Welcome to the first day of a

six-month journey!

Six Skills We Develop in the Senior Sequence

Conceptual Creating examined conceptualizations of select objects of study—i.e., theory-building

Philosophical Becoming critically self-aware of your normative perspectives (calling into view ethics and the philosophy of social science)

Methodological Designing/applying investigative strategies through scholarship of engagement

Analytical Unpacking a whole into its component parts; examining a complex object, its elements and interdependencies

Communicative Building, supporting, and presenting an evidence-based position or argument (through print and multimedia); working effectively as a member of a research team, listening to learn

Writing Producing a clearly written research proposal, well-documented thesis, and scientific poster

A Perfect Storm? John Beddington, the UK government's chief scientific adviser, warns of a possible crisis in 2030. By 2030 "a whole series of events come together": • The world's population will rise from 6bn to 8bn (33%) • Demand for food will increase by 50% • Demand for water will increase by 30% • Demand for energy will increase by 50%

“You are here because you are the best and brightest students,” Chancellor Pradeep Khosla said. “Here, you will learn to use your left and right brain to think critically and to solve problems. You will learn to work with your peers and faculty members in different disciplines…That is the type of collaboration and thinking that we need to address problems facing our society—like food and water shortages, global warming and health issues.”

“The greatest search engine is not Google,” Don Murphy (welcome week keynote speaker) said. “The greatest search engine is the human mind…You must ask the question, “Who Am I?” What is my unique genius?” Use these years to gain a deeper understanding of yourself, not in terms of grades only but in terms of understanding, wisdom and knowledge.”

* 1. Describe yourself or your career ambition in one or two sentences

* 2. What are you most curious about?

* 3. What social, cultural, economic and/or environmental problem concerns you the most?

* 4. What positive (local, regional and/or global) trend, initiative or project most inspires you?

Your Research Identity

Begin with broad questionsnarrow down, focus in.

Proposal

OBSERVEAnalyze data.

Reach conclusions.Senior Research Project

Your Six-Month Journey

Sept. 27, 2012

October

November

December

January

February

Mar. 14, 2013

Required ReadingsAvailable at the UCSD bookstore, and on reserve at the Geisel Library. We will use the same books next quarter in USP 187

Graff, Gerald, Cathy Birkenstein, and Russel K. Durst. 2012. "They say/I say" : the moves that matter in academic writing. New York: W. W Norton Company.

Green, Gary P. and Anna Haines. 2012. Asset building and community development. Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications.

Robson, Colin. 2011. Real world research : a resource for users of social research methods in applied settings . Hoboken, N.J.: Wiley-Blackwell.

Recommended ReadingsAll available at the UCSD bookstore, and on reserve at the Geisel Library• De Young, Raymond and Thomas Princen. 2012. The localization reader : adapting to the coming downshift. Cambridge,

Mass.: MIT Press.• Fainstein, Susan S. 2010. The just city. Ithaca: Cornell University Press.• Marshall, Catherine and Gretchen B. Rossman. 2011. Designing qualitative research. Los Angeles.• Turabian, Kate L. 2007. A manual for writers of research papers, theses, and dissertations : Chicago style for students and

researchers. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.• Yin, Robert K. 2009. Case study research : design and methods. Los Angeles, Calif.: Sage Publications.

Assignment/Tasks Due Date % Grade Value (x/100)

Class Participation (including research profile, online tasks,

class attendance and participation in section)*

All quarter 10

Publish Senior Sequence Online Research Profile;

Complete HRPP Training (http://irb.ucsd.edu/training.shtml) 

Week 2 (Oct 9)

Week 2 (Oct. 11)

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Literature Review Week 4 (Oct. 23) 30

Research Proposal + draft of HRPP application Week 6 (Nov. 8) 40

HRPP Application (submit research plan to HRPP) Week 8 (Nov. 20) *

Data-Transition Plan Week 10 (Dec. 4) 20

Internship (100 hours service learning) Contract due finals week *

Total Points 100