BA Seminar: American Politics Domestic and Foreign: Culture, Institutions and Leadership 4219-ZS031
SCHEDULE:
Classes are conducted in small groups or in the form of consultations adapted to the level of advancement of the research project by individual students.
Week 1 and 2. Presentation of the approved research project to the group (February)
Week 3 - 5. Consultations with the thesis supervisor according to a previously established schedule resulting from the level of advancement of the research. (March 8, 15, 22)
Easter break
Week 7 – 9. Work in smaller groups consistent with the topics of research projects. Students of related topics discuss each other's texts. Individual consultations on the written parts of the bachelor's thesis (April 12, 19, 26)
May break and Juwenalia. (May 3, 10)
Presentation of the research completed. Individual consultations depending on the level of advancement of the research project. (May 17, 24)
Rector's Day May 31
NOTE: SUBMITTING THE READY BACHELOR THESIS LATEST ON June 5, 2024
Individual consultations depending on the level of advancement of the research project with students who do not submit their thesis on the first date. Presentation of the research performed. (June 7, 14).
Type of course
obligatory courses
Course coordinators
Learning outcomes
LEARNING OUTCOMES: After completing this course, the student possess/demonstrate:
1. KNOWLEDGE:
- knowledge of concepts about theory in a selected field;
- learn qualitative research methods;
- they will learn to read scientific texts in the field of political science;
- understand the importance of science in the modern world;
- have in-depth knowledge of the interdependence of culture and politics;
- know advanced terminology in the field of their research, recognize complex relationships between political and social phenomena;
2. SKILLS:
- reading the results of qualitative research;
- ask scientific questions, understand how science can help understand reality;
- build a research project and search for source materials and studies;
- can interpret scientific texts and take a critical attitude towards them;
- formulate their own research hypotheses;
- prepare written and oral research reports;
- write longer scientific texts;
3. SOCIAL COMPETENCES:
- they can independently set tasks to be performed and adapt activities to them;
- prepare projects using previously acquired knowledge, which shows that learning is a continuous process;
- popularize knowledge by publicly presenting research results;
- speak English fluently to convey advanced scientific content
Assessment criteria
Passing upon submission of the BA thesis.
Bibliography
LITERATURE:
various texts on the methodology of social science research:
Wayne Booth, Gregory Colomb, Joseph Williams, The Craft of Research
James Lester, James Lester jr Writing Research Papers - A Complete Guide
Earl Babbie The Practice of Social Research. 9th Edition.
http://csr-d.pl/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Earl-Babbie-Badania-Spo%C5%82eczne-w-Praktyce.pdf
Phillips Shively, The Craft of Political Research any edition
https://edisciplinas.usp.br/pluginfile.php/4250035/mod_folder/content/0/Textos/Shively%2C%20The%20Craft%20of%20Political%20Research.pdf?forcedownload=1
Additional information
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