SED RS 600: Introduction to Research (Summer 2024)
Designed to introduce students to social science research methods, including quantitative, qualitative, and mixed-method approaches to education inquiry. Students develop skills in conducting literature searches, reading empirical research studies, and applying these methods. Students leave the course better able to critically examine research presented in the mass media, critically engage with research in the workplace, and participate in research-based efforts to improve education.
Summer Statistics Workshop (Summer 2024)
This three-day workshop provides incoming Boston University Wheelock graduate students an overview of foundational statistical knowledge and skills to prepare them for the statistics course sequence they will take as part of their program of study.
SED RS 621: Data Management for Education Research (Spring 2025)
This course teaches fundamental skills in data management and analysis for education research. In this hands-on, data-centric course, students learn and apply the basics of data cleaning, manipulation, and documentation for analysis and replication. They interpret and present education-related data using statistical analysis and visualization techniques. Proficiency in Stata is developed through hands-on problem sets and a final research project.
SED SE 250: Disability, Education, and Public Policy (Spring 2024)
In this course, students examine how disabilities impact students, their families, and their educational/community participation. They critically analyze the historical treatment of individuals with disabilities, engage in discussions surrounding contemporary ethical dilemmas, familiarize themselves with relevant federal legislation, and develop a foundational understanding of inclusive educational methodologies and practices.
SED RS 753: Causal Design in Education Research (Spring 2025, Spring 2023)
This course introduces students to research designs commonly used in education research that plausibly allow for causal claims. Topics include randomized field trials, regression discontinuity, differences-in- differences, and instrumental variables.
SED RS 600: Introduction to Research (Summer 2022, Fall 2021)
Designed to introduce students to social science research methods, including quantitative, qualitative, and mixed-method approaches to education inquiry. Students develop skills in conducting literature searches, reading empirical research studies, and applying these methods. Students leave the course better able to critically examine research presented in the mass media, critically engage with research in the workplace, and participate in research-based efforts to improve education.
MGA 60003: Economics of Growth and Development (Spring 2021)
This course introduces key concepts in modern macroeconomics and international economics. It trains students to interpret macroeconomic statistics and to understand how fiscal, monetary, trade, and exchange rate policies affect the economy. The objective is to make you an informed consumer of economic news and economic analysis. This class requires no prior exposure to economics.
3510: Introduction to Public Policy (Fall 2021)
This course provides theoretical and practical components for understanding the policy-making process. It explores factors determining the nature of public issues, the influence of actors on government agendas, the process of seeking solutions, reaching policy decisions, and the key features of policy implementation and evaluation. By critically examining the policy cycle, the course identifies and analyzes the influence of bureaucratic structures, political parties, interest groups, media, government institutions (presidents and legislatures), and ideas.
3511: Contemporary International Relations (Fall 2021)
The course examines key events shaping the evolution of international relations as a discipline post-World War II. It equips students with fundamental knowledge to comprehend the contemporary dynamics in international relations across Asia, Europe, Africa, and the Middle East.