Research Course

Research Course Requirement

MA students will need to take one research methodology course at some point in the program. The timing of when you take the research class is up to you, and various methods courses will be avilable each term.

Keep in mind that you don't HAVE to take a designated research course from MCC; you're welcome to enroll in research/methodology courses outside the department that fit best with your research interests.

The courses:

Are approved only by advisement and students should fill out the elective approval form so there is record of this course approval.
Have varying credits, which students need to consider before selecting them.
May have different registration instructions. Students should check with the department offering the course for access to enroll.

Sample MCC courses that have been offered in previous semesters include:

MCC-GE 2025 Race and Media
MCC-GE 2129 New Media Research Studio
MCC-GE 2134 Media Archaeology
MCC-GE 2145 Methods in Media Studies
MCC-GE 2148 The Television Business in Transition
MCC-GE 2175 Political Communication
MCC-GE 2229 Contemporary Theory & Research in Globalization
MCC-GE 2142 Critical Video
MCC-GE 2184 Production of Culture

Some non-MCC research courses for consideration include:

Any course offered by Interdepartmental Research Studies (RESCH-GE)
RESCH-GE 2143 Participatory Action Research
APSTA-GE 2110 Large Databases in Applied Research
APSTA-GE 2355 Data Science Translation: Writing, Speaking, and Visualization | Practicum in Applied Statistics: Social Science Research Methods
ART-GE 2102 Artistic Activism as Radical Research
EDCT-GE 2520 Research on Simulations and Games for Learning | User Research Methods
INTG1-GC 1055 Statistical Measurements, Analysis & Research
INTE-GE 2007 Qualitative Methods in International Education
MSEM1-GC 1025 Research and Data Analytics
ELEC-GG 2713 Oral History, Theory & Method in the US
POL-GA 1551 Comparative Politics of Dev Countries
POL-GA 1251, 2127 Intro to Quantitative Political Analysis
CORE-GP 1011 Statistical Methods