SOCI 481: RS: Sociology Honors Seminar

SOCI 481-001: RS: Honors Seminar in Soc II
(Spring 2023)

Section Information for Spring 2023

This class is the second course in the Honors Seminar and 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.

SOCI 481 001 enrollment is controlled. Contact the department for approval to register.

Course Information from the University Catalog

Credits: 3

Students will expand an independent research project initiated in their Capstone course (SOCI 416 or SOCI 485) into an honors thesis under the guidance of a student-selected faculty mentor. Students must meet Sociology Honors minimum grade requirements and have selected a faculty mentor before course registration is approved. Offered by Sociology & Anthropology. Limited to three attempts.
Specialized Designation: Research/Scholarship Intensive
Registration Restrictions:

Required Prerequisites: (SOCI 416B+ or 485B+).
B+ Requires minimum grade of B+.

Schedule Type: Independent Study
Grading:
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.

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