SOC 1301 Building Sociological Reasoning

3 units
Sociology
Faculty of Social Sciences
Introduction to the research process in sociology: formulating a sociological problem and questioning; conducting a literature review and building a bibliography; identifying the main qualitative and quantitative methodologies used in research. Develop skills in analyzing data from published quantitative and qualitative research and introduce the epistemological issues raised by these data: diversity of forms of knowledge, reflexivity, researcher's positionality.

Components:

Lecture

Requirements:

Previously SOC 2111.

Previously Offered Terms:

Fall
Winter

French Equivalent:

Organized

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Clear Expectations

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Learned a Lot

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Fair Assessments

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