PRACTICUM IN ANALYSIS AND RESEARCH

C&ESOC/SOC 357

Scientific methods in the study of society; procedures for testing sociological theory: problem definition, hypothesis construction, collection and evaluation of data. Practical experience conducting small research projects.

C&ESOC/SOC 365

Understanding the structure of different types of social scientific data, techniques for data evaluation, cleaning, documentation and visual display, merging data from multiple sources, restructuring data for analysis.

SOC 320

Practical experience in techniques of social research through work on a research project for the semester.

C&ESOC/SOC 750

Application of scientific methods to the analysis of social phenomena; methodological orientations in sociology; types of research procedure: nature of sociological variables.

C&ESOC 299

Research work for students under direct guidance of a faculty member in an area of Community and Environmental Sociology. Students are responsible for arranging the work and credits with the supervising instructor.