accomplishing or approaching something, especially a systematic or established one. METHODS DESCRIPTION CASE STUDIES involve analyzing a sing case or ethnography example (esearch on a school or factory)
LONGITUDINAL STUDIES involve collecting information
about people interval EXPERIMENTS establihing cause and effects different relationships variables
SOCIAL SURVEYS used structured and standardized
questionnaires or data collection information
INTERVIEWS interaction/ method of gathering information by
communicatio asking questions orally n BRANCHES FOCUS/SPECIALIZATION
Applied Sociology use existing data to solve social
problems
Cultural Sociology historical processes involved in
cultural phenomena (arts, philosophy, religion)
Demographic Sociology study of population change,
related phenomena such as migration and its effects in society
Economic Sociology study of relationships between
economies, state and civil society
Environmental Sociology study of the relationship between
societal well-being and environmental equality BRANCHES FOCUS/SPECIALIZATION
Historical Sociology study of human relations, social
patterns and customs over the course of the time Industrial Sociology sudy of social relationships and social structures in business settings
Political Sociology study how political phenomena
influence social structures
Rural Sociology study of rural society and human
relationships in rural environment
Social Pyschology study of human nature, traits,
beliefsystems, attitudes and morals BRANCHES FOCUS/SPECIALIZATION
Sociology Development analyzation of the processes of
development
Sociology Knowledge study of knowledge as a social
product
Sociology Religion study of religion as both a belief
system and a social institution
Sociological Theory study of analytical frameworks or