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College and the American Dream — SOC4102.01

Spring 2018
Instructor: Debbie Warnock
Credits: 4
While college has long been viewed as the primary pathway to upward mobility, recent debates about higher education have called into question its utility and relevance in the new risk society. Is a college degree truly worth it, and, if so, for whom? Who enrolls in college and what are their reasons for doing so? How do access to, and experiences of, higher education vary by
Sociology

Sociology of Education — SOC2205.01

Fall 2017
Instructor: Debbie Warnock
Credits: 4
What is the purpose of schooling in modern society? Does everyone have access to equal educational opportunities? How do experiences of education vary by race, class, and gender? What role does education policy play in maintaining or reducing social inequalities? How has and how might education policy change under the leadership of Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos? In this
CAPA Sociology

Statistics for Social Science — SOC4103.01

Fall 2025
Instructor: Emily Waterman
Days & Time: MO,TH 1:40pm-3:30pm
Credits: 4

In this course students will learn to use social science statistics to test their own research questions, while becoming more educated consumers of statistical analyses presented in research and news sources. Students will employ various inferential statistics techniques commonly used in social science, such as confidence intervals, t-tests, chi

Sociology

Statistics for the Social Sciences — SOC4103.01

Spring 2018
Instructor: Debbie Warnock
Credits: 4
In this course students will learn to harness social statistics as a powerful tool for answering social science research questions, while becoming more educated consumers of statistical analyses presented in research and news sources. Using nationally representative data sets we will employ various inferential statistics techniques, such as confidence intervals, t-tests, chi
Sociology