| Academic Unit: |
School of Graduate Studies |
| Mode of Delivery: |
Face to face |
| Prerequisites: |
- |
| Language of Instruction: |
English |
| Level of Course Unit: |
Graduate |
| Course Coordinator: |
Aslı Togan |
| Course Lecturer(s): |
Özen Baş |
| Course Objectives: |
This course aims to introduce essential issues in epistemology, research design and methodological choices in social science research to graduate students. Students are going to learn the key concepts such as methodology, theory, paradigm, research ethics, as well as key approaches such as positivism, and post-positivism. Comprehensive training in qualitative as well as quantitative research methods is going to be delivered to students. Students are going to learn the steps of research process in social sciences. |
| Course Contents: |
Philosophy and sociology of knowledge, theory, positivist social science, quantitative methods, post-positivist and critical social science, feminist and postmodern research, qualitative methods, linking theory design and method, literature review, writing strategies, research ethics, politics of social research |
| Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit (LO): |
- 1- Understand, define and explain key concepts and approaches in social research,
- 2- Gain the ability to utilize qualitative and quantitative social research methods,
- 3- Acquire the knowledge of the steps in social research process,
- 4- Gain experience in designing social research.
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| Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods: |
Lecture |
| Week | Subjects | Related Preperation |
LO |
| 1 |
Introduction to Research Methods |
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1 |
| 2 |
Philosophy and Sociology of Knowledge |
Reading assigned materials before class |
1 |
| 3 |
What is Theory? |
Reading assigned materials before class |
1 |
| 4 |
Positivist Social Science |
Reading assigned materials before class |
1, 2 |
| 5 |
Quantitative Methods-1 |
Reading assigned materials before class |
1, 2, 4 |
| 6 |
Quantitative Methods-2 |
Reading assigned materials before class |
1, 2, 4 |
| 7 |
Post-Positivist Social Science and Critical Social Science |
Reading assigned materials before class |
1, 2 |
| 8 |
Feminist and Postmodern Research |
Reading assigned materials before class |
1, 2 |
| 9 |
Qualitative Methods-1 |
Reading assigned materials before class |
1, 2, 4 |
| 10 |
Qualitative Methods-2 |
Reading assigned materials before class |
1, 2, 4 |
| 11 |
Linking Theory, Research Design and Method |
Reading assigned materials before class |
3 |
| 12 |
Literature review, Writing Strategies and Research Ethics |
Reading assigned materials before class |
3 |
| 13 |
Politics of Social Research |
Reading assigned materials before class |
1, 3 |
| 14 |
Overview |
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1, 2, 3, 4 |
At Kadir Has University, a Semester is 14 weeks; The weeks 15 and 16 are reserved for final exams.
| Gerring, J. (2012). Social Science Methodology: A Unified Framework. New York: Cambridge University Press. / Latour, B. (1987). Science in Action: How to Follow Scientists and Engineers through Society. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. / Mahoney, J. and Goertz, G. (2006). A Tale of Two Cultures: Contrasting Quantitative and Qualitative Research. Political Analysis, 14, 227-249. / Mahoney, J. and Rueschmeyer, D. (Eds.) (2003). Comparative Historical Analysis in the Social Sciences. New York: Cambridge University Press. / King, G., Keohane, R. O., and Verba, S. (1994). Designing Social Inquiry: Scientific Inferences in Qualitative Research. Princeton: Princeton University Press. / Geddes, B. (2003). Paradigms and Sand Castles: Theory Building and Research Design in Comparative Politics. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press. / Flyvbjerg, B. (2006). Five Misunderstandings About Case-Study Research. Qualitative Inquiry, 12(2), 219-245. / Goldthorpe, J. H. (1991). The uses of history in sociology: Reflections on some recent tendencies. British Journal of Sociology 42(1), 211-230. / Brady, H. E., and Collier, D. (2004). Rethinking Social Inquiry: Diverse Tools, Shared Standards. Rowman and Littlefield. / Creswell, J. W., and Poth, C. N. (2017). Qualitative Inquiry and Research Design. London: Sage. / Neuman, W. L. (2003). Social Research Methods: Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches. Allyn and Bacon. / |
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (LO) AND PROGRAM QUALIFICATIONS (PQ)
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Contribution: 1 Low, 2 Average, 3 High
