Open to students in related disciplines. A survey of the most important contemporary theories and theorists. A critical examination of Weber's writings and his influence on social science. The steps necessary to design a research project including searching the literature, formulating the problem, deriving propositions, operationalizing concepts, constructing explanations and testing hypotheses. The theory and practice of survey research.
Students collectively design and carry out one major survey.
Non-Survey Research Methods Procedures and techniques of documentary analysis, historical sociology, detached and participant observation, sociological experimentation, and action research. Reforms in the Khrushchev period, the Cultural Revolution, the post-Mao period, and under Gorbachev. Social Demography International study of population structures with special emphasis on comparison of developed and developing societies. Particular attention is paid to the way in which differing rates of population growth affect the patterns of social and economic change in these societies. Introduction to Social Statistics Statistical methods for social science applications.