Pre-course assignment

Read Bryman/Bell (2015), Ch 1-6. We expect you to be familiar with the core concepts from these chapters (quiz in the first unit).

Part 1:

Input lectures and discussion

- What is research?

- The importance of scientific analysis

- What is a research question and how is it identified?

- The research process

- The scientific discourse: presentation & publication of new ideas, research ethics

• Students get a first rough idea of what is scientific research
• Students understand the concept of a research question and how and why different research designs are used to answer certain research questions
• Students can identify major steps in assessing a scientific paper and can develop a master thesis topic and proposal research based on prior research

≥ 80 % Attendance Requirement

Input presentations by instructors, individual assignments, group work.

Compulsory attendance for input lectures (part 1), for group presentations (part 2) and individual presentations (part 3).  One to one consultation for the individual assignment (part 3) will be individually scheduled with the lecturers.

Writing skills