Details

Faculty	Faculty of Science and Medicine
Domain	Geography
Code	UE-SGG.00486
Languages	English
Type of lesson	Lecture Practical work
Level	Master
Semester	SA-2019

Schedules and rooms

Summary schedule	Tuesday 08:15 - 12:00, Bi-mensuel paire (Autumn semester)
Struct. of the schedule	4 h par semaine durant 7 semaines (paires)
Contact's hours	28

Teaching

Responsibles	Bluwstein Jevgeniy
Teachers	Bluwstein Jevgeniy
Description	The course provides a general overview of qualitative research methods suitable for a research project in human geography. It provides students with training in empirical research and analysis in order to strengthen their autonomy. Groups of students are required to build a research framework and put it into practice through exercises. They are asked to submit a final reflexive paper.
Training objectives	On successful completion of this teaching unit you will be able to: Identify the different steps of a research project in human geography and the range of methods that can be used in order to produce and analyze empirical data. Choose methods according to the theoretical framework of a research project. Conduct empirical research using qualitative empirical and analytical methods reflexively and ethically. Manage a research project in autonomy.
Comments	- - - - Requirement for students from other Swiss universities - - - - The participation to the course and the registration for the exam are conditional to the enrollment as BENEFRI or guest students. At the beginning of the semester at latest : - Students from the universities of Bern and Neuchâtel (BENEFRI) are invited to follow the steps of the procedure described on https://www3.unifr.ch/studies/fr/admission/admission-etudiant-hote/programme-benefri.html in order to be identified as BENEFRI students. - Students from other Swiss universities are invited to follow the procedure described on https://www3.unifr.ch/studies/fr/admission/admission-etudiant-hote/hote-complementaire.html in order to be enrolled as guest students.
Softskills	No
Off field	No
BeNeFri	Yes
Mobility	Yes
UniPop	No

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By success/failure