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| METO0820-1

 | Initiation to Social Science Methodology

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| Duration : | 30h Th | |
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| Holder(s) : | Didier Vrancken | |
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| Course contents :
| - General points on the scientific approach in social sciences - Studies of some typical researches (different methods) - The relationship concept / indicators - Elements of formalization. | |
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| Course objective :
| Make students sensitive to the methods of the sociological reasoning. The course is structured around three fundamental acts and around 7 stages which help the student to enter gradually the research procedure and, at the end of the year, to have a general outline of the way a research in social sciences takes place. | |
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| Organization :
| second half of the year - on Mondays mornings | |
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| Written notes :
| manuel de méthode en sciences sociales, Quévy and Van Campenhoudt (Paris, Dunod, on 1995) + a syllabus of secondary texts | |
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| Assessment :
| written examination during the 1st session and written during the second session. | |
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| Contacts :
| Enseignant : D. VRANCKEN - Institut des Sciences humaines et sociales 7, Bd du Rectorat - 4000 LIEGE Tél.: 04/366 31 76 - Bureau 1/96 Email: Didier.Vrancken@ulg.ac.be
Secrétariat : M. SALERNO - Tél.: 04/366 31 61 - Bureau 1/95 - Email: Marina.Salerno@ulg.ac.be
Assistant : Ch. BARTHOLOME - Tél.: 04/366 27 42 - Bureau 2/100 - Email: Christophe.Bartholome@ulg.ac.be | |
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