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| SOCI0022-1 | Epistemology of social sciences
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| Duration : | 45h Th |
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| Credits/ECTS : |
| Master en sciences politiques, orientation générale, à finalité spécialisée en administration publique, 1st year | | First semester | | 5 |
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| Master in European Studies, Professional focus, 2nd year | | First semester | | 5 |
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| Master in Political Sciences : International Relations, Professional focus, 2nd year | | First semester | | 5 |
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| Master en sciences politiques, orientation générale, à finalité spécialisée en politiques européennes, 1st year | | First semester | | 5 |
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| Master in Political Sciences : General, Professional focus , 2nd year | | First semester | | 5 |
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| Master en sciences politiques, orientation générale, à finalité spécialisée en politiques et société, 1st year | | First semester | | 5 |
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| Master in Public Administration, Professional focus, 2nd year | | First semester | | 5 |
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| Master en sciences politiques, orientation générale, à finalité spécialisée en relations internationales, 1st year | | First semester | | 5 |
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| Master in Anthropology, in-depth approach, 2nd year | | First semester | | 6 |
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| Master in Sociology, in-depth approach, 1st year | | First semester | | 6 |
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| Master in Sociology, didactic approach, 1st year | | First semester | | 6 |
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| Master in Sociology, Professional focus in applied sociology, 1st year | | First semester | | 6 |
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| Master in Sociology and Anthropology | | First semester | | 6 |
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| Holder(s) : | Marc Jacquemain |
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| Language : | French language |
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| Course contents : | The first part of the course presents some basical concepts of general epistemology and an introduction to explanation in social sciences.
The second part is dedicated to lectures by research fellows who present some of the main theoretical frames in social sciences. |
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| Course objective : | The main goal of the course is to render students sensible to questions of conditions of validity of a social knowledge and to the relations between social theorists knowledge and lay people knowledge. |
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| Prerequisites : | A basic knowledge of great theoretical questions in social sciences |
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| Organization : | The first part of the course will consist in ex-cathedra lessons illustrated by slides. The second part will be given as lectures by research fellows. |
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| Written notes : | The course is based on the following book
Jacquemain M., Frere B., Epistémologie de la sociologie. Paradigmes pour le 21 ème siècle, Bruxelles, De Boeck, 2008
There will be written notes for the introductory part. |
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| Assessment : | Oral examination |
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| Contacts : | Teacher : Marc Jacquemain - 04 366 30 72
E-mail : Marc.Jacquemain@ulg.ac.be
Teaching assistant : Jérôme Pieters 04 366 48 94
E-mail : J.Pieters@ulg.ac.be |
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