Postgraduate Course: Advanced Issues in Socio-Cultural Research (PGSP11101)
Course Outline
| School | School of Social and Political Science |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 40 |
ECTS Credits | 20 |
| Summary | This course will offer advanced training in the ideas, issues and methodologies central to carrying out interdisciplinary socio-cultural research. It will be organised through seminars and workshops. The aims of the course are to:
- enable students to critically evaluate key debates concerning theory and epistemology in interdisciplinary socio-cultural research;
- provide students with an understanding of the possibilities, strengths and also limits of particular methodologies, in relation to the goals and desired outcomes and knowledge-claims intended for pieces of interdisciplinary research;
- engage students in debates concerning the analysis of interdisciplinary research and the epistemological, ethical, political and practical problems entailed;
- enable students to think from interdisciplinary perspectives to design interdisciplinary research projects focused on their own intellectual concerns;
- encourage students to use the course to develop a theoretical and methodological approach for their MSc dissertation and possible PhD research; and
- challenge students to work at an advanced level in a course that will 'join up' theory, methodology and research practice.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2015/16, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: 10 |
| Course Start |
Full Year |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
400
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Seminar/Tutorial Hours 40,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 8,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
352 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
Students submit notes on key readings; make an oral presentation to staff and postgraduates focusing specifically on research design related to their work; submit a written version of the presentation and prepare a poster outlining their research interests. This acts as preparatory work for the dissertation and, where relevant, the PhD. Students are also expected to complete a number of short, practical assignments for the Writing Workshop component of the course. |
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Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Be alert to the changing ideas and 'place' of interdisciplinarity
- Understand the epistemological, ethical, political dimensions of socio-cultural research
- Critically evaluate ideas and debates concerning theory and practice in socio-cultural research
- Engage authoritatively with the strengths and limits of appropriate methodologies as they design a research project
- Effectively present their ideas and research designs in public fora and respond to constructive suggestions
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
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| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Liliana Riga
Tel: (0131 6)51 1853
Email: l.riga@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mr Andrew Macaulay
Tel: (0131 6)51 5067
Email: Andrew.Macaulay@ed.ac.uk |
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