Duration
30h Th
Number of credits
| Bachelor in political sciences : general | 6 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
As final requirement of the Bachelor's degree, Political Science students have to write a final paper on a topic to be approved by the professor. This essay must not imply an original research but rather it is the synthesis of what has been written on the topic in order to confirm an hypothisis or to anwer to a research issue defined by the student. A significant bibliographical research - to be used in the paper - is therefore required. The students are asked to offer an original argument by the comparison of several sources as well as to show critical insight and the ability to synthesize.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
Bibliographic research; critics of scientific articles; scientific writings
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Student has already followed an introductory course on the methodology in social sciences
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Throughout the year, the students and the professor will meet in order to discuss their work.
The final draft will be read by the professor as well as a reader knowledgeable on the topic.
A specific course for scientifique bibliogrpahic search will be organised with bibliothèse Graulich
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Blended learning
Additional information:
Throughout the year, the students and the professor will meet in order to discuss their work.
The final draft will be read by the professor as well as a reader knowledgeable on the topic (Promoter)
The student will take at least three meetings with his/her promoter
Recommended or required readings
Geoffrey Grandjean et Antonios Vlassis (dir.), Réaliser un travail scientifique : Instruments et processus en sciences politiques et sociales, Presses Universitaires de Liège, 2023.
Slides are transmitted via https://hdl.handle.net/2268/294684
Exam(s) in session
Any session
- In-person
written exam AND oral exam
- Remote
oral exam
Written work / report
Additional information:
The guidelines for the Directed paper are as follow:
- the length of the paper is 25 pages and has to follow several criteria (which will be given by the professor at the beginning of the year)
- the final grade will be given by the professor and a reader
- the evaluation criteria are : quality of the writing, of the bibliography, of the mobilised arguments, of the structure of the document, of the adequacy between the introduction / conclusion.
Work placement(s)
Organisational remarks and main changes to the course
The Directed paper is based on the interaction between the student, his/her fellow students, and the professor.
Penalties may be imposed if the students do not follow the procedure and the criteria.
The thematic and the reader have to be defined on paper before 14 novembre 2023- 3pm
Before decembre 19 2023 - 3 pm- students send to catherine.fallon@ulg.ac.be a electronic document with the research question, a list of 12 references related to it and a one page text presenting the problematic
the final work document must be given to the Secretary:
the deadline is 07/5/2024 (3pm) for the first session and 19/8/2024 (3pm) for the second session
If the paper is not distributed by the dates imposed, the student is considered as "ajourné"
Contacts
Dr. Antonios Vlassis
Assistant Professor, Political Science Department
Bât. B31 Relations internationales Quartier Agora place des Orateurs 3 4000 Liège 1 Belgique
office R.11, level 0
email address: avlassis@uliege.be