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But as guidelines to consider as you begin to think about your thesis ideas, the\u00a0general expectations for theses in sociology are as follows:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>theses should incorporate a sociological perspective in investigating the chosen topic;<\/li>\n<li>theses should be focused around a research question or questions, should integrate\u00a0ideas from sociology (and other relevant disciplines) in framing the question(s), and\u00a0should offer an argument with systematically-analyzed evidence to support it.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The specific contents of a sociology thesis will vary depending on the topic and research question,\u00a0the kinds of methods used, and the preferences of both student and advisor. But as a general\u00a0guideline, a sociology thesis typically includes about 4-5 chapters, and covers the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>An introduction to the topic, question(s), argument and methods used in the thesis, as\u00a0well as a literature review, providing a critical synthesis of the existing literature\u00a0related to the topic\/question(s) (as a single chapter or a separate introduction chapter\u00a0followed by a literature review chapter)<\/li>\n<li>A detailed description of the methods used to gather evidence and to systematically\u00a0analyze that evidence, and a presentation of the results of that analysis of evidence,\u00a0including its relation to the question(s) and ideas presented in the first chapter(s) (as a\u00a0single chapter or multiple chapters, depending on the content)<\/li>\n<li>A conclusion, usually summarizing the argument and evidence, and offering\u00a0suggestions for future research and\/or social action based on the results of the thesis<\/li>\n<li>After the conclusion, a bibliography (typically prepared according to American\u00a0Sociological Association Style) and an appendix if necessary (e.g., a sample\u00a0questionnaire or interview schedule, supplementary materials regarding an\u00a0organization studied, or other materials considered important to include but which\u00a0would not be appropriate to include fully in the text).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General Expectations for a Senior Thesis in Sociology Your assigned advisor, as&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":28,"menu_order":7,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_hide_ai_chatbot":false,"_ai_chatbot_style":"","associated_faculty":[],"_Page_Specific_Css":"","_bates_restrict_mod":false,"_batesModPostContentOverride_prepend":false,"_batesModPostContentOverride_append":false,"_batesModPostContentOverride_append_before_footer":false,"_table_of_contents_display":false,"_table_of_contents_location":"","_table_of_contents_disableSticky":false,"_is_featured":false,"footnotes":"","_bates_seo_meta_description":"","_bates_seo_block_robots":false,"_bates_seo_sharing_image_id":0,"_bates_seo_sharing_image_twitter_id":0,"_bates_seo_share_title":"","_bates_seo_canonical_overwrite":"","_bates_seo_twitter_template":""},"class_list":["post-38","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/sociology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/38","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/sociology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/sociology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/sociology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/sociology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/sociology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/38\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":810,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/sociology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/38\/revisions\/810"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/sociology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/sociology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}