社会学系课程及要求

社会学专业学生学习目标

  • 社会学视角导论
  • Experience with field research (carry out independent observation and in-depth interview at own research site)
  • Experience with survey research (analyze an existing large-scale survey, 实施调查问卷, carry out basic statistical 分析 of survey data )
  • Read and analyze classical roots of sociological thought
  • 阅读和分析当代社会学理论
  • In-depth exposure to specific sociological phenomena through electives

老年人锻炼的学习目标(社会学190)

The 社会学专业 culminates in a senior exercise, a senior seminar in which students read and evaluate current, 前沿社会学专著, dissecting their theoretical perspectives as well as their methodological approaches. At the end of the semester each student presents orally to the entire department a critical review of a sociological topic, 还有一篇25页的论文. This paper may form the literature review for an optional thesis that students can complete in the spring semester

让学生们为这个高级练习做准备, they take two courses in research 方法 - one qualitative and one quantitative - and two courses in social theory - one in classical theory and one in contemporary theory, 还有四门社会学选修课, 除了社会学入门课程之外. Many sociology majors carry out original research projects during the summers or during the academic year in addition to their coursework.

Learning Goals for Sociology 51: Introduction to Sociology

学生 in this course acquire a survey introduction to the discipline through analyzing original texts. A focus is placed on introducing students to theory, 方法, 进行基础的实证研究.

  • Develop knowledge for the history of the discipline of sociology and its relations to other social science disciplines
  • Identify key theories and figures that influence the discipline over the past 150 years
  • Explain the relationship between theory and empirical research
  • Distinguish between the advantages and disadvantages between qualitative and quantitative 方法 in the discipline
  • 识别使用样本的系统研究, 人口, 各种方法, 以及社会学理论的应用
  • Conduct basic research using data from various online surveys
  • Perform original ethnographic fieldwork in the local community
  • Critique original sociological studies and distinguish between different methodologies and theoretical perspectives
  • 连接 contemporary research to the history of sociological thoughts (such as conflict, 实用主义的, 以及符号互动理论)

Learning Goal for Sociology 102: Qualitative Research Methods

学生 experience the full range of designing, conducting, and sharing qualitative research. A particular focus is placed on the 方法 employed in the collection, 分析, 以及人种学观察的展示, 深度访谈, 焦点小组. 目标包括:

  • 设计一个定性研究项目.
  • Initiating contact and gain access into a research site.
  • Discussing research ethics, reciprocity, positionality.
  • Reading and discussing competing paradigms in qualitative research.
  • Collaborating with classmates as a research board to support and evaluate each others' projects.
  • Conducting field observations and writing field notes.
  • 设计面试和焦点小组问题.
  • Scheduling and conducting interviews and focus group discussions.
  • 记录采访和焦点小组讨论.
  • Coding and searching for themes in field notes and interviews.
  • Relating sociological scholarship to research project.
  • 写一篇定性研究论文.
  • Carrying-out a formal qualitative research presentation

Learning Goals for Sociology 104 -- Survey Research Methods

学生看到了全方位的调查研究, from the beginning of designing a research project to writing the results of a data 分析, 包括以下目标:

  • Develop measurable variables based upon social concepts and link those variables into testable hypotheses
  • Design survey questionnaire items that can measure the variables they want to study
  • 确定其他抽样方法
  • 进行实地调查问卷访谈
  • Access data from an existing large-scale, nationally representative social survey
  • Perform descriptive statistical tests, such as mean, median, mode
  • Produce bivariate tables with chi-square tests of significance; perform two-way correlations
  • 进行多元线性回归分析
  • 写一篇量化结果的摘要

Learning Goals for Classical Sociological Theory (Sociology 154) and Contemporary Sociological Theory (Sociology 157)

In both classical and contemporary sociological theory, students learn the history and development of the field of sociology through the exploration of the ideas of major theorists.

  • Develops students' capacity to formulate critical assessment of theory.
  • 学生 analyze the basic assumptions and elemental ideas of various thinkers.
  • 学生 analyze and critique central themes of social thought, together with their main representatives and schools.
  • 学生 learn to compare and contrast significant ideas of different theorists.
  • 学生 explore the impact of social theory in bringing about change for social structures.
  • 学生 learn to apply social theory in understanding contemporary society.
  • 学生 should develop ability to understand the assumptions both they and scholars make about the social world, 以及这些假设的含义.