Senior Research Seminar in Rotating Special Topics

Description from DukeHub

Senior capstone seminar for sociology majors. Students generate original research and communicate empirical findings in supportive workshops of faculty advisors and peer researchers. Themes vary across semester based on instructors' expertise and students' interest. Before enrollment, students must complete SOCIOL 110 (Intro) and SOCIOL 332 (Methods).

Skills

• research methodsAI review: "generate original research"

AI-resilient: 1 of 5 1/5

• No: Physical, lab or field work
• No: Live work with people
• No: Judgment someone is accountable for
• No: A craft you practice with your hands or body
• ✓Yes: Small, in-person format · seminar, 18 seats per section

The checks lean on Microsoft Research, Working with AI (2025), which found generative AI applies least to physical work and hands-on work with people. A signal, not a promise. How the score works

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