Bachelor 2024/2025

Research Seminar “Youth” (2024/2025 academic year)

Type: Elective course (Sociology and Social Informatics)

Area of studies: Sociology

Delivered by: Department of Sociology

Where: Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences

When: 3 year, 1-4 module

Mode of studies: offline

Open to: students of one campus

Instructors: Anastasiia S. Andreeva, Evgeniya Kuziner, Irina Lisovskaya

Language: English

ECTS credits: 4

Course Syllabus

Abstract

The course is aimed at introducing everyday life of youth through the prism of the study of academic literature and conduct their own empirical research. Students will study basic paradigms, theoretical approaches, empirical methods of youth research.

Learning Objectives

• Know key youth studies concepts
• Understand and discuss topics related to youth cultures, scenes, solidarity
• Improve their skills in developing research design in the framework of youth studies

Expected Learning Outcomes

• Apply concepts and theories to solve specific research problems; use concepts and principles in new research contexts
• Analyze academic literature in a selected research field. Evaluate the logic and argumentation of academic texts.
• Demonstrate an in-depth knowledge and critical understanding of fundamentals of qualitative sociological research of youth

Course Contents

• Topic 1: Introduction in Youth Studies (4 seminars)
• Topic 2: Design of qualitative research
• Topic 3: Doing literature review
• Topic 4: Qualitative research methodology
• Topic 5 Planning and conducting qualitative field research

Assessment Elements

• Homework 2
  Presentation of chapters of a book or a series of articles dedicated to a design of qualitative research and literature reviewing.
• Exam
  The exam is conducted in the form of a presentation of the final project Exam format: presentation 15-20 minutes per presentation with the main points of your thesis proect - Topic - Research question and research problem - Aims and objectives of the research - Object and subject of the research - Theoretical framework - Research methodology - Results
• Homework 3
  Presentation of chapters of a book or a series of articles dedicated to еру qualitative research methodology.
• Homework 1
  Presentation of chapters of a book or a series of articles dedicated to a separate area of youth studies.
• In-class-participation
  An active participation in discussion, working in groups, asking and answering the questions.

Interim Assessment

• 2024/2025 4th module
  0,4 * Exam + 0,1 * Homework 1 + 0,1 * Homework 2 + 0,1 * Homework 3 + 0,3 * In class participation

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

• Hebdige, D. (2002). Subculture : The Meaning of Style: Vol. Taylor & Francis e-Library ed. Taylor & Francis [CAM].
• Silverman, D. (DE-588)141743867, (DE-627)631177094, (DE-576)163079072, aut. (2010). Doing qualitative research a practical handbook David Silverman.

Recommended Additional Bibliography

• Creswell, J. W. (1998). Qualitative Inquiry and Research Design : Choosing Among Five Traditions. Thousand Oaks, Calif: Sage Publications Inc. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=63251
• McRobbie, A. (1991). Feminism and Youth Culture. Macmillan Education UK. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-21168-5

Authors

• KUZINER EVGENIYA NIKOLAEVNA
• Ильина Мария Ивановна