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

Non-MCC Research Courses Offered Previously

• APSTA-GE 2070 Research and Evaluation Methods in Behavioral Science (not offered in Spring 2023)

• APSY-GE 2835 Research: Using Mixed Methods (not offered in Spring 2023)

• EDCT-GE 2520 User Research Methods (not offered in Spring 2023)