SCS 2150 Social Sciences and Research

3 units
Social Sciences
Faculty of Social Sciences
Introducing the research process: defining a research object, conducting a literature review to problematize it, and formulating a research question and related arguments in order to answer based on research conducted. Overview of different data collection techniques, documentary, statistic, qualitative and visual, and applying them to a small project. Study of the general principles guiding rigorous and critical research practices which can be applied both in scientific and professional environments.

Components:

Lecture

Requirements:

Prerequisite: 18 university course units. This course is equivalent to ANT 2111 , CMN 2101 , CRM 2303 , ECS 2111, FEM 2103 , POL 2156 , PSY 2174 .

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Organized

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Clear Expectations

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Learned a Lot

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Recommend

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Workload

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Fair Assessments

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