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2015-2016 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2015-2016 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

SO 490 Senior Seminar I


The Senior Capstone course includes two components: the seminar and preparation for independent thesis research. The seminar includes reading and discussion of original research and literature on selected topics in sociology, and reflection and discussion of the student as a professional sociologist. Students have the opportunity to read and discuss a number of different approaches researching questions in the field and to use these approaches to create their own process for their independent research (the thesis). Instructors in the course utilize multiple methods of inquiry and research to highlight disciplinary research strategies. The course is an intensive reading and writing course that culminates in a comprehensive proposal for the independent thesis project to be completed in the Spring semester.