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You’ll explore the literature review process through academic searches, selecting sources and documenting salient research related to a specified problem statement, background to the problem, research questions and methodology.
You’ll analyze critical research texts that will expand creative thought and insight about the world in which we live and provide a basis for future application of interdisciplinary study and reasoning.
You’ll be introduced to Thomas Kuhn’s paradigm concept and its ability to describe and guide the acquisition of knowledge. Topics include the origins of the paradigm concept and the history and nature of scientific discovery.
You’ll study of theories of leadership, identity, race, gender, disability, and oppression, issues of diversity and inclusion, challenges of underrepresented populations in the United States, and our responsibilities as leading diverse populations.
You’ll examine the history of volunteerism in the United States and the current relationship between non-profit organizations and the use of volunteer programs in political, social, education, and economic environments in the United States.
You’ll study the assessment of an organization's volunteer needs; planning and implementing recruiting, screening, placement, and training strategies; and mobilizing volunteers to meet organizational goals.
You’ll examine the affective use of volunteers in a variety of organizations. Topics include motivating, monitoring, and supervising volunteers, and the retention of volunteers through appreciation and recognition strategies.
Research and writing of a thesis for completion of OU Extended Campus graduate degrees.
You’ll gain an appreciation for performance standards and scholarship appropriate to graduate study and develop the skills necessary for success in academic research and writing in this intensive seminar.
You’ll learn to understand and interpret information as the interdisciplinary approach to graduate studies is reinforced. Readings will introduce the concept of paradigms as an organizing principle for understanding and interpreting information.
This course focuses on enhancing your understanding of the fundamental concepts of research, so you can be an informed consumer of research and write research proposals.
You’ll explore descriptive and inferential statistics for quantitative research using graphs, frequency distributions, probability, central tendency, dispersion, hypothesis testing, tests of mean differences and correlation.
You’ll become familiar with the most common methods of qualitative research, learning to design a study, how to recognize and address ethical issues and how to analyze qualitative data.
Prerequisite: graduate standing, LSTD 5003, LSTD 5013, and completion of first concentration core course; or permission of dean. May be repeated for a maximum credit six hours. Research and writing of a thesis for completion of PACS Extended Campus Online graduate degrees. (F, Sp, Su)  See also: Degree Completion Options