PSY 286 Research for Social Change

This course will allow students to engage in data collection and analysis in partnership with a local non-profit agency in order to address problems of practice.  The course will begin with an orientation to the local partner agency and the problems or questions that agency members want to address.  Next, the students and instructor will identify existing skill sets in the class (e.g., basic data collection and analysis skills) that may be employed in addressing these needs.  A final “deliverable” (e.g., a report to agency administration, assistance in writing a grant or other resource justification, development of training materials) will be developed by class members based on the data collected.