SOC 4978V is also offered in Spring 2024
SOC 4978V is also offered in Spring 2023
SOC 4978V is also offered in Spring 2022
Spring 2020 | SOC 4978V Section 001: Senior Honors Proseminar II (52139)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- Department Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Honors
- Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
UMTC, West Bank
Social Sciences Building 1114
- Enrollment Status:
Open (11 of 16 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Developing the methodology of senior project, researching it, and writing the thesis. Students work individually or in small groups in consultation with seminar director and other faculty. Group discussion of individual projects. prereq: [4977V or instr consent], 3701, 3801, 3811, at least 9 additional upper div soc cr, sr soc honors major, dept consent
- Class Notes:
- Must obtain permission number from instructor to register. All seats reserved for Honors students majoring in Sociology. Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?savel001+SOC4978V+Spring2020
- Class Description:
- This course is required for Honors students in sociology. It builds on the Proseminar I. Students will continue work on their honors theses. They will conduct data collection and/or analyze data, write and revise the final sections of their theses: results, discussion (linking findings back to the literature and to theoretical expectations), and conclusions. One component will be a presentation of findings at the Annual Sociology Research Institute. Participants will finally integrate the different sections of their theses, revise the entire text, and present their findings in class.
- Learning Objectives:
- Conducting empirical research; relating findings back to literature and theory; writing a sociological research paper; presenting findings
- Grading:
- 80% Reports/Papers
10% In-class Presentations
10% Class Participation
- Class Format:
- 30% Lecture
40% Discussion student presentations and mutual editing
- Workload:
- 10 Pages Reading Per Week
30 Pages Writing Per Term
4 Paper(s)
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/52139/1203
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 24 October 2019
ClassInfo Links - Spring 2020 Sociology Classes