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Course Catalog 1998/99


Business Adm and Social Science

IES307 Political Science, advanced Course, B 30.0 ECTS credits

TIMEPERIOD:
III + IV

LANGUAGE:Swedish

EXAMINER
J-E Jacobsson Univ adj


PREREQUISITES
Basic course.

COURSE AIM
- To broaden and deepen the students knowledge of political theory as well as other areas in the discipline of political science.
- To give an understanding of methods and technics used in social science.
- To train ones ability to treat questions within social science by writing and defending a scientific thesis.



CONTENTS
Course A: Political Theory.
- How the political variety was observed by prominant figures within the discipline.
- Classics like Marx, Weber and Durkheim are given an important scope in this course but even modern political theory is brought up.

Course B: Own Choice 1-4

Course C: Method
- To give the student the necessary analytical tools that are needed to carry out political analysis.
- To study different scientific rules.
- The formation of concepts and model construction to illustrate other methodical considerations, that must also be considered by the trained political scientist.
- The study of quantitive and qualititive methods.

Course D: Independent Thesis.
- The idea behind an independent thesis is that the student formulates a number of questions which will be systematicly answered in the thesis.
- The students thesis will be opposed by another student and vice versa.



TEACHING


EXAMINATION
Written exams, seminars and group assignments.
Grading system: Fail, Pass or Honours.

COURSE GRADE SCALE: U, G, VG

ITEMS/CREDITS

9.00ECTS
1.50ECTS
4.50ECTS
3.00ECTS
Written exam - Optional course 4.50ECTS
3.00ECTS
4.50ECTS

COURSE LITTERATURE
Course A: Political Theory.
Kymlicka, W. (1995): Modern poltisk filosofi. En introduktion. Nya Doxa. Falun.
Lewin, L. (1989): Det gemensamma bästa. Carlssons. Stockholm.
Putnam, R. (1996):Den fungerande demokratin. SNS.Stockholm.
Articles will be included later.

Course B: Own Choice.
Literature will be decided in consultation with student.

Course C: Method
Andersson, S. (1979): Positivism kontra hermeneutik. Korpen. Göteborg.
Hammersly, M. ed. (1993): Social Research. Philosophy, Politics and Practice. Sage. London.
Svenning (1996): Metodboken. Lorentz. Lund.

Course D: Independent Thesis.
Literature will be decided in consultation with student.
Valid for school year 1998/99.
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