Course
Course 15 credits • COSM22
Teaching – spring semester of 2022
From 9 February, more teaching will be conducted on campus. During the gradual return to campus, some digital teaching will continue. Hence, it is very important that you pay attention to information from your teacher and potential changes in your schedule in Canvas and/or TimeEdit.
The course deals with methodological issues relating to the organisation, design and writing of a master’s thesis. In addition to the general introduction to ontological and epistemological debates in the social sciences, the students get acquainted with organisational tools and methodological approaches in social research including a related range of specific methods and techniques.
The course aims to present the key schools of theoretical and methodological thought in the social sciences. From the perspective of theory, the course focuses on issues such as the nature of justification in social inquiry, the distinction between causal explanation and interpretative understanding, the role of language in social inquiry, the historical and philosophical meaning of science, and the importance of ethical and normative questions in the social sciences.
From the organisational and methodological perspective, the objective is to develop skills in designing, planning, carrying out, writing up and appraising research related to Asia. The course introduces the students to the main methods in qualitative and quantitative research and related techniques, and provides the tools for students to effectively present data, findings and conclusions.
Study period:
spring semester 2022
Type of studies:
full time,
day
Language of instruction:
Swedish
Teachers:
Stefan Brehm,
Sidsel Hansson,
Paulina Karolina Kolata,
Nicholas Loubere,
Astrid Norén Nilsson,
Paul O'shea,
Marina Svensson
- Schedule
- Exam schedule
- Canvas COSM22 - Asian Studies: Methodology in Theory and Practice
- Library Guide
Information on included parts
- Individual Seminar Paper I , 3 credits
- Individual Seminar Paper II , 3 credits
- Thesis proposal , 3 credits
- Individual Take-Home Exam , 6 credits