Objectives of Programme's Learning Outcomes

• Understand the epistemological postures and the methodological tools human sciences related to issues of social transitions and innovations.
• Understand the epistemological frameworks in human and social sciences in order to change thought patterns.
• Understand the methodological frameworks in human and social sciences in order to change practices.
• Conduct research/projects in the context of social transitions and innovations by selecting appropriate epistemological approaches and methodologies.
• Mobilise the relevant analytical approaches and the appropriate methodological tools to analyse, rigorously, thoroughly and comparatively, the problems of social transitions and innovations, including their interactions and their spatial and temporal evolutions.
• Appropriately apply analytical approaches and methodological tools in contexts of social transitions and innovations.

Learning Outcomes of UE

Knowledge of key sociological concepts: discourse, social representation, ideology Awareness of the various sidesteps that intervene in situations of surveys and of interviews, of the stakes that underlie them, of the means apt to minimizing them Knowledge of the theoretical content of two key methods used in qualitative surveys: interviews and focus-groups Acquisition of practical competences in leading i) interviews, ii) focus-groups in the frame of i) exercise with classmates ; ii) exercise in real situation

Content of UE

Key concepts: discourse, social representation, ideology Survey techniques: interviews, focus group (theoretical content) Survey circumstances: sidesteps that interpose in interviewer- interviewee relationship Practical exercise: role-playing with other students (interviewer-interviewee ; leader-notes taker-participant) Practical exercise: role-playing in real context, chosen and prepared by the student (linked with transformation/innovation issue), with support (and in presence of) the teacher

Prior Experience

Not applicable

Type of Assessment for UE in Q1

• Oral examination
• Practical test

Q1 UE Assessment Comments

Cf. description in the AA of the same class

Type of Assessment for UE in Q3

• Oral examination
• Practical Test

Q3 UE Assessment Comments

Cf. description in the AA of the same class

Type of Resit Assessment for UE in Q1 (BAB1)

• Oral examination
• Practical test

Q1 UE Resit Assessment Comments (BAB1)

Not applicable