CDL COURSE ENTRY FORM


Author: Bernice Kennedy/SUNY
Last modified by: Laura Wait/SUNY
Composed: 12/16/2003 10:17 AM
Curriculum Committee Approval Date:
Modified: 02/14/2017
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Course Number: (prefix) SOC (number) 283604 ESC 2.0 Course number:

Name: Quantitative Social Science Research: Design and Methods
Datatel Title: (30char) Quantitative Social Science

Area Coordinator: Dee Britton Department Code: 10SO Team: Social

Liberal Study? YES Level: UPPER Credits: 4 Prerequisite? YES
General Education Course? YES GenEd Approval Term/Year:

GenEd Area 1: 3. Social SciencesFully or Partially: f
GenEd Area 2: Fully or Partially: f



Pre-registration Information?
Course will be offered (for online course descriptions, proposed offerings for by term views and web views)
Course will be offered (for final term listings, online registration, online bookordering, web views)
First Term Offered: (Required Format: YearTerm - i.e., 2005SP)
Last Term Offered in Print Version:
Title Changes: LAST TERM THIS COURSE WILL BE OFFERED IS MAY 2016 PER DEE.
Effective May 2014 term changed prefix from HDV to SOC and changed title from Quantitative Research: Design and Methods to Quantitative Social Science Research: Design and Methods and removed Math & Quantitative Studies minor area of study per Joyce Elliot. Catalog updated 3/14/14. LW
Effective January 2012 Gen Ed for mathematics no longer meets the Gen Ed requirement, only for social sciences.Removed mathematics area 11/27/12. LW
AC Changes: AC Change from Joyce Elliott 10WS to Dee Britton effective for Sept '14 term. Catalog updated 5/30/14. LWait
Effective Sept '11 term, changed from Dee Britton 10SO to Joyce Elliott 10WS. Updated catalog on 6/9/11. LW
BK Number:

Description: This course enables students to understand and conduct systematic inquiries on social and behavioral topics, using quantitative social science research methods. Major topics include hypothesis development, causation, the logic of inquiry, research ethics, conceptualization and measurement, quantitative research design and data collection, and data analysis and interpretation. The course requires the use of advanced-level thinking skills, including analysis, synthesis and evaluation.

Recommended prerequisites include: at least one course in a social science discipline. A working knowledge of statistics is useful but not required; statistical analysis of data using SPSS is a required part of the course.

Note: Students may receive credit for EITHER Survey of Social Science Research Methods 283424 OR Quantitative Research: Design and Methods 283604. Effective January 2012, this course no longer meets the general education requirement in mathematics. This course was renamed effective the May 2014 term and was previously offered as Quantitative Research: Design and Methods. Students who have successfully completed 283604 should not enroll in this course.

This course fully meets the General Education requirement in Social Sciences.


Generic:



Major Course Area
Human Development, Social Science		Minor Course Area
Aging and Gerontology, Alcohol and Substance Abuse, Communications and Media, Criminal Justice / Homeland Security, Family Studies, Gender Studies, Health Services, Political Science and Public Affairs, Psychology, Sociology, Women's Studies		SLN Disciplines
Social Science
Additional Course Requirements
WWW Computer Conference		 Undergrad Certificate Association:


6


Meets General Education Requirement

Required Booknote:

Optional Booknote:


Archive Course: Yes
Archived for Development:

genedcode for dpplanner: 3^f~8

genedfull area for dpplanner: Social Sciences