Studying Cities: Social Science Methods for Urban Research by Erasmus University Rotterdam

Are you interested in learning more about how to conduct scientific research in an urban or local setting? The Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies (IHS), Erasmus University Rotterdam, offers a course called Studying Cities: Social Science Methods for Urban Research. Throughout the course, you will get a better understanding of the many stages of the research cycle and lay a solid foundation for your own future research projects.

It is critical for any (urban) researcher to grasp the various components and elements of doing research before beginning. The course will take you through the many stages of the research cycle in order to give you with the fundamental information required for any Master's degree, with an emphasis on urban and local development. Introductions to the issue statement, research purpose, empirical cycle, and research question are given at the outset of the course. The components and criteria of the theoretical framework and operationalization, research methodologies, and the gathering and analysis of quantitative and qualitative data will all be covered in the coming weeks. By watching video lectures with in-video questions and completing the final peer review, which will employ all of the elements you have learned during the course, you will be given the tools you need to comprehend and evaluate these essential processes in scientific research.

This course offers:

• Flexible deadlines: Reset deadlines in accordance to your schedule.
  
• Certificate : Earn a Certificate upon completion
  
• 100% online
  
• Beginner Level
  
• Approx. 7 hours to complete
  
• Subtitles: Arabic, French, Portuguese (European), Chinese (Simplified), Italian, Vietnamese, German, Russian, English, Spanish

Coursera Rating: 4.7/5
Enroll here: https://www.coursera.org/learn/studying-cities-social-science-methods-for-urban-research