Exploration and critique of various epistemological approaches to sociological inquiry. Research design, concept development, nature of data, introduction to qualitative and quantitative methods. Prerequisites: SOC 200 and 350; and permission of instructor.

This course is designed to introduce students to the various qualitative research methods in the social sciences. Prerequisites: SOC 607.

Analysis of quantitative social science data. Hypothesis testing and descriptive methods. Prerequisite: SOC 607.