Научно-исследовательский семинар "Теория и практика международных и региональных исследований"

Магистратура 2021/2022

Статус: Курс обязательный

Направление: 41.04.01. Зарубежное регионоведение

Кто читает: Факультет мировой экономики и мировой политики

Где читается: Факультет мировой экономики и мировой политики

Когда читается: 2-й курс, 3, 4 модуль

Формат изучения: без онлайн-курса

Охват аудитории: для своего кампуса

Преподаватели: Сизова Александра Александровна

Прогр. обучения: Экономика, политика и бизнес в Азии

Язык: английский

Кредиты: 2

Контактные часы: 36

Full Syllabus

Abstract

This Research seminar is aimed at a detailed critical analysis of main components of a Master’s course paper and facilitates the acquiring of the necessary competencies for completing the Master’s thesis in International and Area Studies. Special attention is paid to the advanced examination of the research process, its challenges, logic, and structure, work with various sources, applying various methods and theoretical approaches, exploration of the key methods and techniques of argumentation, and presentation of research findings in the fields of International and Area Studies at the Master’s level.

Learning Objectives

The main goal of this course is to develop participants’ competence in conducting their own independent theoretical and applied research in International and Area Studies, to advance their research skills obtained at the Bachelor’s level and acquire certain Master’s level field-specific knowledge and skills, including research design skills and abilities to create well-developed content of the Master’s thesis in International and Area Studies and structure academic texts in social sciences and humanities, to stimulate students’ critical thinking and scientific reflection, to view research as an integral process and implement new solid knowledge and skills in practice.
This course is aimed at guiding students through the process of planning, designing, and conducting an independent research in the fields of International Relations and Area Studies; improving students’ analytical and creative competencies, argumentation skills, ability to implement their knowledge of the 21st-century methodology of International Relations and Area Studies into interdisciplinary research, to complete and present an original Master’s degree paper in compliance with all formal academic formal requirements.

Expected Learning Outcomes

1. to identify the goals and basic principles of the contemporary research in socials sciences and humanities;
10. to present the results of a Master’s level research work according to the requirements and standards of modern academia.
2. to use the key strategies of the contemporary research design at the Master’s level and adequately use them according to the research tasks;
3. to identify and create a balanced structure of a Master’s research paper in International and Area Studies;
4. to effectively use the instruments and methods of the contemporary social sciences and humanities methodology in conducting Master’s degree research within the field of expertise;
5. to professionally work with literature and different types of information resources, to apply contemporary techniques of effective collecting and analyzing various data to own research work;
6. to plan personal research activity, reflect on own research process and achievements and apply the obtained knowledge and skills to professional practice;
7. to distinguish between incoherent explanation and well-ground argumentation, to know frequent logical fallacies, to identify and correct various types of errors in scientific inquiry and reasoning and formulate logical arguments;
8. to critically assess own written works, oral presentations and explanations as well as those of the colleagues’, make references of the others’ work;
9. to recognize and follow the main ideas and principles of scientific culture, to clothe thoughts on the subject of study in suitable scientific language according to the rules of academic writing;
to critically assess own written works, oral presentations and explanations as well as those of the colleagues’, make references of the others’ work;
to define the characteristics and challenges of International and Area Studies as research fields;
to distinguish between incoherent explanation and well-ground argumentation, to know frequent logical fallacies, to identify and correct various types of errors in scientific inquiry and reasoning and formulate logical arguments;
to do various types of research work in IR and Area Studies in compliance with the objectives and tasks of the study and formal requirements of the Master’s course works and theses in these fields;
to effectively use the instruments and methods of the contemporary social sciences and humanities methodology in conducting Master’s degree research within the field of expertise;
to explain the logic of the research process and identify the key components of it;
to identify and create a balanced structure of the research paper in International and Area Studies;
to identify the goals and basic principles of the contemporary research in socials sciences and humanities;
to plan personal research activity, reflect on own research process and achievements and apply the obtained knowledge and skills in professional practice.
to professionally work with literature and different types of information resources, to apply contemporary techniques of effective collecting and analyzing various data to own research work;
to recognize and follow the main ideas and principles of scientific culture, to clothe thoughts on the subject of study in suitable scientific language according to the rules of academic writing;
to recognize the classical and cutting-edge trends in the field of study and different theoretical approaches to exploring the chosen research subject in International and Area Studies and develop the theoretical parts of the course works and Masters’ theses;
to use the key strategies of the contemporary research design at the Master’s level and adequately use them according to the research tasks;
to use the key terms and concepts related to research in socials sciences and humanities and International and Area Studies specifically, including those related to the major theories in these research areas;
to work on a project as both an individual researcher and a member of a research group;

Course Contents

The Course Overview and Instructions
The Current Trends in International and Area Studies and the Role of the Academic Community
Designing a Research in International/Area Studies at a Master’s level
The Foundations of Research in Social Sciences and Humanities
A Master’s Dissertation in International and Area Studies
Introduction to Research in International and Area Studies: the Connection Between Theory and Practice
The Strategies and Techniques of Academic Writing at Master’s Level
Scientific Language and the Main Concepts of International and Area Studies
Presentation of Students’ Research Results, Recommendations on Individual Master’s Papers, and Pre-Defense Reflection (8 hours)
Types of Research and the Key Research Approaches
The Research Process, Its Logic and Key Components
The Foundations of Contemporary Research Design and Planning a Research
Information Sources and Critical Analysis of Data
Scientific Methods in International and Area Studies
The Strategies and Techniques of Writing a Research Paper

Assessment Elements

Attendance and in-class participation
Assignments
Final exam
Attendance and In-class Participation
Assignments
Final exam

Interim Assessment

2020/2021 3rd module
0.4 * Attendance and in-class participation + 0.4 * Assignments + 0.2 * Final exam
2021/2022 4th module
0.2 * Final exam + 0.4 * Attendance and In-class Participation + 0.4 * Assignments

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Authors

SIZOVA ALEKSANDRA ALEKSANDROVNA

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