Methods Classes: Content & Discourse Analysis
UMass
Method: Content Analysis
School: Umass
Course: Resource Economics 732
Course Level (G/U): Graduate
Course Title: Industrial Organization in Resource Economics I
Course Description:Application of industrial organization and strategic management theory to the marketing system. Empirical analysis of market power exertion, including market structure and performance, price discrimination, product differentiation, vertical control, cartel formation and sustainability, mergers, strategic behavior and firm organizations. Applied topics include branding, advertising, tradeable pollution emission permits, environmental quality, biotechnology, intellectual property rights, and cooperatives.
Instructor(s): Christian Rojas
Fall 2012 Schedule: http://courses.umass.edu/resec732/index.shtml
Method: Content Analysis
School: Umass
Course: Resource Economics 797A
Course Level (G/U): Graduate
Course Title: TimeSeries & Forecasting
Course Description:Topics are divided between forecasting techniques and econometric time-series modeling. Discovering the data generating process of a random variable. Univariate approaches for dealing with a time series: exponential smoothing methods and ARIMA models. Tests for stationarity. Unit roots. Dickey-Fuller tests. Augmented Dickey-Fuller models. Multivariate approaches for modeling. Spurious relationships. Cointegration. Vector autoregression. Error correction models.
Instructor(s): Bernard Morzuch
Fall 2012 Schedule: http://courses.umass.edu/rese797a/
Method: Content Analysis
School: Umass
Course: Public Health 622
Course Level (G/U): Graduate
Course Title: Program Evaluation
Course Description:Concepts of program evaluation and their application to the health field. Emphasis on theoretical concepts and their application to development of practical skills in program evaluation.
Instructor(s): Staff
Fall 2012 Schedule:
Method: Content Analysis
School: Umass
Course: Public Health 700
Course Level (G/U): Graduate
Course Title: Analysis of Epidemiologic Data
Course Description: Students will develop fundamental skills in epidemiologic data analysis and interpretation. A major emphasis will be to gain practical experience in analyzing epidemiologic data using statistical software.
Instructor(s): Katherine Reeves
Fall 2012 Schedule:
Method: Content Analysis
School: Umass
Course: Public Health 740
Course Level (G/U): Graduate
Course Title: Mixed Models and Analysis of Longitudinal Data
Course Description: Integration of linear models with experimental design and sampling, considering applications with unbalanced and missing data. In-depth discussion of mixed models including parameterizations, analysis of covariance, unequal numbers of observations per cell, missing cells. Repeated measure designs and longitudinal data analysis emphasized, with many examples illustrated using SAS.
Instructor(s): Rongheng Lin
Fall 2012 Schedule: http://courses.umass.edu/bioep740/yr2009/
Method: Content Analysis
School: Umass
Course: Public Health 490B
Course Level (G/U): Undergraduate
Course Title: Public Health Sciences
Course Description: This course will provide students with an opportunity to study a practical and current public health problem. Students will apply critical thinking, analytical abilities, and communications skills.
Instructor(s): Christie Barcelos
Fall 2012 Schedule:
Method: Content Analysis
School: Umass
Course: Public Health 690D
Course Level (G/U): Graduate
Course Title: Mathematical Modeling in Toxicology & Environmental Health
Course Description: Students will learn the fundamental concepts of mathematical modeling of biochemical and physiological systems and how to apply them to problems drawn from environmental health and toxicology.
Instructor(s): James R. Pirone
Fall 2012 Schedule:
Method: Content Analysis
School: Umass
Course: Public Health 691GS
Course Level (G/U): Graduate
Course Title: Global Surveillance of Infectious Disease
Course Description: Course covers principles and practices of infectious disease surveillance. Surveillance methods for specific diseases illustrate how surveillance systems function in developing and developed countries, as well as internationally.
Instructor(s): Martha Anker
Fall 2012 Schedule:
Method: Content Analysis
School: Umass
Course: Stats 640
Course Level (G/U): Graduate
Course Title: Sampling Theory and Methods
Course Description:Data is often collected through the sampling of finite populations including many national surveys, ecological data, quality control data, etc. This course provides an introduction to the theory and practice of sampling from finite populations. Designs covered include simple random sampling, stratified sampling, systematic sampling, cluster sampling, sampling with unequal probabilities, multi-stage and double sampling and complex surveys generally. Coverage also includes ratio and regression estimators, the jackknife and other techniques for variance estimation, determination of samples sizes and optimal allocations, treatment of nonresponse and the use of pre and post-stratification.
Instructor(s): John P. Buonaccorsi
Fall 2012 Schedule: see here
Method: Discourse analysis
School: Umass
Course: Communication 794K
Course Level (G/U): Graduate
Course Title: Cultural Discourse Analysis
Course Description:
Instructor(s): Donal Carbaugh
Fall 2012 Schedule: Not offered
Method: Discourse analysis
School: Umass
Course: Communication COMM special topics
Course Level (G/U): Graduate
Course Title: Discourse Analysis
Course Description:
Instructor(s):
Fall 2012 Schedule: Not offered
Method: Discourse analysis
School: Umass
Course: Public Health 757
Course Level (G/U): Graduate
Course Title: Public Health Informatics
Course Description: This course includes informatics content applicable to administrative and clinical systems used in public health. Learners analyze the application of information science and technology to public health practice.
Instructor(s): Anna Orlova
Fall 2012 Schedule:
Method: Discourse analysis
School: Umass
Course: Public Health 390D
Course Level (G/U): Undergraduate
Course Title: Principles of Injury Prevention and Control
Course Description: Provides a foundation for future work in the field of injury prevention and an opportunity to apply policy analysis skills to a specific public health problem. Familiarizes students with sources of injury data and discusses the methodological considerations essential to conducting or critically assessing epidemiological studies of injuries.
Instructor(s): Staff
Fall 2012 Schedule:
Method: Discourse analysis
School: Umass
Course: Public Health 397C
Course Level (G/U): Undergraduate
Course Title: Health Careers
Course Description: This course encourages students in the SPHHS to explore their personal career development and discuss the role that their self-concept plays in career decision making. Self-assessment inventories will be utilized to examine how one?s major relates to finding career satisfaction. Contemporary internship/job search skills and strategies will be identified and implemented. Knowledge will be gained in designing a professional resume, gaining interviewing techniques, process of obtaining references and negotiating salary. A discussion of professionalism, navigating a multi-generational workforce, the role of social media and networking will be covered.
Instructor(s): Mary Ellen Liseno
Fall 2012 Schedule: See here.
Method: Discourse analysis
School: Umass
Course: Public Health 397H
Course Level (G/U): Undergraduate
Course Title: Public Health Care Preparation
Course Description: This course encourages students to explore potential career goals by understanding and bridging the gap between their own expectations, values, skills and interests and how employers will view students and their experience upon graduation. The course is designed to guide students through career self assessment, to solidify practical skills and knowledge concerning conducting a successful job search, and to incorporate social networking and informational interviewing skills.
Instructor(s): Daniel Gerber
Fall 2012 Schedule:
Method: Discourse analysis
School: Umass
Course: Public Health 490EW
Course Level (G/U): Undergraduate
Course Title: Epidemiology of Women's Health
Course Description: This course provides an overview of current issues in the epidemiology of women's health throughout the life cycle. Students will explore how epidemiologic methods are used to evaluate factors influencing reproductive health, cancer, cardiovascular disease and other common disorders in women. Students will learn basic quantitative methods, study design concepts, and critical thinking skills.
Instructor(s): Elizabeth Bertone-Johnson
Fall 2012 Schedule:
Method: Discourse analysis
School: Umass
Course: Public Health 690EE
Course Level (G/U): Graduate
Course Title: Economic Evaluation of Health Care Programs and Services
Course Description: This course offers an overview of the concepts and methods of the economic evaluation of health programs and services including cost-minimization, cost-effectiveness and cost-benefit analysis.
Instructor(s): Rodriguez-Monguio
Fall 2012 Schedule:
Method: Discourse analysis
School: Umass
Course: Psychology 383
Course Level (G/U): Undergraduate
Course Title: Theory and practice of counseling and psychotherapy
Course Description: Survey of the major theories of counseling and psychotherapy. Introduction to the techniques used by different counselors and psychotherapists.
Instructor(s): Michael Constantino
Fall 2012 Schedule:
Method: Discourse analysis
School: Umass
Course: Psychology 891KK
Course Level (G/U): Graduate
Course Title: Diagnostic Assessment
Course Description: This course will provide clinical psychology graduate students with training in 1) DSM-IV-TR criteria for the most common mental disorders encountered in clinical practice, 2) unstructured, symptom-oriented clinical interviewing using the DSM-IV-TR, 3) structured clinical interviewing using the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV Disorders (SCID), 4) structured clinical interviewing using the International Personality Disorder Examination (IPDE), and 5) an overview of procedures for intake and psychotherapy in the Psychological Services Center (PSC).
Instructor(s): Christopher Overtree
Fall 2012 Schedule:
Method: Discourse analysis
School: Umass
Course: Nursing 700
Course Level (G/U): Graduate
Course Title: Hitory of nursing Science and Philosophy
Course Description: Hist Nurs Sci & Phil
Instructor(s): Donna Zucker
Fall 2012 Schedule:
Method: Discourse analysis
School: Umass
Course: Linguistics 750
Course Level (G/U): Graduate
Course Title: ProSeminar in Syntax
Course Description: Treatment in depth of a selected area of linguistic theory, with emphasis on developing students' ability to conduct research in syntactic theory.
Instructor(s): Ellen Woolford
Fall 2012 Schedule: http://courses.umass.edu/kbj/750/750.html
Smith
Method: Content Analysis
School: Smith
Course: Sociology 214
Course Level (G/U): Undergraduate
Course Title: Sociology of Hispanic Caribbean Communities in the United States
Course Description: This service learning course surveys social science research, literary texts and film media on Cuban, Dominican, and Puerto Rican communities in the United States. Historic and contemporary causes and contexts of (im)migration, settlement patterns, labor market experiences, demographic profiles, identity formations, and cultural expressions will be considered. Special attention will be paid to both inter- and intra-group diversity, particularly along the lines of race, gender, sexuality and class.
Instructor(s): G. Candelario
Fall 2012 Schedule:
Method: Discourse analysis
School: Smith
Course: Education 352
Course Level (G/U): Undergraduate
Course Title: Methods of Instruction
Course Description: Examining subject matter from the standpoint of pedagogical content knowledge. The course includes methods of planning, teaching, and assessment appropriate to the grade level and subject matter area. Content frameworks and standards serve as the organizing themes for the course. This course is designed as a companion seminar for students doing a full-time practicum at the middle or high school level.
Instructor(s): Samuel M Intrator
Fall 2012 Schedule:
Method: Discourse analysis
School: Smith
Course: Psychology 369
Course Level (G/U): Undergraduate
Course Title: Research Seminar on Categorization and Intergroup Behavior
Course Description:
Instructor(s): Staff
Fall 2012 Schedule:
Method: Discourse analysis
School: Smith
Course: Public Policy 220
Course Level (G/U): Undergraduate
Course Title: Public Policy Analysis
Course Description: Analysis of the institutions and processes of public policy formation and implementation. Explores models designed to explain policy and also those whose purpose is to "improve" policy. Develops and uses analytical tools of formal policy analysis. Examines the debate over the possible and proper uses of these analytic tools.
Instructor(s): Randall Bartlett
Fall 2012 Schedule:
Mount Holyoke
Method: General Methods; Research Design; Writing; Interviewing; Ethnography; Fieldwork; Historical; Content Analysis?
School: Mount Holyoke
Course: Psychology 323f
Course Level (G/U): Undergraduate
Course Title: Laboratory in Qualitative Research
Course Description: (Speaking- and writing-intensive course) This course offers a hands-on introduction to methods of psychological research that focus on the qualitative description and analysis of human experience. Students learn a variety of techniques of data collection (interviewing, intensive observation, archival research) and methods of analyzing textual sources -- from historical accounts to blogs, memoirs, observational narratives, and interview transcripts. Readings focus on specific methodological practices as well as on the history and philosophy of science differentiating qualitative methods from other approaches to psychological research. Students work both collaboratively and individually on projects throughout the course.
Prereq. Psychology 200 and permission of instructor. Students must meet with Prof. Hornstein during advising week.
Instructor(s): Hornstein
Fall 2012 Schedule: yes