Learning outcomes

To enhance students’ understanding of the main methodological approaches and options available to European and Russian studies in the social sciences and the humanities.

Contents

This combined lecture and workshop course presents an introduction to the main methodological approaches in the social sciences and the humanities prevailing across different disciplines, including international relations, communication studies and journalism, and linguistic and cultural studies. After the introductory lectures students will familiarise themselves in group, pair or individual work with one of the major methodological approaches and prepare a presentation for the joint section workshop. For the discipline specific section (5 ECTS) the students of Journalism and Mass Communication will be required to take a literature exam.

Teaching methods

Joint introductory lectures 12hrs, workshop presentation in joint seminar 10hrs and learning diary (5 ECTS) and a literature exam (5 ECTS).

Teaching language

English

Evaluation

Numeric 1-5.

Recommended year of study

1. year autumn
1. year spring

Study materials

For the discipline specific section (5 ECTS) the students of Journalism and Mass Communication will be required to take a literature exam based on the following reading:

- Bruhn Jensen, Klaus (ed.), A Handbook of Media and Communication Research. Qualitative and Quantitative Methodologies. Routledge, New York, 2002.

- Berger, Arthur Asa, Media and Communication Research Methods: An Introduction to Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches, Thousand Oaks: Sage, cop. 2000.

Belongs to following study modules