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 human-centered user design, research, and evaluation methods (design thinking, scientific, sociological, historical, computational) to identify and explore a design or research question of community impact. Students will first learn about human-centered user design, research, and evaluation from a team of faculty and community-based nonprofit leaders, then work in small groups to 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

Enrollment in this course is open to all eligible students, including students from programs across campus.

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.