SOCIOLOGICAL RESEARCH METHODS FOR CHANGE
Learn key academic and action-oriented research methods in community and environmental sociology. Gain familiarity with methods to foster democracy and justice through positive change in the real world. Identify common ways that social science research can fall short of its goal to foster positive change and learn methods to address those failures.
Prerequisites & course information
Requisites: None Course Designation: Core GenEd - Social & Behavioral Science Breadth - Social Science Level - Elementary L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: No Learning Outcomes: 1. Recognize and evaluate engaged social science research methods. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Apply professional verbal and written communication skills to assess social science research. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Identify the ethical implications of social science research, including one's own position, institutional hierarchy, and data ownership. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Identify common ways that social science research fails to create the intended positive social change, and better routes to do so. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Describe methods that can help communities achieve outcomes they seek. Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Recognize and evaluate engaged social science research methods. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Apply professional verbal and written communication skills to assess social science research. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Identify the ethical implications of social science research, including one's own position, institutional hierarchy, and data ownership. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Identify common ways that social science research fails to create the intended positive social change, and better routes to do so. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Describe methods that can help communities achieve outcomes they seek. Audience: Undergraduate
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027