Master
2023/2024
Research Seminar "Academic Style in Science and Research"
Type:
Compulsory course (Comparative Social Research)
Area of studies:
Sociology
Delivered by:
School of Sociology
Where:
Faculty of Social Sciences
When:
2 year, 1, 3, 4 module
Mode of studies:
offline
Open to:
students of all HSE University campuses
Master’s programme:
Comparative Soсial Research
Language:
English
ECTS credits:
12
Contact hours:
72
Course Syllabus
Abstract
The course on master thesis writing is designed to provide students with a thoughtful understanding of what are the main steps and procedures of social research and how they are linked to the different parts of master thesis.
Learning Objectives
- • To study various styles and formats of writing a MA CSR thesis. • To study various steps and chapterization styles in writing a MA CSR thesis. • To learn various formats, procedures, conceptual usage, and associated argumentation styles in writing a MA CSR thesis.
Expected Learning Outcomes
- be able to conduct analysis according to research questing
- be able to find and review papers on the subject of MA thesis
- be able to interpret data and draw conclusions
- know the basic principles of academic ethics
- know the rules of writing master thesis
- to be able to put forward correct research question and identify the novelty of the MA thesis
- to be able to collect and describe data
- Learning various styles and formats that enhance and shape MA CSR thesis writing styles and abilities
- Learning ways of organizing a thesis in different chapterization styles and formats
- Learning to apply various formats, procedures, concepts, and argumentation styles in thesis and paper writing
Course Contents
- Structure of the master thesis
- Introduction
- Literature review
- Data and methods
- Results
- Discussion and conclusion
- Visualization
- How to Write a Good Master’s Thesis
- Different styles of writing an Introduction, Literature review, and Conceptual framework
- Various styles of Research questions, Hypotheses, and Conjectural statements
- Organizing Research Methods, Data Analysis, Evaluation, and Conclusion
- Recapitulation of the Lessons Learned
Interim Assessment
- 2023/2024 4th module0 * A 5-minute presentation with slides + 0.15 * Chapter text + 0 * Homework + 0.7 * Pre-defence + 0.15 * Presentation
