Undergraduate Course: Social and Political Enquiry 2 (SSPS08004)
Course Outline
| School | School of Social and Political Science |
College | College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 8 (Year 2 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | This 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. |
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Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
Course Delivery Information
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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.
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
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| Additional Class Delivery Information |
Plus 1 tutorial each week starting in week 2 |
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Contacts
| Course organiser | Mr Ross Bond
Tel: (0131 6)50 3919
Email: R.J.Bond@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Claire Bannister
Tel: (0131 6)50 4573
Email: Claire.Bannister@ed.ac.uk |
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