All students majoring in sociology are required to prepare a portfolio of their written work for SOC 494 Senior Seminar. The portfolio's table of contents will specify the title of each entry and the course for which the assignment was written.

The portfolio must also include a letter discussing its contents. The contents must include five assignments that, when taken together, demonstrate that the student has: 

• Understood the classical theoretical perspectives in sociology
  
  
• Analyzed an issue with a sociological framework (theory, concept,
  and/or perspective)
  
  
• Articulated a meaningful research question, specified a design, and
  collected relevant data to answer that question
  
  
• Explored an issue related to socio-cultural diversity
  
  
• Understood conceptually the statistical analysis of sociological
  data.