EDUC 160Transformative Research in Community-Based Settings
Education · 5 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)
(Formerly numbered 188A.) Introduction to the broad tradition of transformative research in education—engaged scholarship that aims to disrupt long-standing educational inequities in partnership with local communities. This tradition includes youth participatory action research (YPAR), participatory design research (PDR), community-based participatory research (CBPR), and other collaborative approaches to inquiry that value diverse forms of expertise and knowledge. By examining the principles and practices that underscore community-engaged scholarship, students are supported in developing the ability to analyze education in social and political context; develop skills for effecting change; and demonstrate understanding of multiple perspectives, diversity, pluralism, and social justice.
Letter grading.
When it runs
- Spring 2026
- Spring 2027
Scheduled, not typical — from UCLA’s Schedule of Classes, which publishes Fall 2025 through Spring 2027 and nothing before it.
Requisites
Official UCLA wording
Requisites: courses 35, 180.
Requires
Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.
Unlocks
What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.
EDUC 160
- EDUC 176Transformative Research in Community-Based Settings: Practicum
1 course lists this as a requisite. The whole downstream is here — 1 course over 1 level. Every course here opens its own tree.