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Academic year 2014-2015Value date : 12/05/2015
Version 2013-2014
METO0820-2  Initiation to Social Science Methodology

Duration :  30h Th, 15h Pr
Number of credits :  
Bachelier en sciences humaines et sociales6
Bachelier en sociologie et anthropologie6
Lecturer :  Didier Vrancken
Substitute(s) :  Salim Megherbi
Language(s) of instruction :  
French language
Organisation and examination :  
Teaching in the second semester
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.
Learning outcomes of the course :  
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.
Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :  
Planned learning activities and teaching methods :  
Students will participate to an annual research subject
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :  
second half of the year - on Mondays mornings
Recommended or required readings :  
"Manuel de recherche en sciences sociales", Quivy and Van Campenhoudt (Paris, Dunod, 2006, 3rd ed.) + a syllabus of secondary texts
Assessment methods and criteria :  
1st session: written work + written examination
2nd session: written examination
Work placement(s) :  
Organizational remarks :  
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 : S. MEGHERBI - Tél.: 04/366 27 42 - Bureau 2/100 - Email: Salim.Megherbi@ulg.ac.be

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