Introduction to the Methodology of Social Analysis (Kyiv Mohyla Academy, 01.05.05-30.06.05)

Typ: Seminar
SWS: 4
Credit Points: k.A.

Kursbeschreibung / -kommentar

This English-language under-graduate seminar, in the last trimester of the 2004-2005 study year, consisted of 17 two-hour sessions as well an evaluation of the seminar at the end of the trimester (18th meeting). The reading load was around 20-40 pages in English per week. Students were asked to write thee essays in English language, at home, and to make one or more short oral presentations. The course was based on the texts: Anthony Daley, “On Reading: Strategies of Students,” PS: Political Science & Politics, vol. 28, no. 1 (March 1995), pp. 89-100 (handed out to every participant), and: John Gerring, Social Science Methodology: A Critical Framework (Cambridge: Cambridge University Pres 2001).