HDEV 302 - Research Methods in Human Development

Units: 4
Review major research designs and techniques for practical interdisciplinary empirical inquiry into human development. Methodological approaches include experiments, surveys, case study, ethnography, interviews, content analysis and historical methods.

Prerequisites: Junior, senior or post-baccalaureate standing.
Equivalent Quarter Course: HDEV 3202.
Possible Instructional Methods: Entirely On-ground, or Entirely Online, or Hybrid.
Grading: A-F or CR/NC (student choice).
Course Typically Offered: Spring ONLY

Student Learning Outcomes - Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

Identify the elements of research design so that you will have a good foundation for future learning (SL02).
Evaluate a variety of methods utilized in research associated with the study of human development and determine which methods might best answer certain research questions or fulfill different purposes - for example deductive and inductive reasoning and how they relate to research methodologies (SL02, SL03).
Demonstrate rigorous library research in order to find trustworthy interdisciplinary information is as well as interpret diverse methodologies and results (SL02).
Design and write a research proposal in conjunction with searching and reviewing scholarly sources from a variety of disciplinary perspectives (SL02, SL03).