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Overview

Note: This is a 12 UOC course. You will enrol in 6 UOC in each of two successive terms with a result reported by a single grade at the end of the second 6 UOC course. This is a core course for Honours candidates in the School of Social Sciences … For more content click the Read More button below.

Note: This is a 12 UOC course. You will enrol in 6 UOC in each of two successive terms with a result reported by a single grade at the end of the second 6 UOC course.

This is a core course for Honours candidates in the School of Social Sciences and the main focus will be the question of methodology. Each seminar will look at different approaches to research across the sub-disciplines and will explore what we might call the ‘so what’ of a particular methodology’s analytical leverage. Why do the Social Sciences break into myriad, competing methodologies? Can we describe our methodologies as scientific, and if not, then how do we best secure a notion of accuracy and usefulness? How does our understanding of evidence actually change our research methods as well as the outcomes and conclusions that we might reach?

Conditions for Enrolment

Enrolment in a School of Social Sciences Honours Program or one of the following Honours Programs: Asian Studies, Criminology, or European Studies.

Exclusion Courses

Course Attributes

Multi-Term Course

Delivery

Multimodal - Standard (usually weekly or fortnightly)

In-person -

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Fees

Type	Amount
Commonwealth Supported Students (if applicable)	$2124
Domestic Students	$5640
International Students	$5640

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Sydney

Academic Calendar

Field of Education

090399 Studies in Human Society not elsewhere classified

Timetable

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Methodologies in the Social Sciences: Questions and Quandaries

ARTS4268

6 Units of Credit