SOC SC 401
Qualitative Social Science Research Methods
Grades
3.93
Average grade awarded in SOC SC 401. Not a student rating: this is what the grades were.
In the A range
93%
of the 97 letter grades
D, F or W
0.0%
of every letter grade awarded, plus withdrawals
Taken pass/no pass
-
the registrar has this letter grade only this term
The registrar's own records: 97 grades over 4 terms, Fall 2021 to Fall 2025. Every instructor is pooled here.
What is inside that record
No summer session is in that record.
The table below splits them, and term averages across those 4 terms ran 3.83 to 4.00.
Historical grades for all professors, across recorded terms. The course summary above includes all professors.
- A+ 24 · 24.7%
- A 63 · 64.9%
- A- 3 · 3.1%
- B+ 4 · 4.1%
- B 2 · 2.1%
- B- 1 · 1.0%
Percentages are of the 97 letter grades. Grey bars are non-letter outcomes.
How the non-letter outcomes are counted
They are excluded from the GPA entirely rather than scored, because counting a P as a 4.0 would be a fabrication.
By instructor
| Instructor | Predicted GPA | Raw | n | Terms | A range | Workload | Summer Session C 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KREMER-SADLIK, TAMAR reviews ↗ | 3.95 | 3.96 | 74 | 3 | 96% | - | not teaching it |
| MCCOY, MATTHEW R reviews ↗ | 3.87 | 3.83 | 23 | 1 | 83% | - | not teaching it |
Why Predicted is not the Raw average
“Predicted” is shrunk toward the course average, which is itself shrunk toward the department, so an instructor with a handful of students sits near the course mean rather than topping the list.
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Workload and assignments
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From the registrar's catalog
Seminar, three hours. Introduction to range of qualitative approaches used in social science research and analysis through combination of theoretical discussions and practical experience. Examination of practical and epistemological issues in qualitative research in workshop format. Covers practical workings of qualitative research: gathering data through interviews, focus groups, observation, questionnaires, and archival research; strategies for recording, coding, and analyzing qualitative data; and evaluating and presenting qualitative research. Prepares students to undertake research using qualitative methods through collaborative class research project. Letter grading.
Sections in Summer Session C 2026
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