NC State
MEAS Undergraduate Updates

Course One: Sociology 295:001 Social and Cultural Constructions of Sexuality :

Mondays and Wednesdays 10:15-11:30am with Dr. Margaret Stiffler

Course Description: This Course Will Explore:

  • The current state of sexual attitudes and practices in our society
  • The sociocultural, historical and legal contexts of sexuality
  • How sexuality varies across time and space
  • How sexuality is modeled and molded by those around us
  • How the social norms governing sexual behavior are continually in flux

This course is currently planned in a Hybrid/Synchronous/Asynchronous format with Zoom meetings (synchronous) on Wednesdays each week and additional online (asynchronous) content via Moodle.

 

Course Two: Sociology 395 001: Immigration :

Mondays and Wednesdays 3:00 pm-4:15 pm (This class will be online only; partially synchronous) with Dr. Kim Ebert

Course Description: Students will use tools of sociological analysis to investigate:

  • The role of US foreign policy, colonialism, and related processes in global and internal migration
  • The racialization of immigration, deportation, and citizenship
  • The ways in which immigration and criminal laws are historically linked

Prerequisite: 3 credits of a 200-level Sociology

 

Course Three: Sociology 395 002: Survey Design: 

Mondays and Wednesdays 11:45 AM–1:00 pm with Dr. Jim Yocom. (This class will be taught synchronously online.)

Course Description: Learn to evaluate and design professional surveys. The cornerstone of good research is good measurement. Standardized measures appear in many contexts such as social research, marketing, opinion polls, and nonprofit and business analysis. This course reviews core principles and practices for obtaining reliable and valid measures.

  • Students will learn techniques for collecting factual, subjective, and sensitive information
  • Skills covered in this class include client interviewing, instrument evaluation, questionnaire planning and layout, and pretesting
  • Though the course will focus on anticipating and minimizing survey error
  • We also will consider sampling and administration
  • Students will develop professional questionnaires, reports, and client memoranda.

Prerequisite: 3 credits of a 200-level Sociology