Distance Education Off-Campus Course Offerings . . . . . Spring 2008

COURSE TITLE:	Community Analysis
COURSE:	C Dev 504
COURSE DESCRIPTION:	Introduction to research methods relevant to community development. Course topics include how to formulate and begin a research effort, methods of data collection and how conceptual frameworks are used to develop the questions and analyze data. Also included are strategies for reporting findings and applying findings in community action. The course will also look at methods of evaluating the entire research process. Significant attention is paid to issues of research ethics and inclusiveness throughout the course.
PREREQUISITES:	Graduate classification; Offered through the Great Plains IDEA consortium, students will need to contact Carrie Brus for registration information and enrollment; cbrus@iastate.edu
CREDITS:	3 graduate credits
COMPUTER REQUIREMENT:	See College of Agriculture Computer Requirements
DATES:	January 17-May 9, 2008
DELIVERY METHOD:	Web, taught by South Dakota State University
TUITION:	$415 per credit
OFF-CAMPUS PROGRAM:	Master of Science in Interdisciplinary Studies, Community Development specialization Master of Agriculture
INSTRUCTOR:	Meredith Redlin; meredith.redlin@sdstate.edu
REGISTRATION DEADLINE:	January 14, 2008
TEXT:	Neil J. Salkind. Statistics for People Who (Think They) Hate Statistics. Third Edition. University of Kansas, Sage Publications.