Магистратура
2023/2024
Научно-исследовательский семинар "Методы аналитической социологии"
Статус:
Курс обязательный (Современный социальный анализ)
Направление:
39.04.01. Социология
Кто читает:
Департамент социологии
Где читается:
Санкт-Петербургская школа социальных наук
Когда читается:
2-й курс, 1-4 модуль
Формат изучения:
без онлайн-курса
Охват аудитории:
для своего кампуса
Прогр. обучения:
Современный социальный анализ
Язык:
русский
Кредиты:
12
Контактные часы:
84
Программа дисциплины
Аннотация
The current discipline is based on the courses “Contemporary Sociological Theory” and “Methodology and Research Methods in Sociology”. It provides students with material necessary to write master theses or term papers. Participants of the research seminar will receive professional guidance while choosing a topic of future research, acquire academic skills (preparing and conducting research, writing academic articles), discuss their projects, train their skills of scientific debate and research presentation, and learn how to choose research design and methods based on the practical examples. This course uses the following classroom exercises and activities: case analysis; discussions; work in small groups; meetings with practicing researchers.
Цель освоения дисциплины
- To develop students’ competences and professional skills necessary for conducting independent research.
Планируемые результаты обучения
- adjust the research program, suggest their own methods of data collection or analysis
- apply methods of sociological research independently
- carry out work that meets the technological requirements and professional standards
- collect and interpret data on particular research problems
- conceptualize collected data in their research project
- conduct own sociological research projects
- demonstrate knowledge of the ethical norms of sociological research and follow them in their work
- demonstrate knowledge of the rules of sociological research
- formulate a problem and find ways to solve it
- formulate a research problem
- identify the needs of social groups and include them in the description of the research problem
- independently determine a dataset sufficient to state particular scientific and ethical problems
- organize the work of a research group
- present their research project
- reflect on sociological work
- successfully apply methods of sociological research in their research project
- use the language and concepts from philosophy, social and human sciences to solve interdisciplinary research problems
Содержание учебной дисциплины
- Topic 1. The Principles of Analytical Sociology
- Topic 2. Organizing Research in Analytical Sociology
- Topic 3. Approaches to Studying Literature and Strategies of Writing Literature Review
- Topic 4. Systematic and Methodological Principles of Sociological Research
- Topic 5. Data: Search, Collection, Primary Processing
- Topic 6. Description of Results and Criteria for Its Validity Evaluation
- Topic 7. Visualization of the Research Outcomes
- Topic 8. Presentation of Research Outcomes
- Topic 9. Interpretation of the Findings
- Topic 10. Evaluation of the Significance and Limitations of Research Findings
- Topics 11. From the Primary Interpretation to Sociological Conclusion
Элементы контроля
- Class participation
- Defense of the research project design and literature reviewEnd of the 2nd module
- Defense of an empirical part3rd-4th module
- Project presentation1st module
- Exam (pre-defense of the course paper or master thesis)4th module
Промежуточная аттестация
- 2022/2023 учебный год 2 модуль0.4 * Class participation + 0.3 * Defense of the research project design and literature review + 0.3 * Project presentation
- 2022/2023 учебный год 4 модуль0.6 * Class participation + 0.4 * Defense of an empirical part
- 2023/2024 учебный год 2 модуль0.4 * Class participation + 0.3 * Defense of the research project design and literature review + 0.3 * Project presentation
- 2023/2024 учебный год 4 модуль0.4 * 2023/2024 учебный год 2 модуль + 0.24 * Class participation + 0.16 * Defense of an empirical part + 0.2 * Exam (pre-defense of the course paper or master thesis)
Список литературы
Рекомендуемая основная литература
- Bearman, P., & Hedström, P. (2009). The Oxford Handbook of Analytical Sociology. Oxford: OUP Oxford. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=381029
Рекомендуемая дополнительная литература
- Little, T. D. (2013). The Oxford Handbook of Quantitative Methods. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=603942