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-2020

Schedules and rooms

Summary schedule	Tuesday 09:15 - 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. Below is some information concerning the registration to exams. Please be aware that registration to exams is mandatory and does not automatically happen if you are registered to a class: https://www3.unifr.ch/scimed/en/studies/register.
Softskills	No
Off field	No
BeNeFri	Yes
Mobility	Yes
UniPop	No

Exercices rendus

Assessments methods

By success/failure