2012-13 Undergraduate Academic Catalog

Sociology (SOC)

All Sociology Courses

SOC 3000 Qualitative Research Methods (3 credits)

Principles, techniques, and practices in the conduct of field research in natural social settings, focusing on participant observation, unstructured and semi-structured interviewing, use of informants, personal and public documents, content analysis, unobtrusive research techniques, interpreting narrative data, and preparation of a field research report (ethnography). Prerequisite: SOC 1104 or ANTH 1110. Also ANTH 3000.