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Study programmes 2008-2009Last update : 29/06/2009
METO0820-2  Initiation to Social Science Methodology
Duration :  30h Th, 15h Pr
Credits/ECTS :  
Bachelor in human and social sciences, 1st yearDeuxième quadrimestre6
Bachelor in sociology and anthropology, 1st yearDeuxième quadrimestre6
Holder(s) :  Didier Vrancken
Language :  Langue française
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.
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.
Workshops :  Students will participate to an annual research subject
Organization :  second half of the year - on Mondays mornings
Written notes :  "Manuel de recherche en sciences sociales", Quivy and Van Campenhoudt (Paris, Dunod, 2006, 3rd ed.) + a syllabus of secondary texts
Assessment :  written examination during the 1st session and written during the second session.
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 :
R.BRAHY - Tél.: 04/366 27 42 - Bureau 2/100 -
Email: Rachel.Brahy@ulg.ac.be


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