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Course Title: Methods of Social Research I

Course Code: SOCL Credit Hours: 3 Course Description The course has been designed to acquaint students with the knowledge of social research methodology, sketches of the various methods of social research, the relevance and use of archival documentary sources in research and basics or report writing. Course objective describe the basic concepts, steps and techniques of conducting social research explain the various methodology, sketches of social research Discuss the relevance and use of archival documentary sources in research Course outline Chapter 1 1. Introduction 1.1. The place of research in sociology 1.2. Purpose and goals of social research Chapter 2 2. The research process: an overview 2.1 The research problems 2.2 Reviewing the evidence 2.3 making the research problem precise 2.4 working out research design 2.5. Carrying out research and interpreting result 2.6. Report research findings Chapter 3 3. Sketches of the common methods of social research 3.1 Field work 3.2 documentary researches 3.3 other conventions/methods: Interviews, focus group discussion, life histories, diaries and conversation analysis 3.4 Non conventional methods: participatory research and repaid appraisals 3.5 Triangulation Chapter 4 4. Qualitative research paper 4.1 composing paper 4.2 editing Method of teaching

Lecture Assignments Group discussion

Evaluation - Group work and presentation------20% - term paper----------------------------40% - Final exam --------------------------40% Reference 1) Giddens A(1989). Sociology :polit press .Cambridge 2) Bernard H.Russell(1994).Research methods in antroplogy:Qualitative and quantitative approaches.2nd ed.SAGE publicarions.London 3) Mikkelesen B(1995).methods for development work and research :A Guide for parctionaries SAGE Publications New delhi