ID 2050SOC SCI RES-IQP: Cape Town (WI)

Catalog

Cat. I This course is open to students accepted to off-campus IQP centers and programs . The course introduces students to research design, methods for social science research, and analysis . It also provides practice in specific research and field skills using the project topics students have selected in conjunction with sponsoring agencies . Students learn to develop social science hypotheses based upon literature reviews in their topic areas and apply concepts drawn from social psychology, anthropology, sociology, economics and other areas as appropriate . Students make presentations, write an organized project proposal, and develop a communication model for reporting their project findings . Some sections of this course may be offered as Writing Intensive (WI).