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LevelSeminar Sociology (B-KUL-S0A39B)
Cannot be taken as part of an examination contractCourse material
Articles and literature
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Toledo / e-platform
Order of Enrolment
You can only take this course if you only have to acquire maximum 80 study points in order to obtain the diploma.
Mixed prerequisite:
You may only take this course if you comply with the prerequisites. Prerequisites can be strict or flexible, or can imply simultaneity. A degree level can be also be a prerequisite.
Explanation:
STRICT: You may only take this course if you have passed or applied tolerance for the courses for which this condition is set.
FLEXIBEL: You may only take this course if you have previously taken the courses for which this condition is set.
SIMULTANEOUS: You may only take this course if you also take the courses for which this condition is set (or have taken them previously).
DEGREE: You may only take this course if you have obtained this degree level.
SIMULTANEOUS (S0A17D) AND SIMULTANEOUS (S0F15A) AND SIMULTANEOUS (S0F17A)
The codes of the course units mentioned above correspond to the following course descriptions:
S0A17D : Social Statistics
S0F15A : Data Analysis: Dependence Statistical Methods
S0F17A : Data Analysis: Data Reduction
This course unit is a prerequisite for taking the following course units:
S0A38C : Workshop
Is also included in other courses
- Bridging Programme: Master of Sociology 65 ects.
- Bachelor of Political and Social Sciences (Major Subject: Sociology) 180 ects.
Activities
4.0 ects. Seminar Sociology (part 1) (B-KUL-S0A84a)
Content
The seminar will be close as regards to content to the course Methods of social-scientific research and has the aim to apply some of the content of those courses in the concrete research practice. The focus in the assignments that will be worked out will be on the development- and observation phase of a research. The assignments will be integrated in one teaching reserach. The theme as regards to content is different each year, however it is always directed towards an aspect of the living situation of youngsters.
During the development there will be attention dedicated ot the problem formulation, defining the reserach population, put concepts, elements of validity and sample surveys into operation.
The construction of a question list and conducting of interviews will be central when the observation phase is discussed.
Furthermore a data set will be constructed and a limited analysis will be conducted to formulate an answer to the most important research questions.
Aims
To implement and practise the various components of a social scientific research in practice. In the concrete it is taught how to elaborate a problem formulation, how to compile a questionnaire, how to draw a sample, how to take interviews, how to make a data set and how to implement and report an elementary analysis.
3.0 ects. Seminar Sociology (part 2) (B-KUL-S0A86a)
Content
The seminar will be close as regards to content to the course Methods of social-scientific research and has the aim to apply some of the content of those courses in the concrete research practice. The focus in the assignments that will be worked out will be on the development- and observation phase of a research. The assignments will be integrated in one teaching reserach. The theme as regards to content is different each year, however it is always directed towards an aspect of the living situation of youngsters.
During the development there will be attention dedicated ot the problem formulation, defining the reserach population, put concepts, elements of validity and sample surveys into operation.
The construction of a question list and conducting of interviews will be central when the observation phase is discussed.
Furthermore a data set will be constructed and a limited analysis will be conducted to formulate an answer to the most important research questions.
Aims
To implement and practise the various components of a social scientific research in practice. In the concrete it is taught how to elaborate a problem formulation, how to compile a questionnaire, how to draw a sample, how to take interviews, how to make a data set and how to implement and report an elementary analysis.
