Master 2024/2025

Research Seminar "Research Methodology and Design"

Type: Compulsory course (Global and Regional History)

Area of studies: History

Delivered by: Department of History

Where: School of Arts and Humanities

When: 1 year, 1-4 module

Mode of studies: offline

Open to: students of one campus

Instructors: Tatiana Y. Borisova, Kirill Chunikhin, Aleksandra Kasatkina

Master’s programme: Global and Regional History

Language: English

ECTS credits: 9

Course Syllabus

Abstract

This course aims at providing guidance in writing MA dissertations. The Research seminar strengthens research skills and introduces students to diverse methodologies in history and anthropology. During the first year, this research seminar teaches students basic aspects of a historian’s and anthropologist's craft. The course works as a workshop and includes: 1) Seminars on major methods; 2) a short mini-course on Academic Rhetoric; 3) joined seminars with students of the second years; 4) project sessions discussing provisional MA theses.

Learning Objectives

• Teaching how to to write an MA

Expected Learning Outcomes

• Умения критически читать академические тексты и аргументированно обосновывать свою позицию.

Course Contents

• "Introduction to my field of inquiry"

Assessment Elements

• Review of a fellow’s proposal
• Individual presentation “Introducing fellows to my field of inquiry”
• Participation in seminar discussions
• Project proposal
  35% Project proposal 25% Individual project “Introducing fellows to my field of inquiry” 20% Participation in seminar discussions 20% Review of a fellow’s proposal

Interim Assessment

• 2024/2025 4th module
  0.25 * Individual presentation “Introducing fellows to my field of inquiry” + 0.25 * Individual presentation “Introducing fellows to my field of inquiry” + 0.2 * Participation in seminar discussions + 0.2 * Participation in seminar discussions + 0.35 * Project proposal + 0.35 * Project proposal + 0.2 * Review of a fellow’s proposal + 0.2 * Review of a fellow’s proposal
• 2025/2026 3rd module
  0.25 * Individual presentation “Introducing fellows to my field of inquiry” + 0.25 * Individual presentation “Introducing fellows to my field of inquiry” + 0.25 * Participation in seminar discussions + 0.25 * Participation in seminar discussions + 0.5 * Review of a fellow’s proposal + 0.5 * Review of a fellow’s proposal

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

• Analysing academic writing : contextualized frameworks, , 2004
• Rukmini, S. (2017). Academic Research Writing: An Overview and Process. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsbas&AN=edsbas.7CED46CD

Recommended Additional Bibliography

• Genre analysis: English in academic and research settings, , 1990
• Swales, J. M., & Feak, C. B. (2001). Academic Communications and the Graduate Student. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsbas&AN=edsbas.3E2EACE3

Authors

• Borisova Tatiana Iurevna
• Kasatkina Aleksandra Konstantinovna
• Chunikhin Kirill Aleksandrovich