Learning Objectives

Students who successfully complete this course will be able to:

• Use networks as a theoretical framework for their own research.
• Use network analysis as a research technique (e.g., how to gather the data, identify relevant concepts, how to analyze and represent the data).
• Explain how network concepts apply to theories or topics of interest to the student.
• Analyze relationships in terms of social networks and organization theory.
• Synthesize organizational and networks theories and concepts.
• Use computer software to manage raw network data and then conduct various network analyses on it.