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Introductory

From Topic to Thesis

Posted on August 20, 2017

  Tisha Turk, Women’s Studies 101 A well-constructed thesis statement helps hold an essay together by showing the reader where the paper is going to go. It defines not just a paper’s topic but its argument, …

Posted in Coaching Students to Succeed with AssignmentsTagged Example, Gender and Women's Studies, Introductory, Thesis

Making a Sociological Argument: Orienting Students to a New Field

Posted on August 20, 2017

  Greta Krippner, Sociology “Of course the method of presentation must differ in form from that of inquiry.” (Karl Marx,1867) Introduction Once you have developed a viable research question, your next task is to review …

Posted in Coaching Students to Succeed with AssignmentsTagged Introductory, Non-Majors, Sociology, Undergraduates

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