SOCIOL 271D
Methods of Sociological Research: Imperative and Emerging Technical and Epistemological Issues
In this graduate-level research methods course we will revisit and extend many of the issues with which you have dealt in conducting your MA and possibly other research. Further, some issues that bear on your (and everyone’s) research will be brought into our discussion. As we revisit, extend, and broaden the material of methods, students can use their research experience to interrogate the conflicting ideas of the course, and use various conflicting ideas of the course to interrogate (and enhance the quality of) their research.
Topics
- Gaining such consciousness and bringing it to bear in one’s research is a life-long task. The course cannot convey a set of “answers” as the final word on many of these issues because the dialogue on these issues continues such that there is final word to give. Thus, our aim is to deepen your engagement with these issues, to provide an opportunity for deepened reflection on your work and the myriad complexities embedded within.
Official catalogue course objectives and student learning outcomes
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027