METO0820-2 : Initiation to Social Science Methodology

Study Programmes 2015-2016

METO0820-2

Initiation to Social Science Methodology

Duration :

30h Th, 15h Pr

Number of credits :

Bachelor in human and social sciences		6
Bachelor in sociology and anthropology		6

Lecturer :

Salim Megherbi, Didier Vrancken

Language(s) of instruction :

French language

Organisation and examination :

Teaching in the second semester

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

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.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills :

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