PREREQ: SOC 10 or SOC 235 or ANTH 101 or ECON 101 or FNES 106 or HSS 1 or PSCI 100 or PSCI 101 or URBST 101. Not open to students who have taken SOC 205.
Description: Introduction to descriptive, inferential, bi-variate, and multivariate statistical techniques to analyze social science data. In the statistics lab, students learn how to generate and interpret output produced by a standard statistical computer package. Lab exercises are used to reinforce the meaning of the statistics and how they behave.
Data 212W –Research Methods
Requirement: FSW – Flexible Core – Scientific World
PREREQ: ENGL 110 and (SOC 101 OR SOC 235 OR ANTH 101 OR ECON 101 OR FNES 106 OR HSS 1 OR PSCI 100 OR PSCI 101 OR URBST 101). Not open to students who have taken SOC 212W.
Description: The relationship between sociological theory and data through analysis of important social phenomena and the understanding and communication of scientific findings about such phenomena.
DATA 235 – Data and Society
Requirement: FSW – Flexible Core – Scientific World
Description: A scientific examination of the relationships of digital technology and big data to the individual and society. Topics include issues of privacy and ethics, human machine interaction artificial intelligence, interpersonal communication, law and crime, healthcare, education, business, effects on American and global social structure, media, national security and politics, and science and technology the scientific community.
DATA 306 – Data Analysis and Modeling
Requirement: N/A
PRE: SOC/DATA 205 or PSYCH 107 or ECON 249 or equivalent. Not open to students who have taken SOC 306
Description: Additional and more advanced statistical methods applied to the analysis of sociological data; multiple and partial correlation, analysis of variance, etc.
DATA 333 – Data Mngt, Processing, & Vis
Requirement: N/A
PREREQ: SOC 101 and Soc/Data 205. Not open to students who have taken SOC 333.
Description: Introduction to statistical programs and programming languages to assist with conducting research; data gathering, processing, analysis, interpretation and report writing.
DATA 334 – Applied Research
Requirement: N/A
PRE: SOC/DATA 205 AND SOC/DATA 212. Not open to students who have taken SOC 334.
Description: A study of various methods of social research, combined with practical experience in their application.
Graduate Courses
DATA 701: The Development of Sociological Theory
Requirement: Theory
Description: Critical examination of the major treatises and schools in the development of sociological theory from Comte to twentieth-century theorists.
DATA 702: Contemporary Sociological Theory
Requirement: Theory
Description: Critical discussion of current sociological theory. Relationship of contemporary theory to empirical research.
DATA 710: Basic Analytics
Requirement: Methods I
PREREQ: Data 205 with grade of B+ or better
Description: This course focuses on basic statistical concepts and analytic techniques with an emphasis on application to real-world problems and issues. It is the first in a two-semester sequence. This course focuses on basic statistical concepts and analytic techniques with an emphasis on application to real-world problems and issues. It is the first in a two-semester sequence. This course emphasizes describing and summarizing data, statistical inference procedures and reasoning, and use of statistical software in analysis.
DATA 711: Qualitative Methods
Requirement: Methods III or IV
Description: Qualitative concepts and methods of sociological research; application of such concepts and methods in representative published studies.
DATA 712: Advanced Analytics
Requirement: Methods II
PREREQ: Data 710 with grade of B- or better
Description: An examination of advanced statistical methods, inference, and multivariate techniques, such as ANOVA, linear regression, and logistic regression.
DATA 716: Professional Writing and Communication for Social Research
Requirement: Writing and Communication
Description: An applied course stressing succinct and meaningful communication. The course will include proposals, analytical reports, and presentations. Essential concepts will be drawn from a wide variety of professional experiences.
DATA 728: Sociology of Organizations and Industry
Description: The general theory of organizations is examined with emphasis on groups, decisions, hierarchy, effectiveness, participation, conflict, power, and environment. Selected studies dealing with labor, business, and government are discussed.
DATA 734: Applied Social Research in Marketing I
Requirement: Research I
Description: A survey of the techniques used in marketing research with an emphasis on developing skills needed to carry out research.
DATA 735: Applied Social Research in Marketing II
Requirement: Research II
PREREQ: Data 734 with grade of B- or greater
Description: Students carry out a marketing research project.
DATA 736: Demography
Description: Survey of population studies, including: basic demographic processes and population structures; overview of demographic data, methods, and concepts; and discussion of population issues.
DATA 754: Applied Social Research I
Requirement: Research I
Description: Topics in Applied Social Research.
DATA 755: Applied Social Research II
Requirement: Research II
PREREQ: Data 754 with grade of B- or greater
Description: Topics in Applied Social Research.
DATA 765: Applied Social Research II
Requirement: Methods III or IV
Description: Special topics in research methods. This course may be repeated for credit by permission of the department as the topic changes.
DATA 7881 – 7886: Coop Ed Field Placement
Description: Students will apply skills learned in courses in paid positions. A written report linking experience with skills and concepts learned in the classroom is required.
DATA 7891 – 7896: Internship Soc Res
Description: Students will apply skills learned in courses in volunteer positions. A written report linking experience with skills and concepts learned in the classroom is required.
DATA 790: Seminar in Selected Topics in Sociology
Description: Content will be determined by the special interest of students and the instructor. The course may be repeated for credit by permission of the department as the topic changes.
DATA 791: Tutorial
Description: Independent study under the guidance of a faculty advisor.
DATA 792: Research
Description: Research conducted under the guidance of a faculty advisor.
DATA 793: Thesis Research
Requirement: Capstone
PREREQ: DATA 701 or 702 or 728 or 736 or MEDST 752; DATA 710 and 712; (DATA 734 and 735) OR (DATA 754 and 755); DATA 711 or 765; and DATA 716.
Description: Student will carry out a research project which will culminate in a master’s thesis or a research report of comparable significance.
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