SOC 6110

Social Network: Theory and Applications

Course Description

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2023-2024.

Social Network Analysis (SNA), or the mathematical analysis of webs of relationships, is a thriving part of sociology and an active research area for numerous other disciplines. This course is intended to introduce students to the basics of SNA and help them apply it to a variety of research questions. We will discuss the theoretical underpinnings of the area, basic concepts used in SNA analyses, and finally methods for describing and interpreting network data. At the completion of this course students should have a basic understanding of social networks and be able to carry out a variety analyses on their own.

When Offered Spring.

Course Attribute (CU-SBY)

Comments Intended as an introduction for students who have not had exposure to network analysis previously or who are interested in the historical role of networks in sociology.

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