Topics in Social Informatics: Applied Research with Community-Based Organizations

Program: Undergraduate
Course Areas
Social Informatics

Catalog Description

Project-based learning course in which students will apply a combination of research and evaluation methods (scientific, sociological, historical, computational) to identify and explore a research question of community impact. Students will first learn about applied research and evaluation from a team of faculty and community-based nonprofit leaders, then work in small groups apply their knowledge.

Prerequisites

Upper-division standing and Informatics 310S.
*Effective Fall 2026 - the I 310S prerequisite may also be satisfied by I 310C or I 310J. 

Restrictions

No enrollment restrictions are being enforced at this time.  All students are welcome regardless of major or prerequisite status. 

Notes

Previously offered as I 320J Applied Social Justice Research.  Students with prior credit in that class should not enroll in this one.  

Also offered as I 320U.

Current and Upcoming Classes for this Course

Class Name Semester Day(s) Start Time(s) End Time(s) Building Room
I 320S: Topics in Social Informatics: Applied Research with Community-Based Organizations

Sarojani Mohammed

Spring Term 2027
  • Tuesday
  • Thursday
  • 12:30 pm
  • 12:30 pm
  • 2:00 pm
  • 2:00 pm
  • SZB
  • SZB
  • 4.618
  • 4.618

Past Classes for this Course

No past classes to list for this course.