Titular Professors
Not required.
The course aims to explain the basic tools for philosophical and humanistic research: tools for bibliographical exploration, citation systems, information resources and Internet navigation, source selection and commentary, academic writing, and presentation of papers and oral defense of research projects. The skills that the student must acquire throughout the course will be reflected in the work presented at the end, consisting of writing a justification for a project, preparing a selected bibliography, and writing a glossary of specific terms for the chosen field of research.
RESEARCH METHODS
PROF. SÍLVIA COLL-VINENT
Unit 1. Introduction to philosophical and humanistic research
General presentation
Challenges and difficulties
Instruments for the use of sources
Online resources. Internet as a source of information
Practice: navigation
Unit 2. Citation systems and orthotypography
Citation systems. Models
University style books
How to prepare a selected bibliography / webography
Orthotypographic recommendations
Unit 3. Structuring a research paper
The AQU model
How to prepare a thesis. Some practical advice
Modes of demonstration in a research paper
The researcher and the research process: invitation of researchers in class
The oral presentation of a research paper
Unit 4. The academic writing process
Academic writing techniques
Frequent errors (grammar and syntax)
Punctuation
The paragraph
Academic styles: argumentation, summary
Tutorials for reviewing works in progress
The teaching methodology that will be used in the teaching of the subject is specified in:
Work in the classroom:
1. Lectures. Lectures refer to the presentation by the teachers of the theoretical contents of the subject, the orientation of the students on basic and advanced readings, as well as on complementary sources of information and the establishment of guidelines and keys for the completion of theoretical and practical tasks.
2. Continuous assessment. Assessment is an integrated part of the teaching-learning process. In this subject, continuous assessment will be carried out that will combine the delivery and presentation of tasks with the development of objective tests (written) throughout the semester. At the same time, the teachers will give feedback on the progress of the student.
Work or activities outside the classroom:
3. Independent work of the students. The students' independent work consists, on the one hand, of reading selected texts and creating diagrams, summaries, concept maps, etc. based on them; and on the other, of preparing individual assignments, especially essays and oral presentations.
4. Tutoring. All students will have the possibility of requesting individual or group tutoring, by appointment, from the teaching staff. These tutorials may be aimed at resolving doubts about both the content and the preparation of the tasks.
Ordinary session: In order to be assessed in the ordinary session, all the activities subject to assessment must have been completed. The assessable activities must be handed in on the dates indicated by the teaching staff. If an activity subject to assessment has not been handed in or completed, it will be recorded in the minutes as "Not submitted" in the session.
Extraordinary session: The assessment criteria are the same as in the ordinary session, so all the assessment activities considered in the course must be submitted. The grades for the activities completed will be kept, pending the completion of the pending activities. In this assessment, the same weighting criteria will be applied as in the ordinary assessment.
The following criteria are combined in the evaluation of the subject:
- Continuous evaluation: bibliographic search exercises, search and selection of resources, and academic writing: 20%
- Participation in class and in individual tutorials: 20%
- Final course work: Justification of a research project with selected bibliography and glossary: ​​60%
Use of AI tools: If AI tools are used in any activity, a paragraph must be included indicating why AI has been used and what indications have been used to obtain the results. Failure to do so is a violation of academic honesty policies.
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