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Sociology 494C: Practicum in Applied
Research Winter 2008 Meeting time: Monday, 1:30-3:20 Meeting place: Condon 128 Instructor: Nika Kabiri Office: Condon 235A Office Hours: By Appointment Only Email: nkabiri@u.washington.edu This
practicum partners with Helping Link, a grass-roots organization located in
the International District, to assess the needs of the local Vietnamese
community. Students will design a study, collect and analyze data, and
produce a final report to the organization. Helping Link will use the
findings to further their mission and to improve their services. Though this
is technically a class, it is also a practicum. This means the class will be
treated like a “real-world” a research team. Everyone is expected to work
together to accomplish the research goal. The instructor is not your “boss,”
meaning she will not tell you what to do every step of the way. You will be
expected to take quite a bit of initiative in order to solve problems and get
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