)
M206A Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (same as Policy Studies M224A)
M206B Advanced Geographic Information Systems (same as Policy Studies M224B)
208 Seminar: Advanced Research Methods (no longer offered as of Fall 2009)
M215- Spatial Statistics (Geography M272)
220A-220B Quantitative Analysis
278 Qualitative Research Methods for Planners and Designers (no longer offered)

WOMEN’S STUDIES
M146 Feminist Geography (same as Geography M146)
197 Senior Research Seminar
203 Research Methods in Studies of Women and Gender
M266 Feminist Theory and Social Sciences Research

WORLD ARTS AND CULTURES

121 Ethnography of Performance
C175 Applied Folklore
C180 Video Production in the Arts
181 Ethnographic Film
C183 Film and Folklore
202 Ethnography of Performance
205 Folklore Theories and Methods
230 Research Methods and Bibliography in Dance
C275 Applied Folklore
C280 Video Production in the Arts
C283 Film and Folklore

 

 




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