Hello,
I am looking for examples of undergraduate sociology programs that
require a two-course methods sequence, one on qualitative methods and
the other on quantitative (as opposed to the model with one course on
research design and the other on statistics) .
As a result of program review our dept. wants to strengthen our methods
requirement. I teach our current course which is a typical intro to
social research focused on research design with an overview of a variety
of methods and a very brief look at data analysis. We require a stats
cognate that students take through math or psych.
I have come to believe that a more effective approach would be for
students to learn the whole research process (design, data collection,
data analysis, and report writing) start to finish in one course. In
order to cover the wide variety of quantitative and qualitative
methodologies we need two courses.
If you have examples of this approach (including course descriptions or
web address where I can find them) or any advice please send it to me at
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thank you!
Heather
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Heather Sullivan-Catlin, Ph.D.
Associate Professor and Chair
Department of Sociology
SUNY Potsdam
44 Pierrepont Avenue
Potsdam, NY 13676
315-267-2570
315-267-2743 (fax)
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“Although social change cannot come
overnight, we must always work as
though it were a possibility in the
morning.” -Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
