Listed in: Black Studies, as BLST-300
Formerly listed as: BLST-64
C. Rhonda Cobham-Sander (Section 01)
Mary E. Hicks (Section 01)
Dominique C. Hill (Section 01)
[R] This seminar prepares students to conduct independent research. Although it concentrates on the field of Black Studies, it serves as a good introductory research course for all students in the humanities and social sciences regardless of major. The first part of the course will intensively introduce students to the library through a series of readings, exercises, and discussions aimed at sharpening the ability to locate information precisely and efficiently. The second part of the course will introduce research methods in three important areas of Black Studies: the arts, history, and the social sciences. Faculty members of the Black Studies Department, departmental affiliates, and visitors will join the class to present their own ongoing research, placing particular emphasis on the disciplinary methods and traditions of inquiry that guide their efforts. Also in the second part, through individual meetings with professors, students will begin developing their own research projects. The third part of the course will concentrate more fully on development of these projects through a classroom workshop. Here students will learn how to shape a topic into a research question, build a bibliography, annotate a bibliography, shape a thesis, develop an outline, and write a research proposal, or prospectus.
This class is required of Black Studies majors. It is open to non-majors with the consent of the instructor. Although BLST 111 and 200 are not required for admission, preference will go to those who have taken one or both of these courses.
Limited to 20 students. Spring semester. Professor Cobham-Sander.
Section 01
Tu 01:00 PM - 04:00 PM MERR 300A
This is preliminary information about books for this course. Please contact your instructor or the Academic Coordinator for the department, before attempting to purchase these books.
| ISBN | Title | Publisher | Author(s) | Comment | Book Store | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Writing with Sources: A Guide for Students | Hackett Publishing Co. 2008 | Gordon Harvey | TBD | |||
| The Craft of Research | The University Chicago Press, 2008 | Gregory G. Coulomb, Joseph M. Williams and Wayne C. Booth | TBD | |||
| Participant Observation: A Methodology for Human Studies | Sage Publications, Inc., 1989 | Danny L. Jorgensen | TBD | |||
| Interviewing as Qualitative Research: A Guide for Researchers in Education and the Social Sciences | Teachers College Press, 2005 | Irving Seidman | TBD | |||
| A Place on the Corner | Chicago University Press, 2003 | Elijah Anderson | TBD | |||
| Racism without Racists: Color-blind Racism and the Persistance of Racial Inequality in the United States | Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2006 | Eduardo Bonilla-Silva | TBD |