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FA 2012
Afroamerican & African Studies
AAS 417 - Studying African Americans: An Introduction to Qualitative Research Methods
Section 001

Credits:

Requirements & Distribution:

ULWR

Waitlist Capacity:

Consent:

With permission of instructor.

Advisory Prerequisites:

AAS 111 or AAS 201.

Repeatability:

May not be repeated for credit.

Meet Together Classes:

COMM 419 - Sem Research Meth, Section 001

Primary Instructor:

Means Coleman,Robin Renee

(real time availability for all sections)

What do Blacks think about the HBO series “The Wire?” What insights can Blacks provide about the AfroPunkmovement? Why is the barbershop so central to Black communication?

If you are interested in learning how to conduct research interviews to get answers to these kinds of questions, “Studying African Americans” is the course for you.

This seminar will provide you with an introduction to qualitative research methods such as individual interviewing, focus groups, and autoethnography. You will experiment with writing styles, to include the scholarly and the poetic, as a way to present your research. At the end of this course, you will have a research paper that can be used as a writing sample for graduate school applications, and/or as a conference paper, or can inform an Honor’s project.

Course Syllabi
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Textbooks/Other Materials (data maintained by department in Wolverine Access)

ISBN: 9781412974738

Qualitative communication research methods, Author: Thomas R. Lindlof, Bryan C. Taylor., Publisher: SAGE 3rd ed.

Required

ISBN: 9780472111039

Bad boys : public schools in the making of Black masculinity, Author: Ferguson, Ann Arnett, 1940-, Publisher: University of Michigan Press 2000

Required