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Social Science Departments & Research Courses

4380: Field Methods in Anthropology
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: six semester hours in anthropology or consent of instructor. Methods applied by the anthropologist living among primitive and peasant peoples.

4395: Ethnographic Field Work I
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: not more than twelve semester hours from ANTH 4193, 4293, 4342, 4391, 4395, 4396, and consent of instructor. Practical field training and experience in ethnographic research procedures.

4396: Ethnographic Field Work II
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: not more than twelve semester hours from ANTH 4193 , 4293 , 4342 , 4391 , 4395 , 4396, and consent of instructor. Practical field training and experience in ethnographic research procedures.

4391: Archaeological Field Work I
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: not more than twelve semester hours from ANTH 4193, 4293, 4342, 4391, 4395, 4396, and consent of instructor. Practical field training and experience in archeological research procedures.

4392: Archaeological Field Work II
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: six semester hours in anthropology and consent of instructor. Practical field training and experience in anthropological research procedures.

Link to Courses: http://www.uh.edu/academics/catalog/las/anth_courses.html#anth4380

Communication

2300: Communication Research Methods
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: MATH 1310. Social science and qualitative research methods in communication: problem formation, hypothesis testing and theory building; fundamentals of measurement; research designs and approaches; data collection and analysis; and ethics in academic and professional applications.

Link to Courses: http://www.uh.edu/academics/catalog/las/comm_courses.html#comm1301

Economics

4365: Introduction to Empirical Economics
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: ECON 2370 and ECON 3332 or ECON 3334. Regression analysis applied to economic problems, including extensions for nonstandard situations. Topics include generalized least squares, model specification, qualitative variables, instrumental variables, and time series models.

Link to Courses: http://www.uh.edu/academics/catalog/las/econ_courses.html#econ4365

Political Science

3312: Introduction to Research Methods in Political Science
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: POLS 1336 and 1337 or equivalents, or consent of instructor. Survey of analytical techniques in studying political behavior, political socialization, mass and elite behavior, personality, and politics.

4394: Selected Topics in Political Theory and Methodology
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: POLS 1336 and 1337 or equivalents, or consent of instructor. May be repeated for credit when topics vary.

Independent Studies for Research Credit:

4396: Selected Topics in Comparative Politics and International Politics
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: POLS 1336 and 1337 or equivalents, or consent of instructor. May be repeated for credit when topics vary.
(see also: International Politics category)

4395: Selected Topics in American Government and Urban Politics
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: POLS 1336 and 1337 or equivalents, or consent of instructor. May be repeated for credit when topics vary.

4397: Selected Topics in Public Law and Public Administration
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: POLS 1336 and 1337 or equivalent, or consent of instructor. May be repeated for credit when topics vary.
(see also: Public Law category)

Link to Courses: http://www.uh.edu/academics/catalog/las/pols_courses.html#pols1333

Psychology

2301: Introduction to Methods in Psychology
Cr. 3. (2-2). Prerequisite: PSYC 1300. Understanding the evaluation of research in psychology, including the conceptual basis of descriptive and inferential statistics and design techniques.

4307: Research Practica
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: PSYC 1300, PSYC 2301, and a minimum 3.0 cumulative grade point average and junior or senior standing in psychology. Intensive experience on a research project which culminates in the production of a scholarly effort such as a professional article or presentation. May be repeated once for credit.

Link to courses: http://www.uh.edu/academics/catalog/las/psyc_courses.html#psyc2301

Sociology

SOC 3346: Qualitative Research Methods
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: SOC 1300

or consent of instructor. Experience in participant-observation, interviewing, visual ethnography, and other field-research skills with emphasis on computer usage.

SOC 3400: Introduction to Social Statistics
Cr. 4. (3-2). Prerequisites: SOC 1300, MATH 1310 or equivalent; preference given to declared major or minor in SOC. Descriptive and inferential statistics used in sociological research. Data analysis using a personal computer.

3401: Introduction to Sociological Research
Cr. 4. (3-2). Prerequisites: SOC 3400, MATH 1310 or equivalent; preference given to declared major or minor in SOC. Sociological research, field methods, experiments, survey research, census data, utilization of records and existing data, and evaluation research.

4394: Internship in Sociology
Cr. 3 per semester. Prerequisites: sociology major; 2.5 cumulative GPA; senior standing; six hours from: SOC 3300, SOC 3400, and SOC 3401, and nine additional hours in sociology. Supervised field experience through placement. May not be repeated for credit.

4399: Senior Honors Thesis
Cr. 3 per semester. (3-0). Prerequisite: 3.25 cumulative GPA and 3.50 in sociology courses in residence, completion of SOC 1300, SOC 3300, SOC 3400 and SOC 3401 and approval of the undergraduate advisor or chair. Must complete two semesters for Honors credit.

Link to Courses: http://www.uh.edu/academics/catalog/las/soc_courses.html#soc1300

Funding and Scholarship

Provost’s Undergraduate Research Scholarship http://www.undergraduateresearch.uh.edu/purs.html

Scholarship Opportunities http://www.undergraduateresearch.uh.edu/scholarshipindex.html

African American Studies student scholarships http://www.class.uh.edu/aas/student_funding.html

Women's Studies archival project including. Scholarships and research opportunities
http://www.friendsofwomen.org/WARCpr.HTML

Department of Communications Scholarship http://www.class.uh.edu/comm/pages.asp?PageID=34

Department of Economics Scholarship http://www.class.uh.edu/econ/ugrad_scholarships.asp

CLASS Scholarships for Undergrad http://www.class.uh.edu/scholarships.html

Research Programs

Center for Mexican American Studies http://www.class.uh.edu/CMAS/default.html

African American Studies http://www.class.uh.edu/aas/

Center for Public Policy http://www.uh.edu/cpp/

Center for Public Policy internship opportunities http://www.uh.edu/cpp/cppinternship.htm

Office of Drug Research http://www.uh.edu/odspr/

Department of Psychology Research Opportunities http://www.psychology.uh.edu/SpecialUnitsResearch/

Visual Studies Program http://www.visualstudies.uh.edu

Women’s Studies Program http://www.class.uh.edu/WS