◆ SOC 376 - Introduction to Social Research

(3 S.H.)

Students study of the nature of scientific inquiry, logic, causality, ethics; the tools required to conduct sociological research, including research design, sampling, and measurement; and quantitative, qualitative, and mixed research methodologies used in the social sciences, including surveys, experiments, field research, unobtrusive methods, and interviews. Throughout the term, students conduct a research project on which they report at the end of the semester. The main goal of this course is methodological literacy. Prerequisites: SOC 150 - Introduction to Sociology and STAT 110 - Fundamentals of Statistics or ◆ PSY 231 - Statistics. Grade only. Offered each semester.

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