CODE122

  • Implementation Plan

    Overview In their final project, students work in their groups to review and synthesize the data they’ve collected to understand the local impacts of the problem on their community partner and their stakeholders. In response, they develop a plan for a program, resource, or other intervention that responds to that problem. They develop an…

  • Lab 4: Mixed Methods

    Overview In this lab, students extend their survey data with a qualitative method of their choosing. They might choose to conduct follow-up interviews or focus groups, dig into the archives to understand historical context, or conduct ethnographic observations. As they synthesize their results and reflect on their experiences, they consider how different methods help…

  • CODE122: Research Team II

    Instructional Context CODE122 is the second of three semesters of Research Teams. In their second semester, students employ social science research methods, including surveys, interviews, and ethnographies, to understand how the problem they’re studying impacts local community stakeholders. This research supports the development of an implementation plan that addresses the problem in the local…

  • Lab 2: Surveys

    Overview Working from the roadmap they developed in their research plan, group members now work together to develop a survey that will produce usable data for their research question. This assignment applies lessons of research ethics and effective survey design that they have already encountered in CODE123: Research & Systems Thinking over the preceding…

  • Lab 1: Research Plan

    Overview In this collaborative lab assignment, students work in small groups to lay out a research plan for the semester. Based on their work from the previous semester, they develop a research question and identify key stakeholders, methods, and sources. Assignment Sheet

  • Top 5

    Overview This reading check helps students engage actively and critically with scholarly sources, and to come to class prepared for discussion. Assignment Sheet

  • Annotations

    Overview This reading check helps students engage actively and critically with scholarly sources, and to come to class prepared for discussion. Assignment Sheet