Social Science Approaches to Chinese Society: Part 1
Learn foundational concepts and methods in social science research, with a focus on contemporary Chinese society.
Learn foundational concepts and methods in social science research, with a focus on contemporary Chinese society.
This course introduces learners to the fundamentals of social science research, emphasizing its application to the study of Chinese society. It covers the origins and development of social science, major disciplines, research methodologies, and key challenges in drawing conclusions from studies. The curriculum explores major questions in contemporary social science research, both generally and specifically for China. Topics include inequality, family dynamics, social change, and current issues in Chinese society such as population aging and migration. The course aims to develop critical thinking skills, enabling learners to become informed consumers of social science research.
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What you'll learn
Understand the fundamental concepts and origins of social science research
Identify major questions and current issues in social science research, particularly in the context of Chinese society
Differentiate between various social science disciplines and their approaches
Analyze different types of study designs used in social science research
Recognize key challenges in interpreting social science research results
Understand approaches to establishing cause and effect in social science studies
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370 Minutes PreRecorded video
9 quizzes
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There are 8 modules in this course
This course provides a comprehensive introduction to social science research methods with a focus on their application to the study of Chinese society. The curriculum is structured into eight modules covering fundamental concepts in social science, major research questions, specific issues in Chinese society, social science disciplines, study designs, research challenges, and approaches to establishing cause and effect. Key topics include the differences between social science and other disciplines, major questions in contemporary social science research, current issues in Chinese society such as inequality and population aging, and the methodological challenges in social science research. The course emphasizes critical thinking and analytical skills, enabling learners to evaluate social science research effectively. By the end of the course, participants will have a solid foundation in social science research methods and their application to understanding Chinese society.
What is social science?
Module 1 · 1 Hours to complete
The Big Questions
Module 2 · 1 Hours to complete
Social Science Research on China
Module 3 · 1 Hours to complete
The Social Science Disciplines
Module 4 · 1 Hours to complete
Challenges
Module 6 · 1 Hours to complete
Cause and Effect
Module 7 · 2 Hours to complete
Final Exam
Module 8 · 1 Hours to complete
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Expert in Kinship, Inequality, and Demographic Behavior in China
Cameron Campbell's research focuses on kinship, inequality, and demographic behavior in China and in comparative perspective. With James Lee and other collaborators in the Lee-Campbell group, he has published on a wide variety of topics, including economic, family, and social influences on demographic outcomes such as birth, marriage, migration, and death, fertility limitation in historical China, and the role of kin networks in shaping social mobility. This early work made use of datasets of population registers from Qing China that his collaborators constructed, the China Multigenerational Panel Datasets (CMGPD), with two of these now released via ICPSR. Currently, with other members of the Lee-Campbell group, he is conducting a study of the careers of bureaucrats during the Qing by constructing and analyzing a database of office holders based on the 缙绅录. Additionally, he is participating in group projects related to the origins of educational elites in China from the Qing to the present. Cameron is also collaborating with the Shanxi University Research Center for Chinese Social History on a study of rural society from 1949 to the mid-1960s, utilizing village-level microdata compiled by researchers at the RCCSH, as well as another Lee-Campbell group study examining the social origins of students at universities in China during the first half of the twentieth century.
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