A Computer Laboratory for a Research-Based Curriculum in Undergraduate Sociology

我们正在建立一个微型计算机实验室，为所有专业的关键低级必修社会学课程提供以实验室为基础的教学，并在这些研讨会和高级研讨会上为学生提供与纽约市相关的各种研究机会。集群工作站允许学生共享数据和软件，并通过纽约市立大学的大型机连接到互联网。有了这个实验室，我们可以更有效地培训学生进行社会学和实证社会研究，提高他们的量化和分析技能，并鼓励和装备他们从事科学事业，包括教学。对于任何学生来说，这些都是重要的目标，尤其是对少数族裔女性来说，她们在科学领域的代表性严重不足，经常受到围绕数学、计算机和定量推理的不足和焦虑的感觉阻碍她们追求科学事业。

We are establishing a microcomputer laboratory to provide laboratory-based instruction to all majors in critical lower- level required sociology courses as well as to provide a variety of opportunities for student research related to New York City in these and upper-level seminars. The clustered workstations permit students to share data and software, and to connect to the Internet via the City University of New York mainframe. With this laboratory, we can more effectively train students in Sociology and empirical social research, enhance their quantitative and analytic skills, and encourage as well as equip them for scientific careers, including teaching. These are important goals for any student body, but especially so for minority women who are seriously underrepresented in science and often hampered in their pursuit of scientific careers by feelings of inadequacy and anxiety surrounding math, computers, and quantitative reasoning.