2016/2017
BA-BPOLO2007U Philosophy of Social Science and Second
Year Project
| English Title |
| Philosophy of Social Science and
Second Year Project |
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| Language |
English |
| Course ECTS |
7.5 ECTS |
| Type |
Mandatory |
| Level |
Bachelor |
| Duration |
One Semester |
| Start time of the course |
Spring |
| Timetable |
Course schedule will be posted at
calendar.cbs.dk |
| Study board |
Study Board for BSc/MSc i International Business and Politics,
BSc
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| Course
coordinator |
- Hubert Buch-Hansen - Department of Business and Politics
(DBP)
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| Main academic
disciplines |
- Philosophy and ethics
- Methodology and philosophy of science
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Last updated on
11-08-2016
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| Learning objectives |
To achieve the grade 12, students
should meet the following learning objectives with no or only minor
mistakes or errors: The overall purpose is to develop students’
skills in making informed and reasoned methodological and
theoretical choices in their own analytical work. At the end of the
course students are expected to be able to:
- Describe, compare, and discuss the basic positions in the
philosophy of science.
- Formulate a research question.
- Make and critically assess theoretical and methodological
choices.
- Retrieve relevant information and data.
- Produce and present coherently argued answers, combining
theory, methodology, and data, to the research question posed.
- Explain how their own work is situated in relation to the basic
positions in the philosophy of social science
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| Examination |
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Philosophy of
Social Science and Second Year Project:
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| Exam
ECTS |
7,5 |
| Examination form |
Oral exam based on written product
In order to participate in the oral exam, the written product
must be handed in before the oral exam; by the set deadline. The
grade is based on an overall assessment of the written product and
the individual oral performance. |
| Individual or group exam |
Oral group exam based on written group
product |
| Number of people in the group |
max. 4 |
| Size of written product |
Max. 40 pages |
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Maximum project length:
3-4 students: 40 standard pages
2 students: 30 standard pages
1 student: 20 standard pages |
| Assignment type |
Project |
| Duration |
Written product to be submitted on specified date and
time.
20 min. per student, including examiners' discussion of grade,
and informing plus explaining the grade |
| Grading scale |
7-step scale |
| Examiner(s) |
Internal examiner and external examiner |
| Exam period |
Spring |
| Make-up exam/re-exam |
Same examination form as the ordinary exam
Re-exam when the ordinary exam is
failed is an individual oral exam (20 minutes per student) based
upon the same group project with a 3-standard page supplement.
Make-up exam when ill at the ordinary exam is an individual oral
exam (20 minutes per student) based on the same group project.
Make-up exam when ill during the writing of the project is a 20
minutes oral exam in the entire curriculum. No aids are
allowed.
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Description of the exam
procedure
Re-exam when the ordinary exam is failed is an individual oral
exam (20 minutes per student) based on the original report and a 3
standard page supplement. The report must also be resubmitted.
Make-up exam when ill at the ordinary exam is an individual oral
exam (20 minutes per student) based on the original report. The
report must also be resubmitted.
Make-up exam when ill during the writing of the project is the
same as the ordinary
exam.
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| Course content and
structure |
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The overall purpose is to develop students’ skills in making
sound, informed, and reasoned methodological and theoretical
choices in their own analytical work. The course covers i) key
positions in the philosophy of social science, ii) the implications
of such positions for research design iii) the writing of a project
report.
The course introduces established philosophy of social science
positions, such as positivism, constructivism and critical realism.
It brings into focus the implications of philosophy of science for
the research design, including the choice of theory, methods and
data.
In extension of the lectures, students write a project report
under the guidance of a faculty supervisor. Students choose their
own project theme and develop their own research question. The
project must i) apply theories in an empirically grounded analysis,
ii) it must use either qualitative or quantitative methods to
analyse data and iii) it must relate theoretical and methodological
choices to philosophy of science.
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| Teaching methods |
| Lectures |
| Student workload |
| Preparation time (readings, group work etc.) |
32 hours |
| Lectures / class exercises / “homework cafés” / workshops
etc. |
16 hours |
| Exam (incl. preparation for the exam and actual exam
period) |
160 hours |
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Last updated on
11-08-2016
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