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Bachelor 2020/2021

Project Seminar

Type: Compulsory course (Sociology and Social Informatics)
Area of studies: Sociology
When: 4 year, 3 module
Mode of studies: offline
Instructors: Darya Konstantinovna Khodorenko, Alla Loseva
Language: English
ECTS credits: 3
Contact hours: 10

Course Syllabus

Abstract

In this course, students will learn the key theoretical approaches, features, organizing principles, ways of the development of social studies, as well as the key tools of data collection and analysis in the area of social issues’ research
Learning Objectives

Learning Objectives

  • to conduct urban empirical data during wild fieldwork and to develop analysis skills
Expected Learning Outcomes

Expected Learning Outcomes

  • knowledge, understanding and acquirement to analyze social and spatial dimensions of inequality in the contemporary city.
Course Contents

Course Contents

  • Introduction
  • Social mapping
  • Social mapping (discussing of the results)
  • Instruction
  • Discussing of the passing results
  • Discussing of practical results. Preparation of presentations.
  • Presentations of all results
Assessment Elements

Assessment Elements

  • non-blocking Home task 1
  • non-blocking Home task 2
  • non-blocking Presentation
Interim Assessment

Interim Assessment

  • Interim assessment (3 module)
    0.3 * Home task 1 + 0.3 * Home task 2 + 0.4 * Presentation
Bibliography

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

  • Bulmer, M. (2017). Sociological Research Methods: Vol. Second edition. Routledge.

Recommended Additional Bibliography

  • Anderson, N. (1928). The Slum: A Project for Study. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsbas&AN=edsbas.6D06647B
  • Emerson, M. O., & Johnson, L. M. K. (2018). Soul of the City: The Depth of How “Urban” Matters in the Sociology of Religion. Sociology of Religion, 79(1), 1–19. https://doi.org/10.1093/socrel/srx056