Duration
30h Th
Number of credits
| Master in engineering of conflict prevention and management | 4 crédits |
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
The "Introduction to the Scientific Process" course is part of a multidisciplinary perspective and in continuity with the other "methodologically oriented" courses of the MIPGC.
As the MIPGC is situated at the crossroads of three major disciplinary fields (psychology, sociology and law), this course aims to make students aware of the scientific process and its various approaches by developing their critical thinking and their status as reflective practitioners.
After a socio-historical presentation of the foundations of the scientific process and its evolution, the course will present the basic principles of the scientific process and its various approaches.
In order to confront the students with the different ways of conceiving an authentically scientific work, specialists in psychology, sociology and law will respectively present the specificities of their scientific approach.
Students will then discover how to concretely carry out the first steps of a research in social sciences.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
In this context, the student will be required to :
- carry out various practical exercises in groups of four,
- identify and define a concrete research object to be analyzed based on a theme common to the class,
- gradually build a scientific research approach based on resources and methodological references made available (exploration of gray and scientific literature, definition of a mode of inference and a starting question, production of a literature review, collection of empirical data, etc.),
- communicate in writing the results obtained.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
No prerequisites or corequisites for this course.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
The course is resolutely participative and is nourished by the students' opinions, reflections and observations.
It is organized around theoretical and practical sessions as well as the participation of various guests.
Each session is built around methodological and theoretical frameworks as well as formative exercises to be carried out and moments of discussion and exchange in order to help the students to carry out their group work.
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Blended learning
Additional information:
- The teaching mode is:
hybrid (face-to-face and distance learning depending on the conditions related to the health crisis) via the tools of the Ultra platform, - resolutely participative and dynamic,
- based on the realization of various group works.
Recommended or required readings
- Course content (PowerPoint, videos, texts, etc.) available on Ultra.
- The "Manuel de recherche en sciences sociales" by Luc Van Campenhoudt, Jacques Marquet and Raymond Quivy (Paris, Dunod, 2017, 5th ed.
Exam(s) in session
Any session
- In-person
written exam AND oral exam
Written work / report
Additional information:
Group work of 4 students of maximum 8 pages (excluding cover page, table of contents, bibliography and appendix).
The initiation to the scientific approach will be done according to pedagogy by example.
It will be evaluated on the basis of a written work to be carried out by groups of four students where the students will try their hand at the scientific approach from the analysis of a concrete research object chosen freely according to the theme. general imposed by the teacher.
They will have to, on an exploratory basis and according to the disciplinary field chosen, present in particular the object of research and the initial question posed as well as the scientific approach put in place to answer it (methods of data collection, literature review, formulation of work reports, analysis, etc.).
Students will have to implement at least two methods of data collection (for example, two interviews, one interview and one observation, etc.).
Group work will be subject to two assessments:
- An intermediate evaluation iorganized at mid-term which will count on 5 points of the final evaluation. It will include a maximum of 2.5 pages (excluding bibliography, table of contents, any annexes, etc.) and must be returned by November 8, 2022, on the Ultra platform.
- A final evaluation which will count on 15 points of the final evaluation. It will include a maximum of 8 pages (excluding bibliography, table of contents, any appendices, etc.) and must be returned by the first day of the exam session, January 09, 2023, on the Ultra platform.
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
The first class will be given in person on Tuesday 20/09 at 10:00 am on the Sart-Tilman Campus (see the class schedule).
Please note: access to Ultra (and therefore to the course materials) will only be possible once the PAE of each student has been validated!
Link to Ultra: https://www.ecampus.uliege.be/
Contacts
Julie GERARD (julie.gerard@uliege.be)
Université de Liège (CRIS) - Faculté des Sciences Sociales
Sociologie des organisations et de l'intervention
Place des Orateurs, 3 (Bât. B31 - Quartier Agora)
4000 Liège - Bureau 1.97