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HOD-883CS Advanced Research Methodologies: Critical Social Science

2 or 4 semester credits
This course includes Advanced studies and applied research projects, designed to develop skills in specific research methodologies and approaches. All the advanced research modules numbered 883XX are designed to enable students to learn a particular research method in depth. The core ideas of critical social science are that researchers and scholars should not study the world in the mode of scientific detachment and ethical and political neutrality but rather in the mode of value-driven social and political engagement to produce a more rational, just, and humane society. This module will be an in-depth examination of the application of this approach to scholarship, with special orientation toward those considering developing concept papers and dissertation proposals in this area.
Pre-requisites: HOD-802  
Delivery Method: Online
Grading Default: Letter
Learning Objective(s):
  • Understanding of core ideas of critical social science
  • Application of critical social science to scholarship and research



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