6 ECTS credits
180 u studietijd

Aanbieding 1 met studiegidsnummer 1020442ANR voor alle studenten in het 2e semester met een inleidend bachelor niveau.

Semester
2e semester
Inschrijving onder examencontract
Niet mogelijk
Beoordelingsvoet
Beoordeling (0 tot 20)
2e zittijd mogelijk
Ja
Onderwijstaal
Engels
Onder samenwerkingsakkoord
Onder interuniversitair akkoord mbt. opleiding
Faculteit
Faculteit Sociale Wetensch & SolvayBusinessSchool
Verantwoordelijke vakgroep
Communicatiewetenschappen
Onderwijsteam
Joke Matthieu
Lotte Vermeire
Terhi Marjaana Kangas
Meixuan Li
Bryan Boyle
Florian Stegen
Merel Fieremans
Fatima Zahid Ali
Michael Pakvis
Anna Luo
Sara De Vuyst (titularis)
Akim Said Aalou
Onderdelen en contacturen
12 contacturen Hoorcollege
20 contacturen Werkcolleges, practica en oefeningen
148 contacturen Zelfstudie en externe werkvormen
Inhoud

In this seminar,  knowledge treated in the introductory courses of sociology, political science and communication studies as well as insights and skills acquired in the seminar's lectures and other courses, will be integrated. The seminar entails a multi-disciplinary component, which will be rendered visible for the student through the exploration of one current issue from the point of view of three academic fields, namely, a sociological, a political and a communication science perspective. This seminar aims to develop the ‘multi-disciplinary awareness’ of students when studying contemporary and international societal challenges.

More specifically, in this seminar we will, every academic year, select a specific overarching and contemporary theme that touches upon the three domains of social sciences. The selected topic will serve as the point of departure for the whole course and for a series of written and oral exercises / assignments. The general theme allows articulating a set of interlinked topics via fields of tension, prone to various angles of investigation, theoretical frameworks and methodological approaches from political sciences, sociology and communication studies perspectives. In addition, basic skills with respect to literature study are taught, which students have to apply in the developmentr of a paper related to the current issue at the heart of the seminar.

Studiemateriaal
Digitaal cursusmateriaal (Vereist) : Powerpoint slides to accompany the introductions of concepts and debates, as well as basic skills for academic research (literature study)
Praktisch cursusmateriaal (Vereist) : Text material to support lecture content, provide examples and illustrations of presented content, and initiate debate among the students
Bijkomende info

Presence of the students is required in case of a (guest) lecture and during the debate seminars.

The course is organized as an intensive seminar module. A detailed course description including an overview of lectures, guest lectures and assignments will be posted on Canvas and discussed in the first session (and updated during the semester in case of changes).

Teaching Methods

- Lecture: collective contact-dependent moments during which the lecturer engages with learning materials
- Seminar, Exercises or Practicals (Practical): collective or individual contact-dependent moments during which the students are guided to actively engage with learning materials
- Independent or External Form of Study (Self): independent study

This description of the teaching methods is indicative, in order to assess the expected study load.

Lecture: 24 hours

  • lecture on basic skills of literature study: 12 hrs (6 x 2 hours)
  • Lectures introducing each block: 6 hours (3 x 2 hours)
  • Guest lectures per block: 6 hours (3 x 2 hours)

Practical: 6 hours

  • Debate & presentation seminars: 6 hours (3 x 2 hours)

Self: 148 hours

  • Preparatory reading of texts: 18 hours (3 x 6 hours)
  • Preparation of assignments: 130 hours
Leerresultaten

General Competences

By making use of different working forms and assignments, students

  • are informed of authors, theories and concepts prevalent in sociology, political science and communication sciences on the topic;
  • gain experience in how to conduct exploratory reading, including how to read and evaluate valuable scientific literature;
  • learn how to gather and process scientific literature and data, study literature and conceptualize key terms;
  • critically investigate and problematize current issues;
  • report their synthesis of investigated topics in both written and oral form.
  • develop a critical and scientific attitude towards scientific analysis.

Beoordelingsinformatie

De beoordeling bestaat uit volgende opdrachtcategorieën:
Examen Andere bepaalt 100% van het eindcijfer

Binnen de categorie Examen Andere dient men volgende opdrachten af te werken:

  • Assignments met een wegingsfactor 1 en aldus 100% van het totale eindcijfer.

    Toelichting: Further information on the assignments and grading is included in the seminar's guidelines that will be published on Canvas.

Aanvullende info mbt evaluatie

Detailed information on grading will be presented during the seminar.

Toegestane onvoldoende
Kijk in het aanvullend OER van je faculteit na of een toegestane onvoldoende mogelijk is voor dit opleidingsonderdeel.

Academische context

Deze aanbieding maakt deel uit van de volgende studieplannen:
Bachelor of Social Sciences: Communication Studies (enkel aangeboden in het Engels)
Bachelor of Social Sciences: Political Sciences (enkel aangeboden in het Engels)
Bachelor of Social Sciences: Sociology (enkel aangeboden in het Engels)
Bachelor of Social Sciences: Startplan (enkel aangeboden in het Engels)