SOAN 395 - Senior Seminar in Social Analysis

Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Winter

Prerequisite: SOAN 102 (SOC 102), SOAN 375 (SOC 375), and one chosen from SOAN 118 (SOC 118), MATH 118, INTR 202 or PSYC 250. This course is designed as a capstone experience for majors with the sociology emphasis. Students, utilizing their knowledge of sociological theory and research methods, design and execute independent research projects, typically involving secondary analysis of survey data. Working on a subject of their choice, students learn how to present research questions and arguments, formulate research hypotheses, test hypotheses through univariate, bivariate, and multivariate analyses (utilizing appropriate statistical packages such as SPSS), and write research reports. Jasiewicz.