Spring 2021  |  SOC 4978V Section 001: Honors Capstone Experience: Proseminar II (48646)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
3 Credits
Repeat Credit Limit:
4 Credits
Grading Basis:
Student Option No Audit
Instructor Consent:
Department Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
Completely Online
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Honors
Online Course
Enrollment Requirements:
Pol 4977V, honors
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
01/19/2021 - 01/20/2021
Wed 02:30PM - 05:00PM
Off Campus
UMN REMOTE
 
01/25/2021 - 05/03/2021
Off Campus
Virtual Rooms ONLINEONLY
Enrollment Status:
Closed (15 of 15 seats filled)
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
This is the second course in the two-course Honors Capstone Experience. In Soc 4978V, students will complete their data collection and analysis while the focus of the seminar turns to scholarly writing, and particularly to drafting and refining arguments. The Department of Sociology does not make any initial distinction between Honors students who are seeking cum laude, magna cum laude, or summa cum laude levels of Latin Honors. Instead, our focus is on helping students to develop ambitious and high-quality original research papers of which they can be justifiably proud and which can serve as testaments to their abilities. The Department of Sociologys approach is to support every Honors student as they plan and conduct summa-level work. The ultimate recommendation for level of latin honors is made by the committee at the time of the thesis defense. In addition to the Honors thesis requirements, the recommendation for summa-level honors is reserved for the papers that demonstrate the following criteria: - Tight integration between a clearly defined question or thesis and the research presented; - Ambitious original research design, with research completed on time and analyzed appropriately; - Integration of ongoing conversations in the research literature into the design and analysis of the data gathered; - Powerful and precise prose which weaves together evidence and argument and which is attentive to both the lessons and limits of the data. Students will do an Oral Defense and participate in a panel presentation at the spring Sociological Research Institute (SRI). The Sociology Department requires completion of Soc 4977V/4978V to graduate with Latin Honors. prereq: 1001/1011V, 3701, 3801, 3811, 4977V, and at least 12 upper-division SOC credits; Sociology honors major & department consent
Class Notes:
Must obtain permission number from instructor to register. All seats reserved for Honors students majoring in Sociology. On Wed. Jan. 20, the lecture will meet online synchronously at the scheduled time. After the first week, the lecture will move to an asynchronous format (no scheduled meeting times). Click this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?bianx001+SOC4978V+Spring2021
Class Description:
This is the second course in the two-course Honors Capstone Experience. In Soc 4978V, students will complete their data collection and analysis while the focus of the seminar turns to scholarly writing, and particularly to drafting and refining arguments. The Department of Sociology does not make any initial distinction between Honors students who are seeking cum laude, magna cum laude, or summa cum laude levels of Latin Honors. Instead, our focus is on helping students to develop ambitious and high-quality original research papers of which they can be justifiably proud and which can serve as testaments to their abilities. The Department of Sociologys approach is to support every Honors student as they plan and conduct summa-level work. The ultimate recommendation for level of latin honors is made by the committee at the time of the thesis defense. In addition to the Honors thesis requirements, the recommendation for summa-level honors is reserved for the papers that demonstrate the following criteria: - Tight integration between a clearly defined question or thesis and the research presented;
- Ambitious original research design, with research completed on time and analyzed appropriately; - Integration of ongoing conversations in the research literature into the design and analysis of the data gathered; - Powerful and precise prose which weaves together evidence and argument and which is attentive to both the lessons and limits of the data. Students will do an Oral Defense and participate in a panel presentation at the spring Sociological Research Institute (SRI). The Sociology Department requires completion of Soc 4977V/4978V to graduate with Latin Honors. prereq: 1001/1011V, 3701, 3801, 3811, 4977V, and at least 12 upper-division SOC credits; Sociology honors major &
department consent
Who Should Take This Class?:
Those students who were enrolled in Soc4977V during fall semester of 2020.
Learning Objectives:
To complete the student's empirical study and the writing of the thesis paper.
Grading:
100% on the quality of the thesis paper completed.
Exam Format:
No exam.
Class Format:
In class discussions and instructor-student individual meetings.
Workload:
For the whole semester, a completed thesis paper of up to 30 pages. Weekly readings, an empirical study, and the writing of the thesis will vary among students.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/48646/1213
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
18 September 2020

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