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Fall 2024 | SOC 3801 Section 001: Sociological Research Methods (17070)
- Instructor(s)
- No instructor assigned
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
Online Course
- Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
Off Campus
Virtual Rooms ONLINEONLY
- Enrollment Status:
Open (65 of 180 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:
- This course is completely online in an asynchronous format. There are no scheduled meeting days/times. \
- Class Description:
Imagine this course as a civilian's guide to social research. We'll focus on the development, conduct, and dissemination of scholarship in a way that prepares you to complete a major project in sociology, but we'll also build the tools you'll need to evaluate truth claims that circulate in everyday public life and politics. Learn how to identify quality social research and put it to work. Defend it from skeptics. Think responsibly about its effects. Our assignments will help you mobilize several different types of existing research in order to answer a range of sociological questions.- 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/17070/1249
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 28 March 2017
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