lopes2201  2019-2020  Louvain-la-Neuve

Note from June 29, 2020
Although we do not yet know how long the social distancing related to the Covid-19 pandemic will last, and regardless of the changes that had to be made in the evaluation of the June 2020 session in relation to what is provided for in this learning unit description, new learnig unit evaluation methods may still be adopted by the teachers; details of these methods have been - or will be - communicated to the students by the teachers, as soon as possible.
7 credits
45.0 h
Q2
Teacher(s)
Pourtois Hervé; Vendramin Patricia; Vielle Pascale;
Language
French
Aims

At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to :

1 By the end of the activity, the student will be capable of recognizing the scientific character of a publication, of distilling the intentions and structuring elements of the scientific reasoning as well as writing a synthesis and argued critique.
The activity contributes to developing a scientific and critical spirit of the students, as well as the capacity of situating different theoretical and epistemological frames.
 

The contribution of this Teaching Unit to the development and command of the skills and learning outcomes of the programme(s) can be accessed at the end of this sheet, in the section entitled “Programmes/courses offering this Teaching Unit”.
Content
The activity aims at preparing the student to university work and thesis writing. It is complementary to the courses « méthode I » and « méthode II », and runs through the whole master program.  During this complementary module, the students will get familiar with issues that characterize scientific research and its diversity in the humanities. More specifically, the activity aims at familiarizing the students to what characterizes a scientific text, through the reading and analyzing of scientific publications (articles or book chapters) and the writing of a synthesis.
Evaluation methods
The activity will be certified through the reading of a scientific text (within domain of social, economic and/or political processes), documentary research and the writing of a synthesis of scientific publications. The modalities of second session are identical.
Other information
The activity is based on research examples in various disciplines of the humanities, as well as scientific publications (articles of book chapters). No reference book in particular.
Faculty or entity
OPES


Programmes / formations proposant cette unité d'enseignement (UE)

Title of the programme
Sigle
Credits
Prerequisites
Aims
Master [120] in Economic and Social Policy (shift schedule)