 | Study programme 2023-2024 | Français | |
 | Methodology and Epistemology | ||
Programme component of Master's in Social Transitions and Innovations (MONS) (day schedule) à l"School of Human and Social Sciences |
| Code | Type | Head of UE | Department’s contact details | Teacher(s) |
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| UH-M1-METISS-007-M | Compulsory UE | NYENYEZI BISOKA Aymar | H940 - Sociologie et Anthropologie |
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| Language of instruction | Language of assessment | HT(*) | HTPE(*) | HTPS(*) | HR(*) | HD(*) | Credits | Weighting | Term |
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| Français | 24 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5.00 | 1st term |
| AA Code | Teaching Activity (AA) | HT(*) | HTPE(*) | HTPS(*) | HR(*) | HD(*) | Term | Weighting |
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| H-SSOC-402 | Methodology and Epistemology | 24 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | Q1 | 100.00% |
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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
At the end of the course, students will be able to: (a) know the theories and debates on society-environment relationships in sociology, anthropology and philosophy; (b) apart from the technical aspects of transition issues, they will also be able to identify the power relations behind societal choices and the political means to face them; (c) they will be able to detect, in the political proposals linked to ecological issues, the ideological, theoretical and utopian aspects and the way in which they structure these political offers.
UE Content: description and pedagogical relevance
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 Teaching Activity/Activities
| AA | Type of Teaching Activity/Activities |
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| H-SSOC-402 |
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Mode of delivery
| AA | Mode of delivery |
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| H-SSOC-402 |
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Required Learning Resources/Tools
| AA | Required Learning Resources/Tools |
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| H-SSOC-402 | Not applicable |
Recommended Learning Resources/Tools
| AA | Recommended Learning Resources/Tools |
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| H-SSOC-402 | Not applicable |
Other Recommended Reading
| AA | Other Recommended Reading |
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| H-SSOC-402 | Not applicable |
Grade Deferrals of AAs from one year to the next
| AA | Grade Deferrals of AAs from one year to the next |
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| H-SSOC-402 | Authorized |
Term 1 Assessment - type
| AA | Type(s) and mode(s) of Q1 assessment |
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| H-SSOC-402 |
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Term 1 Assessment - comments
| AA | Term 1 Assessment - comments |
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| H-SSOC-402 | - Assessment will be based on individual work and presentation in the class |
Resit Assessment - Term 1 (B1BA1) - type
| AA | Type(s) and mode(s) of Q1 resit assessment (BAB1) |
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| H-SSOC-402 |
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Term 3 Assessment - type
| AA | Type(s) and mode(s) of Q3 assessment |
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| H-SSOC-402 |
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Term 3 Assessment - comments
| AA | Term 3 Assessment - comments |
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| H-SSOC-402 | - Assessment will be based on individual work |