SOCI 485: RS: Sociological Analysis and Practice

SOCI 485-001: RS:Sociological Analysis/Pract
(Spring 2019)

10:30 AM to 01:10 PM F

Innovation Hall 326

Section Information for Spring 2019

This class will provide an introduction to the practicalities of conducting original sociological research.

Students will collect, analyze, and write-up research data to answer questions about the social world. This class will emphasize a learning-by-doing approach to prepare students to conduct research. Because so much of your experience of this course will be shaped by your research question, how much you learn will depend on you even more than it does in other classes in which the content or topic is provided.

This course is designated as an RS level course and its development is being supported by OSCAR, Mason’s Students as Scholars Program (oscar.gmu.edu). This means that you will be doing original sociological research. You will design and conduct your own research project to answer your own research questions and will share the results of your research with the Sociology faculty.

Here are the specific learning objectives that I have for you and us this semester. Students will:

  • create an original scholarly project O20
  • communicate knowledge from an original scholarly project
  • articulate and refine a research question
  • follow ethical principles
  • gather evidence appropriate to the question
  • engage in the key elements of the scholarly process; and
  • situate the concepts, practices, or results of scholarship within a broader context.

Course Information from the University Catalog

Credits: 3

This class provides an introduction to the practicalities of conducting original sociological research. Students will collect and analyze both qualitative and quantitative data, and write-up research findings to answer questions about the social world. This class emphasizes a learning-by-doing approach to prepare students to conduct research and present it to varied publics. This class also helps students transition sociological knowledge and skills gained in the major into marketable skillsets; improving their post-graduate career readiness. Limited to three attempts.
Mason Core: Capstone
Specialized Designation: Research/Scholarship Intensive, Writing Intensive in Major
Recommended Prerequisite: SOCI 303.
Schedule Type: Seminar
Grading:
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.

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