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Archived Curricula Guide 2011–2012
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PORIP1A Practicing Social Scientific Imagination 5 ECTS
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Compensatory credits

Learning outcomes

To provide students with the basic facilities for social scientific development of knowledge: independent information retrieval and analysis and production of scientific text. To familiarise students with ways to produce academic speech and text.

Contents

Academic writing, presentation and argumentation are focal points of this course.

Further information on prerequisites and recommendations

The faculty general studies course Topical Questions in Social Science (3 ECTS) must be completed before this course, and Introduction to Scientific Thinking (3 ECTS) and Theory in Social Sciences (5 ECTS) must be taken simultaneously with it. In addition, it is recommended that students have completed Information Acquisition (2 ECTS) and Information Technology (3 ECTS).

Teaching methods

Teaching method Contact Online
Seminar 48 h 0 h

Modes of study

Major students participate actively in the seminar (48h), retrieve information independently and produce projects with the help of complementary literature, present their projects and act as opponents to each other.
Minor students complete this course with a literature examination.

Evaluation

Numeric 1-5.

Recommended year of study

1. year autumn
1. year spring

Belongs to following study modules

School of Social Sciences and Humanities
Practicing Social Scientific Imagination (Compensatory credits)
2011–2012
Teaching
Archived Teaching Schedule. Please refer to current Teaching Shedule.
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School of Social Sciences and Humanities