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Undergraduate research experience as preparation for graduate school

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Graduate students learn to be sociologists in part by doing research. Many undergraduate institutions whose roles have been primarily defined by teaching have inadequately addressed the need of their students to obtain research experience. When such opportunities are available, and when they are properly structured and coordinated with the undergraduate curriculum, advantages accrue to both students and the profession. This paper examines curricular and extracurricular ways to strengthen undergraduate research opportunities as preparation for graduate school. It is suggested that such preparation is also beneficial to many students who do not go on to graduate school.

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  1. the Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Social Work, Southwest Missouri State University, 65804, Springfield, MO

    David J. Hartmann (assistant professor of sociology)

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His primary research areas are methodology and urban sociology. He is currently working on models of urban housing markets and neighborhood change and is editing a book on those topics with Donald J. Bogue.

This research was supported in part by a grant from the National Science Foundation (8852039).

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Hartmann, D.J. Undergraduate research experience as preparation for graduate school. Am Soc 21, 179–188 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02692860

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