Course Description
Readings in major theoretical frameworks used in doctoral studies and research, including critical, postmodernism, feminism, Marxism, positivism, and pragmatism.
Athena Title
Theoretical Frameworks
Equivalent Courses
Not open to students with credit in ETAP 8565E, QUAL 8565E
Semester Course Offered
Offered every year.
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
*students will learn how to read challenging, philosophical texts that use unfamiliar language, such as French post-structural discourse *students will develop reading management strategies to further their doctoral studies *students will learn to speak and write theoretical language *students will be introduced to a broad range of macro-level theories they might use in their studies and research *students will begin to situate their work in regard to these theories
Topical Outline
*Rethinking reading *Troubling the taken-for-granted *Enlightenment humanism *Marxism *Psychoanalytic theories *Pragmatism *Social Constructionism *Conventional science *Critical theory *Feminism *Race theories *Post-colonial theories *Postmodernism
Syllabus