SOCI GR5066

I think this is the problem. I don't think there is much I have learnt. Yes, Denise has taught us everything we should have known for a qualified thesis. But somehow the schedule of these contents does not match with the actual pace we have for the thesis.

Learned about constructing our thesis and various methods and components that are vital to doing thesis work. It included preparation for the year, access to other enrichment programs and an abundance of information regarding PhD programs and applying to them.

This course has taught me how to conduct research to develop my thesis. It's introduced the various methods and techniques when researching.

I learned essential steps in sociological research and developed tools to hone my thesis.

The steps to effectively write a thesis (up to writing a research proposal)

A solid foundation in sociological approaches and methods. Particularly important and useful if you come in without this foundation. Even if you do, the course is geared toward driving the MA thesis development (the early stages of research questions, research proposal, etc.). If this course is not useful to you, perhaps the program is not what you are looking for.

I think this course helped me gain knowledge on how to start a sociological research. I have learned a lot from it I have to say, including how to do literature review, how to do ethnographical interview and observation, how to design the research and adjust your plan based on what you've found, etc.

This has nothing to do with Denise or the course, but I am putting on all my course evaluations that the course was negatively impacted by the strike and the unwillingness of the university with its billions of dollars in endowment to support graduate workers. It is truly lamentable and the latter portion of the course was not able to function as intended by Denise.

Course is required for MA thesis, so I'd say I'd definitely recommend Columbia's MA program in Sociology for people interested in writing in sociology and are that that level of development. I'd say the reason the Columbia program is strong precisely because of Denise's thesis class (and Ryan Hagen's sociological theory foundational class). 1 Columbia University: Arts & Sciences Fall 2021 Course: SOCIGR5066_001_2021_3-THESISSEMINARI : SOCIGR5066_001_2021_3 - THESIS SEMINAR I Instructor: Denise Milstein

I learned a great deal about how to formulate a thesis research topic from scratch and start the process to conduct my own fieldwork.