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11314
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| Year |
1
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| Semester |
S1
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| ECTS Credits |
10
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| Workload |
TP(45H)
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| Scientific area |
Ciência Política
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Entry requirements |
n.a.
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Mode of delivery |
Face to face and videoconferencing.
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Work placements |
UBI and UA.
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Learning outcomes |
The aim of this curricular unit is to supply students with a thorough understanding of the scientific area of Political Science, familiarizing them with the relevant epistemology. This goal is achieved by the enunciation of research questions through appropriate conceptual tools and by the presentation of the variety of methodological approaches accessible and their theoretical and practical implications. The aim is thus to enable students to make appropriate methodological choices supported on a consolidated background, and capacitate them to initiate, carry out and, finally, evaluate, with high degree of autonomy, methodological operations in the context of scientific research.
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Syllabus |
MODULE I - Epistemology
1. What is political science?
2. Political science and social sciences
3. Differences of object and method in face of related disciplines
4. Disciplinarity and interdisciplinarity in political science
5. Ethical issues in research
MODULE II - Research
1. Research questions and theory
2. Theory and literature review
3. Hypotheses
4. Conceptualisation
5.Research design
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Main Bibliography |
Cohen, R. S. & Wartofsky, M. W., eds. (1983). Epistemology, Methodology, and the Social Sciences. Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers.
Ethridge, M. E., ed. (2002). The Political Research Experience: Readings and Analysis. New York: M.E. Sharpe.
Gerring, J. (2012). Social Science Methodology: A Unified Framework (2nd edition). New York: Cambridge University Press.
King, G; Keohane, R; & Verba, S. (1994). Designing Social Inquiry: Scientific Inference in Qualitative Research. Princeton: Princeton University Press.
Malici, A. & Smith, E., eds. (2012). Political Science Research In Practice. London/NY: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
Olivier, L.; Bédard, G; & Thibault, J.-F., eds. (1998), Épistémologie de la science politique. Québec: Presses de l’Université du Québec.
Shapiro, I.; Smith, R. M.; & Masoud, T. E., eds. (2004), Problems and Methods in the Study of Politics, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
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Teaching Methodologies and Assessment Criteria |
The course is organised into modules with specific themes that differ methodologically based on a common assumption of active student participation. Based on a comprehensive framework, the issues and methods central to the practice of Political Science research will be addressed in different ways. Both students and lecturers will make presentations in class.
Assessment criteria:
a) Preparation of a Traditional Literature Review on the research proposal, with the following steps:
- Definition and reflection on three central concepts of the research proposal (30 %).
- Proposal of 20 bibliographical references for the thesis project (20 %).
- Review of traditional literature on the research proposal (25%).
b) Discussion of texts in Perusall, based on readings to be distributed (25%).
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Language |
Portuguese. Tutorial support is available in English.
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