Fall 2018  |  SOC 4977V Section 001: Senior Honors Proseminar I (17379)

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
 
09/04/2018 - 12/12/2018
Wed 02:30PM - 05:00PM
UMTC, West Bank
Social Sciences Building 1114
Enrollment Status:
Closed (14 of 14 seats filled)
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/?gerte004+SOC4977V+Fall2018
Class Description:
The Senior Honors Proseminar is designed to help students in the process of reseraching and writing the Honors Thesis in sociology. The first semester ("Proseminar I") is dedicated to a set of interrelated goals: (1) thinking through the relationship between our personal biographies and our intellectual interests; (2) identifying and sharpening research topics and questions; (3) finding the relevant social scientific research, mastering it, and locating our interests in relation to it; (4) producing an initial research proposal; (5) considering and addressing the ethics of research concerning human subjects; and (6) finalizing a plan of research which will guide our research as we work toward the final paper. In the Spring semester ("Proseminar II"), we will be engaged in the process of collecting and analyzing data, polishing our written work into a full thesis paper, and presenting our work.
Grading:
80% Reports/Papers
20% Class Participation
Exam Format:
No exams.
Class Format:
40% Discussion
40% Small Group Activities
20% Student Presentations
Workload:
20-30 Pages Reading Per Week
25-30 Pages Writing Per Term
4 Paper(s)
2 Presentation(s)
2 Special Project(s)
Other Workload: Much of the work for the course is done on your own, to further the projects you will outline. Coursework is designed to help you on that path.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/17379/1189
Past Syllabi:
http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/gerte004_SOC4977V_Fall2024.pdf (Fall 2024)
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
3 April 2016

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