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Fall 2019 | SOC 3801 Section 001: Sociological Research Methods (16884)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
Tue,
Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AM
UMTC, West Bank
Blegen Hall 10
- Enrollment Status:
Open (90 of 112 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course provides an introduction to the materials and methods of social science research in a comprehensive and critical way. The course begins by introducing social science research, including philosophical and theoretical foundations. The course then covers the primary components of research design, including conceptualization, operationalization and measurement, primary and secondary data collection and sources, sampling, and the logic of comparison(s). prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors must register A-F
- Class Notes:
- Lab sections WILL meet the first week of class. Click this link for more detailed course information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?jdewaard+SOC3801+Fall2019
- Class Description:
- This course provides an introduction to the materials and methods of social science research in a comprehensive and critical way. The course begins by introducing social science research and the components of research design, including conceptualization, operationalization and measurement, indexes and scales, reliability and validity, primary and secondary data collection and sources, sampling, the logic of comparison(s), and research ethics. This is followed by introducing students to research designs used in social science research, including ethnography, ethnomethodology, case and comparative case studies, comparative historical and archival methods, content analysis, interviews, focus groups, surveys, and experiments and their variants. The course concludes by considering several critical bookends, including data analysis and various tools and tricks of the trade.
- Grading:
10% Attend and participate in class discussion
10% Recall key terms and details
20% Find relevant sources of research
30% Interpret and compare different types of evidence
30% Justify and critique common research practices
- Class Format:
- Lecture Section:
50% conceptual development
25% participatory activities
25% guest speakers, media, in-class writing, & miscellaneousLab Section:
80% Analyze and discuss weekly readings (available online)
20% Workshop term paper
- Workload:
- 20-40 pages of reading per week
2 exams
Daily in-class writing exercises
2 term papers, 5-6 pages each
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/16884/1199
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 30 August 2018
ClassInfo Links - Fall 2019 Sociology Classes Taught by Jack DeWaard