SOCI 480: Honors Seminar in Sociology I

SOCI 480-001: Honors Seminar in Soci I
(Spring 2022)

Section Information for Spring 2022

This class will introduce 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. This course fulfills the Mason Core Requirement for Capstone.

SOCI 480 001 enrollment is controlled. Contact the department for approval to register.

Course Information from the University Catalog

Credits: 3

Develop research proposals and an appropriate bibliography for honors thesis under the guidance of a sociology faculty member. Limited to three attempts.
Specialized Designation: Mason Impact.
Recommended Prerequisite: Admission to honors in the sociology major.
Schedule Type: Independent Study
Grading:
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Special scale.

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