METO0820-1

Duration

30h Th

Number of credits

	Bachelor in law	3 crédits
	Bachelor in political sciences : general	3 crédits

Lecturer

Didier Vrancken

Substitute(s)

Julie Gérard, Nicolas Jacquet

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the first semester, review in January

Schedule

Schedule online

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

This course introduces the basic principles of social science research.
It is organized around five points:

General points on the scientific approach in social sciences
Definition and development of the various acts and stages of social science research
Analyses and studies of some typical researches (different methods)
The relationship concept / indicators
Elements of formalization

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

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

The course is built around the book "Manuel de recherche en sciences sociales" of Quivy and Van Campenhoudt.
Learning methods are based on ex-cathedra lectures, external interventions, formative and evaluative exercises, and interactions with students.

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

Face-to-face
First half of the year - on Thursdays mornings.

Assessment methods and criteria

1st session: written examination
2nd session: written examination
3rd session: written examination

Work placement(s)

Organizational remarks

First session will take place on Thursday, October 11 from 11.00 am to 1.00 pm.

Contacts

Teacher: D. VRANCKEN - Faculté des Sciences sociales Place des Orateurs, 3 (Bât. B31 - Quartier Agora) - 4000 LIEGE Tél.: 04/366 31 76 Email: Didier.Vrancken@ulg.ac.be
Secretariat : M. SALERNO - Tél.: 04/366 31 61 Email: Marina.Salerno@ulg.ac.be
Assistant : J. GERARD- Tél.: 04/366 33 06 - Bureau 1/97 Email: julie.gerard@ulg.ac.be
N. JACQUET - Tél. : 04/366 30 91 - Bureau 1/97 Email : njacquet@uliege.be

Initiation to Social Science Methodology, Theory