Offered every semester. Students are acquainted with contemporary qualitative research methods, including field research, participant observation and life history interviewing, historical and documentary research, content analysis of records, documents and other cultural products. Published articles and other works using qualitative methods are reviewed. Theory, techniques and ethical issues are explored. Offered when resources are available.
Students construct their own research projects and analyze the data.
Offered when resources are available. Analyzes formation of social policy, its effectiveness as applied to specific social institutions and programs, as well as the impact of these programs on their targeted population. Offered every year. The sociological perspective is used to study communications and media in contemporary society. Communications are examined as behavioral processes and media as technologies and institutions that shape communications.