Faculty of Arts

Social Research Methods

Convener: Dr Ray Wyatt (Geography and Environmental Studies).

The Departments of Criminology, Geography, Political Science and Psychology have cooperated to offer a series of linked units that together will provide students with skills in methods that are important in social science research and policy analysis. Some or all of these units, taken as a major, would form a useful complement to sequences of units in any of the four departments.

A major in Social Research Methods requires the completion of the five subjects at second or third-year level (a total of 83.3 points) specified below. The prerequisite for entry to the major is 25 points of first-year Social Science subjects.

Course structure

For information on entry into the combined honours program in Social Research Methods, please consult the convener.

It is possible to complete a combined honours program in Social Science Research methods, completing 33.3 points of coursework within the program by completing:

• 166-433 Survey Research Methods (Not available in 1996)

• 512-629 Multivariative Statistical Methods in the Social Sciences

Subject Descriptions

121-231 Statistical Methods in the Social Sciences
103-230 Microcomputer Applications for Arts Students
136-234 Interpreting Society: the Hermeneutic Imagination
191-203 Introduction To Research Methods
191-320 Qualitative Research Methods
166-433 Survey Research Methods
512-629 Multivariative Statistical Methods in the Social Sciences

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