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(in Polish) Graduate seminar II

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Course ID: 02.06-S2-EN-GS2
Erasmus code / ISCED: 14.2 Kod klasyfikacyjny przedmiotu składa się z trzech do pięciu cyfr, przy czym trzy pierwsze oznaczają klasyfikację dziedziny wg. Listy kodów dziedzin obowiązującej w programie Socrates/Erasmus, czwarta (dotąd na ogół 0) – ewentualne uszczegółowienie informacji o dyscyplinie, piąta – stopień zaawansowania przedmiotu ustalony na podstawie roku studiów, dla którego przedmiot jest przeznaczony. / (0314) Sociology and cultural studies The ISCED (International Standard Classification of Education) code has been designed by UNESCO.
Course title: (unknown)
Name in Polish: Graduate seminar II
Organizational unit: Institute of Pedagogical Sciences
Course groups:
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores): (not available) Basic information on ECTS credits allocation principles:
  • the annual hourly workload of the student’s work required to achieve the expected learning outcomes for a given stage is 1500-1800h, corresponding to 60 ECTS;
  • the student’s weekly hourly workload is 45 h;
  • 1 ECTS point corresponds to 25-30 hours of student work needed to achieve the assumed learning outcomes;
  • weekly student workload necessary to achieve the assumed learning outcomes allows to obtain 1.5 ECTS;
  • work required to pass the course, which has been assigned 3 ECTS, constitutes 10% of the semester student load.

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Language: English
Type of course:

Master's seminars

Supplementary literature:

Charles Lemert (eds), Social Theory. The Multicultural and Classic Reading. Westview Press 1999.

Tim Dant, Critical Theory. SAGE Publication 2003.

Short description:

Course objectives:

Knowledge – student should know how to find literaturę, analyse thereotical framework and create research questions

Skills – student should design research project, conduct research project in practice and prepare report

Competencies – student should be creative and critical

Full description:

Course objectives:

Knowledge – student should know how to find literaturę, analyse thereotical framework and create research questions

Skills – student should design research project, conduct research project in practice and prepare report

Competencies – student should be creative and critical

Course content:

Providing students with a knowledge of the main theories applied to methodology of research in intercultural communication.

Teaching students how to analyze various cultural and social texts

Teaching students writing thesis and finally MA thesis.

1. The concept of research

2. Literature - analysis

3. Methodology and its role in research

4. Techniques of collecting data

5. Analysis – between theory and practice

6. Writing thesis

Bibliography:

Earl Babbie, The Practice of Social Research. Wadsworth Learning 2001.

Chris Barker, 1999. Cultural Studies. Theory and Practice. London: Sage.

Norman Denzin, The SAGE Handbook of Qualitative Research, SAGE 2005

Learning outcomes:

Knowledge:

Student should know hot to find literature K_W_12

create research questions

Student should analyse thereotical framework of her/his research project K_W_14

Student should create research questions K_W_18

Skills

Student:

should design research project K_U_13

describe and organize research project in practice K_U_16

report results of the research K_U_17

Social competences

Student:

Is characterized by critical thinking K_K_16

Professional in conducting research K_K_19

Should be creative K_K_21

Assessment methods and assessment criteria:

Forms of evaluation:

Discussion on students’ reading

Content of MA thesis

Basic criteria:

Very good when student prepare content of MA thesis and analyse literature

Good when student prepare general content of MA thesis and analyse scientific literature

Grade 3 when student prepare content and do not read important articles/books for her/his MA thesis

Grade 2 when student do not prepare any content and do not read any books/articles for her/his MA Thesis.

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