Course syllabus
Spring 2025
Course syllabus, Spring 2025
Title
Integrated Methodologies for Research Design
Swedish title
Integrerad metodologi för forskningsdesign
Course code
KK683A
Credits
15 credits
Grading scale
UA / Excellent (A), Very Good (B), Good (C), Satisfactory (D), Pass (E) or Fail (U)
Language of instruction
English
Decision-making body
Faculty of Culture and Society
Syllabus valid from
2021-01-18
Syllabus approval date
2020-11-11
Level
Advanced level
Entry requirements
22,5 credits of courses from the first semester of the programme
Main field
Cultural Studies
Progression level
A1F / Second cycle, has second-cycle course/s as entry requirementsProgression level in relation to degree requirements
The course is included in the main field of Cultural Studies and can be included in the degree requirements for a Master's degree in Cultural Studies.
Course objectives
The aim of this course is for students to explore and develop relevant skills, primary research methods, and inquiry techniques required to complete an independent thesis project. Students will also be encouraged to build their confidence in order to participate in areas of cultural inquiry that are complex and sensitive.
Course contents
This course is an introduction to various, relevant research methods in the field of Cultural Studies. Students study and analyse previous research with respect to methods, and discuss and investigate how methods have bearing on the research conducted. It examines epistemological problems, in basic and more exploratory research methods relevant to Cultural Studies. Furthermore, the course invites specialists from the field (archivists, documentary photographers, librarians) who deal with the ethical dimensions of research in practice. This practical component of the “how” in research, is prioritised in order to help facilitate a holistic and integrated research practice.
Learning outcomes
On completion of the course the student will be able to:
- demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the principles and the thinking behind the different research methodologies relevant to Cultural Studies.
- demonstrate the ability to describe and discuss different methods and their areas of application, their strengths and weaknesses and their epistemological roots
- demonstrate the ability to critically reflect over one’s own role and position as a researcher
- relate to, contextualise, and discuss methods in reading seminars with peers, teaching staff, and specialists in different fields
Learning activities
Seminars, workshops, reading groups.
Assessment
2 position papers.
Obligatory attendance and contribution to seminars.
Re-examinations will be given in accordance with Students’ Rights and Obligations, but adjustments to the assignment can be made if the circumstances for the original examination cannot be replicated.
Course literature and other study material
- Denscombe, Martyn. The Good Research Guide. For small-scale social research projects. 5th ed. Maidenhead, England: McGraw-Hill/Open University Press, 2014.
- Denzin, Norman K and Yvonna S. Lincoln. Eds. The SAGE Handbook of Qualitative Research, 5th ed. Eds., Thousand Oaks: SAGE, 2018.
- Law, John. After Method. Mess in Social Science Research. London: Routledge, 2004.
Supplementary articles, literature and other media will be provided.
Course evaluation
The University provides all students who are participating in, or have completed, a course to express their experiences and views on the course through a course evaluation which is organized at the end of the course. The university will collate the course evaluations and provide information about their results and any actions prompted by them. The results shall be made available to the students. (HF 1:14).
Interim rules
When a course is no longer given, or the contents have been radically changed, the student has the right to re-take the examination, which will be given twice during a one year period, according to the syllabus which was valid at the time of registration.
Additional information
The syllabus is a translation of a Swedish source text.