Sylabus
1. Introduction
2. Sociological research paradigms
3. Choosing a project (changes to this are ONLY with teacher's approval, so you should already have an idea at the beginning of the term, based on your own research in the social sciences)
4. Starting to draft
5. Types of research
6. Writing a good paper I
7. Writing a good paper II
8. Literature review
10. Other people’s work and feedback
11. Proper citation and plagiarism
12. Summary and presentations (you present your research to the class in December and then complete the paper in the exam term)
Anotace
The purpose of this course is to help graduate students (MA and PhD candidates) develop skills necessary for setting up an effective research design, writing a proposal, and articulating their research findings in writing. The objectives include both the enhancement of students’ analytical and critical skills and their writing capabilities. This is a hands-on course in which students are expected to put in practice the principles and guidelines they read about in the texts assigned and that we discuss in class.
By the end of the semester students will be able to:
· understand a writing assignment
· draft a literature review
· design research questions
· match research questions to the right method
· design a schedule of research activities
· draft a proposal (this may be an essay, but generally anticipates discussing your own research)
· design the outline of research paper
· evaluate peers’ proposals and research papers
The emphasis will be on qualitative research methods which is usually underfunded.