Duration
15h SEM
Number of credits
| Master in anthropology (120 ECTS) | 3 crédits |
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
All year long
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
This course aims to guide into the stages of the research process required to write the dissertation for a master's degree
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
Objectives of the learning unit:
- Defining the requirements of social science research and of Master dissertation in particular
- Informing about the material and human resources within FaSS
- Helping to elaborate the research process and establish a work schedule
- Strengthening general skills required (ethnographic fieldwork, bibliographical research, problematization, analysis, dissertation, ...)
- Enabling exchanges about potential difficulties
- Encouranging emulation
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Research initiation sessions, including the participation of former students.
Participative sessions: monitoring of project construction and of research progress, including written compositions (see assessment).
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)
Sessions are organised according to a schedule that follows the progress of the research and its deadlines. In the first part of the year, frequent sessions aim to provide all the necessary tools to begin the research. After january, the sessions are less frequent and aim to monitoring the research progress. The sessions are compulsory (the requirements laid out must be respected).
Recommended or required readings
Several documents will progressively be provided online, on myULiège.
Assessment methods and criteria
Assessment is based on active participation in the various sessions, written compositions produced during the year and finally the form of the dissertation:
- written composition about the state of progress of research (after January)
- oral presentation of work in progress (idem)
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
Contacts
Marie Campigotto - mcampigotto@uliege.be
Isabelle Borsus - iborsus@uliege.be
Faculté des Sciences Sociales
Laboratoire d'Anthropologie Sociale et Culturelle Université de Liège Place des orateurs, 3 (B31,Quartier Agora) - 4000 LIEGE
Bureau: 3/52
04/366.31.71
Adaptation of teaching commitments following the COVID-19 pandemic for the May-June 2020 session
Teaching methods implemented : distance-learning
-a change of date to make the written composition: June 8th (instead of April 25th).
-in order to avoid double evaluation, we have unified the evaluation by a written composition to be handed in (written composition about the state of progress of research) instead of a written exam followed by an oral exam.
The date of June 15th, originally scheduled for the oral examination, will be maintained for an oral presentation of the progress of the research (video conferencing). The latter is formative (non-evaluated), in order to give the student the opportunity to experience a situation similar to the oral thesis defense.
Assessment subjects
The documents have been provided online, on my ULiège. See the tab Course material.
Assessment methods
Work at home (individual written composition about the state of progress of research).
Contacts
-Isabelle Borsus : iborsus@uliege.be
-Lorena Ulloa : lulloa@uliege.be
Adaptation of teaching commitments following the COVID-19 pandemic for the Aug-Sept 2020 session
Assessment subjects
The documents have been provided online, on my ULiège. See the tab Course material.
The instructions are identical to the first session. However, from a more theoretical perspective, there are also two additional possibilities:
-either to deepen a specific element discussed in the dissertation OR
-the development of one of the perspectives in the conclusion of the dissertation
Assessment methods
Work at home (individual written composition about the state of progress of research).
This work must be sent by email by August 24th at noon, by copying the two course holders: Isabelle Borsus et Lorena Ulloa
Contacts
-Isabelle Borsus : iborsus@uliege.be
-Lorena Ulloa : lulloa@uliege.be