Intro to Social Research

Catalog description

Introduction to Social Research (3) This course offers an introduction to the fundamentals of research methods in social science. Research is a form of human inquiry to explore and explain the world around us. Social research focuses on our extremely complex and challenging social world. Learning about this social world requires training in systematic methods that can help us to overcome personal limitations. This course provides an understanding of social research as a process and covers the basics of research methods such as common problems in human inquiry, logics and steps of research design, measurement, sampling, research ethics, and data collection strategies. Students construct a research proposal, accomplished through a series of writing assignments. AU Core Integrative Requirement: Written Communication and Information Literacy II. Prerequisite: SOCY-100 or SOCY-210 or SOCY-215, and completion of Written Communication and Information Literacy I requirement.