SOCI2261-1 : Initiation to research in development and international cooperation

Study Programmes 2016-2017

SOCI2261-1

Initiation to research in development and international cooperation

Duration :

8h Th

Number of credits :

Master in population and development studies (120 ECTS)		1

Lecturer :

Véronique Fettweis, Bénédicte Maccatory

Coordinator :

N...

Language(s) of instruction :

French language

Organisation and examination :

Teaching in the first semester, review in January

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents :

This course aims at providing the students support to carry out their personal project and write their master's thesis.

Learning outcomes of the learning unit :

This course is organised in different classes. It will familiarize students with the formal guidelines for writing their personal project or their thesis, during the Master in Population and Development Studies. Classes will help students conduct bibliographic research, write a bibliography, formulate research questions and hypotheses, and make choices related to methodology or field of research. Students will have mutiple opportunities to meet with teachers to discuss the progress made on their personal project (or their thesis), and ask questions.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills :

Planned learning activities and teaching methods :

Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :

Seminars, exercises.