Duration
12h Th
Number of credits
| Master in population and development studies (120 ECTS) | 9 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 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 (rules on the website of the Faculty end on eCampus).
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, hybrid learning)
Seminars, exercises.
Recommended or required readings
Paillé, P., Mucchielli, A. (2012). L'analyse qualitative en sciences humaines et sociales. Paris: Armand Colin.
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.
A PPT will also be available, repeating the theoretical parts of the course.
Assessment methods and criteria
Exam(s) in session
Any session
- In-person
written exam
Written work / report
Continuous assessment
Additional information:
Students will be assessed through :
- Presence and participation in the course sessions and exercices. Six tool sheets will have to be produced and must be submitted to the supervisors within the deadlines and forms communicated.
- 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 (50%) and one of the seminar teachers on the basis of the criteria set out in the TP regulations (50%). But also on the basis of the information given during the sessions and exchanges with the teacher.
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
Contacts
Justine Contor, assistante : jcontor@uliege.be
Melissa Schneider, assistante : melissa.schneider@uliege.be