Certificate in Applied Social Science Research
- Fill out the Intention to Complete Google form PRIOR to completion of either SOC 415 or other Capstone course, or by Fall of your intended year of graduation, whichever comes first.
- Submit the Faculty of Arts Undergraduate Student Services office 'Declaration or Change of Certificate(s)' on-line google form. This step is necessary to have the Certificate awarded at the time of graduation. This should be done as early as possible, but no later than the last term of your program.
A) Students must complete *15 of course work that includes the following:
*3 One introductory statistics course
*3 One introductory overview course in social science methodology course
*6 Two advanced methods or statistics courses
*3 Completion of SOC 415: Applied Research Internship OR other approved Capstone course involving either a research based project or internship
B) Presentation
All students completing the Certificate, whether via SOC 415 or other Capstone course, must publicly present their project at a venue (e.g. a conference) approved by the Certificate Advisor. Students who take SOC 415 will meet this requirement through completion of the presentation component in the course.
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Community service-learning is a pedagogy that integrates volunteer and social action work into academic courses. Typically, students in CSL-designated courses dedicate about twenty hours each into community-based projects or activities that have been intentionally designed to match the goals of the course. When effectively adopted as a key element of a course, CSL not only enlivens course material but also develops critical thinking and engages students in questions of social change.
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