EDUC 154BCommunity-Engaged Research in Clinical and Educational Settings
Education · 4 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)
Study centers on participatory inquiry with youth and community partners, with particular attention to Photovoice and Youth Participatory Action Research (YPAR) as relational research practices. Students work alongside community school students, teachers, clinicians, and Wellness Collaborative for Research and Education Activities to Transform and Empower (WeCREATE) partners to explore local communities and relationships that connect schools, families, and health-care institutions. Through Photovoice, students support youth in noticing, documenting, and reflecting on everyday experiences; and in developing questions that matter to them. Activities include active participation in a community-based heart clinic and school-based projects, which serve to build and sustain school-community relationships. Research is incorporated throughout these engagements, positioning students as collaborators attentive to context, relationships, and responsibility when working with others.
Letter grading.
When it runs
- Winter 2026
- Winter 2027
Scheduled, not typical — from UCLA’s Schedule of Classes, which publishes Fall 2025 through Spring 2027 and nothing before it.
Requisites
UCLA lists no requisites for this course.
Requires
Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.
Nothing — this is an entry point.
Unlocks
What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.
No course in the catalog lists this as a requisite.