You will be seeing some of the social dynamics in action which you studied in the classroom. Your field and seminar experiences will prepare you for post-Rowan experiences by adding to your academic knowledge and your vocational awareness and skills. The goal of the course is to have the student successfully integrate student involvement in field experience into a sociological perspective. Many sociology courses include some field experience, but an intensified, limited classroom, seminar permits the type of in-depth concentration that is necessary for the blending of theoretical concepts with practical experience. This is accomplished by having each student conduct a research exercise in a selected theoretical area, and by having students react to fellow student's research projects in the seminar setting.
Students have very close and enduring contact with practitioners.
They gain firsthand knowledge of an occupation. Students also gain indirectly by listening and reacting to the descriptions of others students' experiences. Lasting relationships with employing sponsors which many times develop into networks also result from the field experience in sociology. The required readings for the course are determined by you in consultation with me. If you have not had Methods and Statistics, or have not done a research paper before, it is essential that you read and use the books below.