This course involves 60 hours of participation and observation in an off-campus institutional setting under close faculty supervision. Students will record observations in a daily journal, will conduct a project related to their work at the institution, and will write a formal paper describing their work and the institution.
Students meet on a regular basis with faculty for guidance and ongoing assessment.
Final evaluation by the faculty advisor will include an evaluation by the student's on-site supervisor. This course will cover the classical social theorists, including Weber, Marx, Durkheim, Simmel, Cooley, and others. Basic elements of hypothesis testing will be studied. Students will use SPSS to analyze data sets and learn to present and interpret data in graphic form. The second course in a two semester sequence, this course provides opportunities for student generated research projects which involve significant library research, the collection of data, and the production of a journal style paper in APA format.