SOC SC 400ASocial Science Research and Perspectives
Social Science · 4 units · Graduate professional courses (400-499)
Exploration of contribution of social science research to addressing complex social problems. Students engage wide array of disciplinary perspectives, research methods, and analytical approaches. Emphasis placed on development of multidisciplinary, integrative approaches to social science research. Students learn how to identify and frame social problem; how to identify, interpret, and evaluate relevant research; and how to synthesize research findings generated from different theoretical, methodological, and disciplinary approaches. Development of essential research, writing, and analytic skills.
Letter grading.
When it runs
- Fall 2025
- Fall 2026
Scheduled, not typical — from UCLA’s Schedule of Classes, which publishes Fall 2025 through Spring 2027 and nothing before it.
Requisites
UCLA lists no requisites for this course.
Requires
Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.
Nothing — this is an entry point.
Unlocks
What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.
No course in the catalog lists this as a requisite.