Examination of human beings as social and culture-creating entities in the linguistic, marital, educational, economic, political, and religious spheres. The course is intended to provide majors in social science fields an opportunity to explore and develop a topic for the senior thesis. It is, however, open to students in all fields who seek a fundamental introduction to doing research. A study of the different techniques used in the social sciences to analyze, intrepret, and evaluate data. The course is intended to provide students conducting a senior thesis, in social science, the necessary skills to organize and summarize their data using descriptive and inferential statistics.
Students prepare a major research paper.
They then participate in an integrative seminar designed to enable them to identify significant issues which arise in the serious study of society, and to relate their personal philosophies and Judeo-Christian perspectives to alternative courses of action. The seminar also includes a comprehensive oral examination which each student must pass in order to graduate.