2019-2020 / SOCI2261-1

Introduction to research in development and international cooperation (this includes a personal piece of work)

Duration

12h Th

Number of credits

 Master in population and development studies (120 ECTS)3 crédits 
 Extra courses intended for exchange students (Erasmus, ...) (Faculté des Sciences sociales)3 crédits 

Lecturer

Pierre Beaulieu, Bénédicte Maccatory

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

All year long

Schedule

Schedule online

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

This course aims to support students in carrying out their personal project and produce a scientific work.

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

At the end of this seminar, students will be able to produce a personal work structured and reflexive, based on a clear and relevent research issue. The student will make sure to demonstrate critical distance from his research subject. He or she will mobilize wisely a qualitative scientific literature as well as appropriate methodological tools. 

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Course with theoretical introductions and practical exercises.
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.

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

Seminars, exercises.

Recommended or required readings

Quivy R. et Van Campenhoudt L., (2012), Manuel de recherche en sciences sociales, Dunod, Paris.
Olivier de Sardan J.P., (2008), La rigueur du qualitatif, Academia-Bruylant, Louvain-La-Neuve.
Lejeune C., (2014), Manuel d'analyse qualitative. Analyser sans compter ni classer, De Boeck, Louvain-la-Neuve.
Theoretical sheets will accompany the course :
- Writing and structuring of personal work
- Research Methods in Social Sciences
- Bibliographical references
- Interviews and material analysis, theoretical benchmarks and advice
A PPT will also be available, repeating the theoretical parts of the course.

Assessment methods and criteria

Students will be assessed through :
- Presence and participation in the course sessions. 
  - The evaluation of the course is inseparable from the evaluation of the TP. The evaluation is carried out jointly by the promoter of the TP AND one of the seminar teachers on the basis of the criteria set out in the TP regulations. But also on the basis of the information given during the sessions and exchanges with the teacher.

Work placement(s)

Organizational remarks

Contacts

Mélodie Dieudonné, assistante
melodie.dieudonne@uliege.be

Pierre Beaulieu, assistant
pierre.beaulieu@uliege.be

Maccatory Bénédicte, assistante
benedicte.maccatory@ulg.ac.be

Adaptation of teaching commitments following the COVID-19 pandemic for the May-June 2020 session

Teaching methods implemented : distance-learning

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