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Course Info for SOCL - 201 - 01, Spring 2025
Class number: 2391 Title: Resrch Meth in Soc Sci Department: Sociology
Career: Undergraduate Component: Lecture Session: Regular
Instructor's Permission Required: No Grading Basis: Regular Units: 1.00
Enrollment limited to 19 Current enrollment: 20 Available seats: 0
Start date: Tuesday, January 21, 2025 End date: Friday, May 9, 2025 Mode of Instruction: In Person
Schedule: TR: 10:50AM-12:05PM, MC - 311 Instructor(s): Vickers, Mary Jane
Prerequisite(s): Prerequisite: C- or better in Sociology 101
Distribution Requirement: Meets Numerical & Symbolic Reasoning Requirement
Course Description:
An introduction to social sciences inquiry, stressing what is common as well as what is different in the techniques and procedures employed in the different disciplines. The course seeks to develop the student’s skill in designing original research and in evaluating the significance of already published research findings. Topics include: the interdependence of theory and research; ways of formulating research problems and hypotheses; the variety of research designs (introducing the ideas of statistical as well as experimental control); and an overview of the major procedures of instrument construction, measurement, data collection, sampling, and data analysis. Required laboratory sessions offer experience in each step of the research process.