Bachelor [Sociology] From DePauw University

?Majors learn to interpret, situate, and evaluate an argument; design and carry out research on human behavior, social groups, and societies; formulate, articulate, and support a position; write cogently, persuasively, and with sensitivity to ethical issues; and develop a historical and comparative gaze in tackling contemporary problems.

Sociology and anthropology courses are characteristically interactive, combining lecture and discussion. Many majors enhance their understanding of other cultures and societies by studying abroad, for example in Australia, China, France, Italy, Mexico, Spain, and South Africa. Many also take courses in interdisciplinary campus programs such as Asian Studies, Black Studies, European Studies, Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Conflict Studies, and Women?s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. Still others participate in off-campus internships, including programs in New York, Philadelphia, and London.

This course is designed to introduce students to the scientific method as it applies to quantitative research in sociology. Students learn the strategies of research design, hypothesis formation, scaling and measurement, survey construction, and data processing, analysis, and interpretation. They conduct their own original research projects using techniques of quantitative analysis.