Магистратура
2022/2023
Научно-исследовательский семинар «Количественные методы»
Лучший по критерию «Полезность курса для расширения кругозора и разностороннего развития»
Лучший по критерию «Новизна полученных знаний»
Статус:
Курс по выбору (Сравнительные социальные исследования / Comparative Social Research)
Направление:
39.04.01. Социология
Кто читает:
Департамент социологии
Где читается:
Факультет социальных наук
Когда читается:
2-й курс, 3, 4 модуль
Формат изучения:
без онлайн-курса
Охват аудитории:
для своего кампуса
Преподаватели:
Алмакаева Анна Михайловна
Прогр. обучения:
Сравнительные социальные исследования
Язык:
английский
Кредиты:
14
Контактные часы:
40
Course Syllabus
Abstract
The course on master thesis writi ng is designed to provide students with a thoughtful understanding of what are the main steps and procedures of quantitative social research and how they are linked to the different parts of master thesis.
Expected Learning Outcomes
- be able to conduct analysis according to research questing
- be able to find and review papers on the subject of MA thesis
- be able to interpret data and draw conclusions
- be able to provide a nice visualization
- have skills in writing research papers and master thesis
- know the basic principles of academic ethics
- know the rules of writing master thesis
- to be able to put forward correct research question and identify the novelty of the MA thesis
- to be able to collect and describe data
Course Contents
- Structure of the master thesis
- Introduction
- Literature review
- Data and methods
- Results
- Discussion and conclusion
- Visualization
Assessment Elements
- Drafts of chaptersDrafts of MA chapters
- Presentations of chapters
- Pre-defence of master thesis
Interim Assessment
- 2022/2023 4th module0.7 * Pre-defence of master thesis + 0.15 * Drafts of chapters + 0.15 * Presentations of chapters
Bibliography
Recommended Core Bibliography
- Core data analysis : summarization, correlation, and visualization, Mirkin, B., 2019
- Longman academic writing series, level 5 : essays to research papers, Meyers, A., 2014
- Writing research papers from essay to research paper : student book, Zemach, D. E., 2011
Recommended Additional Bibliography
- Core concepts in data analysis: summarization, correlation and visualization, Mirkin, B., 2011
- Writing research papers : a complete guide, Lester, J. D., 2012