Multidisciplinary Social Research (CMII0044)

Key information

Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Humanities
Teaching department: Centre for Multidisciplinary and Intercultural Inquiry
Credit value: 15

Restrictions: Not available to Affiliate Exchange Students.
Timetable

Alternative credit options

There are no alternative credit options available for this module.

Description

This course will help students better prepare for their dissertation research -- and for life more generally -- by understanding how to conduct reliable social research. We will look at a series of examples related to applied social research to understand how we can be sure of the veracity of certain claims. Do African-Americans suffer more police violence than Caucasian Americans? Are humans more like predictable clocks, or more like amorphous clouds? Are suicide bombers crazy or at least a little bit rational? Does discovering oil make a country less democratic? And how can you design the perfect survey question or master the ideal research design? There are no prerequisites for this course and it is likely to be of most use to students who plan to conduct some form of social research for their dissertation.

Module deliveries for 2024/25 academic year

Intended teaching term: Term 2 听听听 Postgraduate (FHEQ Level 7)

Teaching and assessment

Mode of study: In person
Methods of assessment: 100% Coursework
Mark scheme: Numeric Marks

Other information

Number of students on module in previous year: 0
Module leader: Dr Brian Klaas
Who to contact for more information: b.klaas@ucl.ac.uk

Last updated

This module description was last updated on 8th April 2024.

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Important information

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Centrally managed exam durations will be provided on students' individual exam timetables. Arrangements for locally managed exams and in-class activity will be confirmed by the teaching department for the module.

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