Course Schedule and Catalog
Course Catalog - 2011-2012
MLSC 507 - INTRODUCTION TO SOCIAL SYSTEMS
Long Title: THE WHOLE IS GREATER THAN THE SUM OF ITS PARTS
Department: School of Continuing Studies
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Seminar
Credit Hours: 3
Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Major(s):
Liberal Studies
Description: There are a series of interrelated themes in this course. We want to study and discuss ideas that can be relevant to a number of disciplines in the social sciences. We want to use these ideas to explore some interesting questions that are asked in the social sciences. But just because an idea is interesting does not mean it is valid. So we also want to think about how we might determine if these ideas actually account for behavior in the real world (i.e., how would we test these ideas and insights?).
Course URL: http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~stoll/mlsc507/