Master's Degree Proseminar

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The proseminar will prepare students to the process of writing their M.A. dissertation. It should be regarded as a preliminary step before an M.A. seminar held on the second year of study.

The proseminar will prepare students to the process of writing their M.A. dissertation. It should be regarded as a preliminary step before an M.A. seminar held on the second year of study.

The course has two overall objectives:

1. to acquaint students with academic writing

2. to practice planning an integrated thesis

During the seminar every student will present his/her individual project (ideally, it should be the first outline of M.A. thesis), then all the projects will be reviewed and discussed in class.

Thanks to the tutorial form and practical approach of the seminar, its content will be tailored as much as possible to accommodate specific needs and interests of individual participants.

Bailey, Stephen (2011): Academic writing : a handbook for international students. Third edition. London: Routledge

Blanpain, Kristin. (2008): Academic writing in the humanities and social sciences : a resource for researchers. Second revised edition. Leuven: Acco

Bryman, Alan (2012): Social Research Methods: Oxford University Press

Creme, Phyllis; Lea, Mary R. (2008): Writing at university : a guide for students. Maidenhead: Open University Press

Graff, Gerald; Birkenstein, Cathy. (2010): They say / I say : the moves that matter in academic writing. Second edition. New York: W.W. Norton & Co

Peck, John; Coyle, Martin. (2005): Write it right. A handbook for students. Basingstoke, New York: Palgrave Macmillan

Student

Knowledge:

K_W09 - Has an advanced knowledge of the paradigms of research in political science in comparative perspective

Skills:

K_U02 - Has the skill to understand reasons and course of phenomena concerning the political sphere and to predict them by him/herself; is able to do research and explain by him/herself the role of social, economic and cultural structures in contemporary state and world

K_U03 - Can use the theoretical knowledge of political science and related fields of studies in advanced and comprehensive manner in order to analyse and interpret phenomena and processes in politics

K_U05 - Can use basic theoretical approaches and use methods and techniques in order to diagnose and predict different political phenomena; can by him/herself formulate research hypotheses

K_U08 - Can by him/herself obtain knowledge and develop professional skills, using different sources (in mother tongue and foreign languages) and modern technologies (ICT)

K_U09 - Has an advanced skill to present his/her own ideas, justify them and confront with ideas of other students and authors in context of different theoretical trends

K_U10 - Can by him/herself and critically analyse and assess the content of media coverage; can use this coverage in public activity

K_U11 - Has comprehensive skills to collect, arrange in a hierarchy and process information as well as prepare typical theses in Polish and foreign languages concerning the detailed issues with use of basic theoretical approaches and different sources

Methods of assessment:

1. Attendance.

2. Active participation.

3. Presentation of an individual project (M.A. dissertation outline) in class.

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