Design Your Own Social and Behavioral Research

Description from DukeHub

This course introduces students to the design of original research in the social and behavioral disciplines. Students learn how to formulate researchable questions, situate them within existing scholarship, develop theoretical frameworks, and design strategies to evaluate their claims. Students both engage with interdisciplinary research and develop their own individualized research project. Course prepares students for writing an honors thesis in a social or behavioral discipline, conducting independent research more broadly, and pursuing research-related careers.

Skills

• designtitle: "design"
• research methodstitle: "research design"
• writingAI review: "writing an honors thesis"

AI-resilient: 1 of 5 1/5

• No: Physical, lab or field work
• No: Live work with people
• No: Judgment someone is accountable for
• No: A craft you practice with your hands or body
• ✓Yes: Small, in-person format · seminar, 18 seats per section

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