SOCI 214 - Stories of Our Lives: Narratives, Meanings, and Identities (RI)

Narratives, meanings, and identities are important elements of human culture, and students are guided through a research-intensive review of how to study and make sense of these pervasive, if often subtle and taken-for-granted categories. Narratives are the stories we learn, share, and retell that help us understand the world and our place in it. Meanings include the embedded assumptions and values that we assign to social situations and encounters. Identities are often given to us through social structures but are also intensely personal and provide ways for us to cultivate a sense of self. Students explore narratives, meanings, and identities by learning and practicing qualitative research techniques such as interviews, oral histories, content analysis, and observation. Qualitative data analysis software is used to plan, organize, and analyze the research, and students gain hands-on experience in all stages of the qualitative research process.

Credits: 1.0
Corequisite: None
Prerequisites: None
Major/Minor Restrictions: None
Class Restriction: No First-Year
Recommended:

SOCI 101

Area of Inquiry: Social Relations,Inst.& Agents
Liberal Arts Practices: The Process of Writing
Core Component: None

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