Title: Survey of Course Curricula of Graduate Programs in Social and Administrative Sciences
Abstract: As the basis of designing an advanced research methods course for graduate students in social and administrative sciences, a national survey of similar graduate programs was conducted. The survey was developed to gather information regarding research methods courses in the respondents’ programs as well as other curricular data. Both graduate students and graduate program chairs were surveyed. Specific objectives for the project included: (i) determine core/required courses of these graduate programs; (ii) determine specific amounts of emphasis graduate programs place upon specific subject areas; (iii) determine where and how students obtain knowledge of specific content areas; (iv) determine importance to the graduate program and the level of preparation provided by the graduate program in specific content areas; and (v) compare Master’s and Doctoral students’ responses on the aforementioned areas. Examples of the twelve subject areas included: economics, health care policy, business administration, sociology, psychology, and pharmaceutical care. The twelve content areas referred to topics of methodology and statistics that may have been taught in a research methods course in any of the subject areas. Eighty percent (28/35) of the graduate program chairs responded, while only 42 percent (131/314) of graduate students returned surveys. Findings from this study provided an overview of the course content of graduate programs in the social and administrative sciences and may prompt further study to examine specific content of those programs and differences among schools.
Publication Year: 1998
Publication Date: 1998-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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