PL12007: Solving puzzles about politics
[Page last updated: 03 June 2024]
Academic Year: | 2024/25 |
Owning Department/School: | Department of Politics, Languages and International Studies |
Credits: | 5 [equivalent to 10 CATS credits] |
Notional Study Hours: | 100 |
Level: | Certificate (FHEQ level 4) |
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Assessment Summary: | CWSI 60%, EXIC 40% |
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Students who have successfully completed this unit will be able to demonstrate:
* understanding of the different kinds of observations we can make about politics; * understanding of how to construct effective research questions about politics; * knowledge of how research questions may be addressed by researchers. |
Synopsis: | How do we construct good questions to ask about politics? And how do we provide good answers to those questions?
With a focus on how to integrate theory and empirics when solving these puzzles, we will use real-world examples to understand the basic elements of research design in the study of politics. You'll do so by exploring theory and assumptions, measurement, identification, and how to build an argument about something that is happening in the political world. |
Content: | Lectures and seminars will cover observation; measurement; research design; theory and empirics; how to make effective arguments about political phenomena. |
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PL12007 is Compulsory on the following courses:Department of Politics, Languages and International Studies
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