PSY 360 - Community Psychology

Course Units: 1

This course introduces students to community-based participatory research as a collaborative approach to addressing social and health issues. Students will learn how researchers and communities work together to design meaningful studies, prepare grants, collect and analyze quantitative and qualitative data, and communicate findings that promote wellness across diverse populations. Through hands-on engagement with mixed methods research, students will explore the connections between theory, research, and social change while exploring issues of power, ethics, validity, and representation in community partnerships. Prerequisite(s): PSY 100 and PSY 200 CQ: JSPE, SOCS, WAC-R