SSCI102 — Social Science in Action with Research Methods
SSCI 102 - Social Science in Action with Research Methods SSCI 102 - Social Science in Action with Research Methods (3,1) 3 Credits This multidisciplinary course introduces the world of social science with its focus on human experience by exposing students to real-world research presented by different discipline experts: social workers, educators, sociologists, historians, anthropologists, political scientists, and/or psychologists. The course presents a variety of key qualitative and quantitative research methodologies and methods used in social science research. It also examines questions relating to the nature of knowledge, of truth, as well as issues of power. Topics include interviewing and focus groups, discourse analysis, experimental designs, mixed methods approach, the use of critical theory and feminists research methodologies in social science research. The successful completion of this course entails the carrying out of a group research project. Groups of students, in collaboration with a faculty member, identify a social research question, perform appropriate research, and communicate the research in writing with a formal paper and orally with a class presentation. Course link
Prerequisites: ENGL111, ENGL070, MATH020