阿伯丁数据科学与人工智能学院

This is an introductory level course of sociology in contemporary American society. This course is designed to help students embark on a fascinating journey that allows them to see how society penetrates their thinking, affects their innermost being, and influences their lives. It helps students enter a new world of perception and understanding. It is an exploration of worlds and ideas far from our own and a quest to understand our own world and ideas. The course covers knowledge in five broad areas. It starts with the sociological perspectives and has an overview of culture, socialization, and research, followed by exploring how social groups influence our lives by examining the impact of social structure and social interaction. It then investigates social inequality at both global levels and within the United States. It also examines social institutions such as family and religion to understand life in society. And finally it discusses the social change, technology, and environment by focusing its attention on the impact of population and urbanization.

Research Methods in Social Science is an entry-level research method course for subjects in social sciences, such as management and economics. It is a compulsory course for the major of Information Management and Information Systems (Sino-foreign cooperation) offered by Aberdeen Institute of Date Science and Artificial Intelligence, South China Normal University. The course aims to provide students with a systematic introduction to theories and research methods used in social science research.

《社会科学研究方法》是一门针对管理学、经济学等社会科学开设的入门级研究方法课程，是阿伯丁数据科学与人工智能学院为信息管理与信息系统（中外合作办学）专业开设的大类教育必修课程，旨在通过对社会科学研究的基本理论和研究方法进行系统介绍，从基础理论和具体研究方法等层次出发，从定性研究和定量研究两个方面入手，为学生讲授运用于社会研究中的数据收集与分析方法及技术，帮助学生了解与掌握社会调查与研究的科学思维，为学生树立科学的方法认知、较强的分析和解决问题的实践能力给予支持，也为学生撰写毕业（设计）论文提供基础。