Fall 2015  |  SOC 4977V Section 001: Senior Honors Proseminar I (11848)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
3 Credits
Grading Basis:
A-F or Audit
Instructor Consent:
Department Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Honors
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/08/2015 - 12/16/2015
Wed 02:30PM - 05:00PM
UMTC, West Bank
Social Sciences Building 1183
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Exploring contemporary research for senior thesis. Guidance in defining a problem and reviewing prior theory/research. Presentation/discussion with faculty researchers. prereq: 3701, 3801, 3811, 9 additional upper div sociology cr, sr soc honors major, dept consent
Class Notes:
Must obtain permission number from Department office to register. Click this link for more detailed course information http://classinfo.umn.edu/?morti002+SOC4977V+Fall2015
Class Description:
This two-semester course sequence will guide honors Sociology students in the preparation of their senior project research papers. The first semester will focus on the development of the research project, including selection of a topic, articulating a researchable question, writing a literature review, choosing methods and data, and addressing human subjects concerns. A paper, to be completed by the end of the Fall semester will include a title and abstract; literature review, data source (including human subjects issues), and methods sections; and a bibliography. There will be relatively little lecture. Instead, student presentations and class discussions will focus on the stages of development of the research plan. We will discuss the issues and challenges students encounter as their work progresses. (During the second semester, students will execute their projects and prepare their final papers, including research findings and conclusions.)
Grading:
40% Reports/Papers
20% In-class Presentations
10% Class Participation
30% Other Evaluation Other Grading Information: Assignments: topic & research questions, IRB form, preliminary reading list, literature review, methods, and abstract. The final paper will include all these sections.
Class Format:
20% Lecture
40% Discussion
40% Other Style Students will present their work to the class.
Workload:
VARIABLE Pages Reading Per Week
20-25 Pages Writing Per Term
1 Paper(s)
Other Workload: Students will read sociological literature that addresses their topics (approx. 5-10 articles/week). Other readings provide guidelines about how to ask sociological questions, formulate a research plan, and collect and interpret data.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/11848/1159
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
4 September 2007

ClassInfo Links - Fall 2015 Sociology Classes

To link directly to this ClassInfo page from your website or to save it as a bookmark, use:
http://classinfo.umn.edu/?subject=SOC&catalog_nbr=4977V&term=1159
To see a URL-only list for use in the Faculty Center URL fields, use:
http://classinfo.umn.edu/?subject=SOC&catalog_nbr=4977V&term=1159&url=1
To see this page output as XML, use:
http://classinfo.umn.edu/?subject=SOC&catalog_nbr=4977V&term=1159&xml=1
To see this page output as JSON, use:
http://classinfo.umn.edu/?subject=SOC&catalog_nbr=4977V&term=1159&json=1
To see this page output as CSV, use:
http://classinfo.umn.edu/?subject=SOC&catalog_nbr=4977V&term=1159&csv=1
Schedule Viewer
8 am
9 am
10 am
11 am
12 pm
1 pm
2 pm
3 pm
4 pm
5 pm
6 pm
7 pm
8 pm
9 pm
10 pm
s
m
t
w
t
f
s
?
Class Title