Duration
20h Th, 10h Pr
Number of credits
| Master in criminology (120 ECTS) | 4 crédits |
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
This course aims to define and experiment by students the major research's steps in criminology:
from the importance of ethical issues, the need for rigorous documentary research, through the definition of the subject of study, the methodology and the research protocol used, until the collect and analyze of data, through discussion and perspectives parts, and ending with tips for writing and discussion about plagiarism.
Theoretical and reflexive notions will be proposed to students on these different contents. They will be asked also to actively practice various tasks, training and/or certifative such as reading and evaluating scientific articles (English) with the goal to identify the key components of each stage of research.
Practical tools will be put at the student's disposal for the development of his/her final work or in view of future researches.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
The goal of the course is enable the student to understand concretely and deal with the different steps of a scientific research in the criminology field. In particular, developing specific skills in the process of research to facilitate the conceptualisation of his/her own research questions and the achievement of his/her master dissertation.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Corequisite skills: Qualitative research methodology in Criminology, Quantitative research methodology in Criminology.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Ex-cathedra by teacher, exercises (flipped classrom,logbook,...).
Active particiption from students is highly expected.
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Blended learning
Additional information:
Face-to-face and exercises via ecampus. 4 to 6 hours of class time will be free made to allow exercices.
Recommended or required readings
The powerpoint presentations, working documents and scientific articles used during the course (ecampus).
Written work / report
Additional information:
First session and second session: individual written production (scientific article) and active students' participation (up to 4 extra points).
Work placement(s)
Organisational remarks and main changes to the course
Necessity to be present at the first course to clearly understand the teacher's expectations about evaluation.
Contacts
- Professor: Cécile Mathys Bâtiment B33, local 1/46 Email: cecile.mathys@uliege.be Tél: 04/366 22 66