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Prerequisite: SOC 260, SOC 261, and SOC 263; or permission of the instructor. Students apply social science research skills in projects undertaken independently or in collaboration with local community agencies. Independent research and individual meetings with the instructor and/or agency staff are supplemented by a weekly one-hour class meeting devoted to topics such as using online research resources, writing a literature review, questionnaire development, focus groups, and reporting research results.

Prerequisite: By invitation of the department. The departmental honors paper is a two-semester senior-year program designed for students who wish to pursue intensive research or special projects in close coordination with faculty advisers. Departmental honors students are known as the Christine P. Tischer Scholars and receive 6 credits for this work.

Prerequisite: By invitation of the department. The departmental honors paper is a two-semester senior-year program designed for students who wish to pursue intensive research or special projects in close coordination with faculty advisers. Departmental honors students are known as the Christine P. Tischer Scholars and receive 6 credits for this work.