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Undergraduate Course: Social and Political Enquiry 2 (SSPS08004)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Social and Political Science CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 8 (Year 2 Undergraduate) AvailabilityAvailable to all students
SCQF Credits20 ECTS Credits10
SummaryThis course introduces students to a range of methods used in social and political enquiry; examines the potential and problems of these methods, and helps to develop insights into interpreting and analysing data. It does so by focussing on a series of exemplary studies conducted by social and political scientists, both classic and contemporary. In each case it considers how the research questions were formulated, how these questions were addressed and answered, and how the evidence was produced, interpreted and evaluated, including issues of objectivity, values and policy.
Course description Not entered
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites It is RECOMMENDED that students have passed European Social Policy (SCPL08006) OR International Cooperation in Europe and Beyond (PLIT08006) OR Social Anthropology 2: Into the Field (SCAN08004) OR Sociology 2: Transformations of Self and Society (SCIL08007)
Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisitesNone
Course Delivery Information
Not being delivered
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course, students should be able to:
- identify the potential and problems of different methods of social and political enquiry;
- appreciate the methodological challenges involved in designing studies, developing adequate measures, establishing causal explanations and drawing up interpretative accounts;
- understand and evaluate how inferences are drawn from numerical and verbal data
- appreciate the contribution of empirical enquiry to the development and assessment of theory and practice.
Reading List
None
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
Additional Class Delivery Information Plus 1 tutorial each week starting in week 2
KeywordsNot entered
Contacts
Course organiserMr Ross Bond
Tel: (0131 6)50 3919
Email: R.J.Bond@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMiss Claire Bannister
Tel: (0131 6)50 4573
Email: Claire.Bannister@ed.ac.uk
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