Many undergraduates in the Department of Sociology at Essex carry out a research project in the final year of their degree. The third-year project offers you the opportunity to focus on a topic of your choice that relates broadly to your degree course. You will find that this can be an extremely worthwhile learning experience. Carrying out a project improves your employability skills, and can be a springboard to postgraduate study.
The Quantitative project will involve empirical research using quantitative research methods; it may also include other relevant sociological methods. Unlike other assignments, it involves you conducting and writing-up a piece of individual, autonomously designed research.
The undergraduate quantitative research project is the equivalent of one full year module in your degree course and must be between 10,000 and 12,000 words in length. It runs in parallel with your other third year modules - although some of you may choose to begin work on your project during the summer term following your second year.
While you will receive guidance from the project director and your supervisor, ultimately the success of your research will depend on the way in which you develop your ideas and plan and execute your project.
- Module Supervisor: Maitrayee Deka
- Module Supervisor: Carlos Gigoux Gramegna
- Module Supervisor: Giacomo Vagni