Courses / Module

• Detail the major concepts and research techniques employed in research design
• Formulate a research project as part of a team, and understand what methods might best be used in context of different research questions
• Understand the field of survey research methods and appraise the merits and limits, including the ethical and political implications of the survey research method approach
• Critically evaluate the contribution of survey research to the discipline of sociology and the study of society, social behaviour and social problems
• Discuss and apply basic principles in documentary research on physical, digital and visual texts and detail key methodological concerns in documentary data
• Assess the strengths and limitations of documentary research methods of data collection and understand use documentary data within ethnographic, comparative and historical research methodologies
• Detail the theoretical traditions and areas of practice within fieldwork and assess the contributions of fieldwork to sociological analysis
• Explain and apply central concepts and methods in fieldwork

• 24 lecture hours

• Module Graded (numeric value) or Ungraded (Pass/Not Passed): Graded

• Pass standard: 40%
• Could the result of this module be capped? No
• Penalties: Where applicable, the following penalties apply. If coursework is submitted late, 10% will be deducted. No coursework will be accepted 14 calendar days after the deadline. These penalties will apply except upon presentation of a medical certificate covering the relevant period or in other extremely extenuating circumstances, which must be communicated to, and accepted by, the lecturer/tutor prior to, or immediately after, the relevant deadline.

• Are supplemental/resit registrations permitted? Yes
• Where applicable, autumn resit students may submit continuous assessment work by a date before the Autumn examination, which will be specified by the department. Students are responsible for familiarising themselves with this deadline. No continuous assessment work will be accepted after this date. If students do not submit by the deadline, the existing continuous assessment mark will be carried forward to the autumn.

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