Research Seminar “Methods of Analytical Sociology”

2024/2025

Academic Year

RUS

Instruction in Russian

12

ECTS credits

Delivered at:

Department of Sociology

Course type:

Compulsory course

When:

2 year, 1-4 module

Instructors

Mararitsa, Larisa

Sokolov, Boris

Titkova, Vera

Программа дисциплины

Аннотация

The current discipline is based on the courses “Contemporary Sociological Theory” and “Methodology and Research Methods in Sociology”. It provides students with material necessary to write master theses or term papers. Participants of the research seminar will receive professional guidance while choosing a topic of future research, acquire academic skills (preparing and conducting research, writing academic articles), discuss their projects, train their skills of scientific debate and research presentation, and learn how to choose research design and methods based on the practical examples. This course uses the following classroom exercises and activities: case analysis; discussions; work in small groups; meetings with practicing researchers.

Цель освоения дисциплины

• To develop students’ competences and professional skills necessary for conducting independent research.

Планируемые результаты обучения

• adjust the research program, suggest their own methods of data collection or analysis
• apply methods of sociological research independently
• carry out work that meets the technological requirements and professional standards
• collect and interpret data on particular research problems
• conceptualize collected data in their research project
• conduct own sociological research projects
• demonstrate knowledge of the ethical norms of sociological research and follow them in their work
• demonstrate knowledge of the rules of sociological research
• formulate a problem and find ways to solve it
• formulate a research problem
• identify the needs of social groups and include them in the description of the research problem
• independently determine a dataset sufficient to state particular scientific and ethical problems
• organize the work of a research group
• present their research project
• reflect on sociological work
• successfully apply methods of sociological research in their research project
• use the language and concepts from philosophy, social and human sciences to solve interdisciplinary research problems

Содержание учебной дисциплины

• Topic 1. The Principles of Analytical Sociology
• Topic 2. Organizing Research in Analytical Sociology
• Topic 3. Approaches to Studying Literature and Strategies of Writing Literature Review
• Topic 4. Systematic and Methodological Principles of Sociological Research
• Topic 5. Data: Search, Collection, Primary Processing
• Topic 6. Description of Results and Criteria for Its Validity Evaluation
• Topic 7. Visualization of the Research Outcomes
• Topic 8. Presentation of Research Outcomes
• Topic 9. Interpretation of the Findings
• Topic 10. Evaluation of the Significance and Limitations of Research Findings
• Topics 11. From the Primary Interpretation to Sociological Conclusion

Элементы контроля

• Защита исследовательского дизайна
  End of the 2nd module
• Экзамен (предзащита ВКР)
  4th module
• Активность в классе
• Презентация проекта
  1st module
• Защита эмпирической части
  3rd-4th module
• Защита курсовой

Промежуточная аттестация

• 2023/2024 2nd module
  0.3 * Активность в классе + 0.4 * Защита исследовательского дизайна + 0.3 * Презентация проекта
• 2023/2024 4th module
  0.4 * 2023/2024 2nd module + 0.24 * Активность в классе + 0.2 * Защита курсовой + 0.16 * Защита эмпирической части
• 2024/2025 2nd module
  0.3 * Активность в классе + 0.4 * Защита исследовательского дизайна + 0.3 * Презентация проекта
• 2024/2025 4th module
  0.4 * 2024/2025 2nd module + 0.16 * Активность в классе + 0.2 * Защита эмпирической части + 0.24 * Экзамен (предзащита ВКР)

Список литературы

Рекомендуемая основная литература

• Bearman, P., & Hedström, P. (2009). The Oxford Handbook of Analytical Sociology. Oxford: OUP Oxford. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=381029

Рекомендуемая дополнительная литература

• Little, T. D. (2013). The Oxford Handbook of Quantitative Methods. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=603942

Авторы

• Широканова Анна Александровна
• Кольцова Елена Юрьевна
• Синявская Ядвига Эдуардовна
• Соколов Борис Олегович