726G76 · 7.5 credits · Basic level (G2F) · Informatik
Research Methods in Social Sciences
Active · next start VT 2027
47%
passed the latest ordinary exam
TEN1 · 10 Feb 2025 · 68 students
58%
passed the ordinary exams, all sittings over the last 5 years
TEN1 · 222 students
Unusually hard in 2024/25
47% passed the ordinary exam in 2024/25 (68 students), against 63% on average in earlier years (154 students).
Part of 1 programme
Exam
TEN1 Written exam
- G
- U
Ordinary exams
58% passed · 222 students
- 47%68
- 78%50
- 35%55
- 78%49
Re-exams
74% passed · 145 students
- 90%21
- 47%32
- 87%15
- 100%7
- 100%16
- 81%21
- 100%12
- 38%21
- Pass the re-exam: 74% (145 students), compared with 58% (222 students) on the ordinary exam
Show small sittings (2)
Sittings with fewer than 5 students, often credit transfers or special sittings. They are not part of any figure on this page.
- 100%1
- 100%3
Other modules
Partial exams, hand-ins and labs. They are not part of the figures at the top.
Exam
TENT Individual written examination
- VG
- G
- U
Ordinary exams
78% passed · 73 students
- 78%73
Re-exams
88% passed · 16 students
- 88%16
- Pass the re-exam: 88% (16 students), compared with 78% (73 students) on the ordinary exam
- Get VG: 20% (89 students)
Show small sittings (1)
Sittings with fewer than 5 students, often credit transfers or special sittings. They are not part of any figure on this page.
- 100%4
Hand-in or lab
UPGA Written report
- G
- U
Main rounds
99% passed · 254 students
- 100%63
- 100%60
- 97%66
- 100%65
Later rounds
100% passed · 7 students
- 100%7
- Pass a later round: 100% (7 students), compared with 99% (254 students) on the ordinary exam
Show small sittings (1)
Sittings with fewer than 5 students, often credit transfers or special sittings. They are not part of any figure on this page.
- 100%2
Hand-in or lab
UPGB Written report
- VG
- G
Main rounds
100% passed · 182 students
- 100%60
- 100%64
- 100%58
Later rounds
100% passed · 73 students
- 100%10
- 100%16
- 100%13
- 100%10
- 100%18
- 100%6
- Pass a later round: 100% (73 students), compared with 100% (182 students) on the ordinary exam
- Get VG: 23% (255 students)
Show small sittings (3)
Sittings with fewer than 5 students, often credit transfers or special sittings. They are not part of any figure on this page.
- 100%2
- 100%2
- 100%2
Other module
PLAN Written group assignment
- G
Main rounds
100% passed · 74 students
- 100%74
Later rounds
No sittings with at least 5 students.
Show small sittings (2)
Sittings with fewer than 5 students, often credit transfers or special sittings. They are not part of any figure on this page.
- 100%1
- 100%1
About the course
Aim
Efter avslutad kurs ska den studerande kunna:
- beskriva, tillämpa och diskutera samhällsvetenskapliga ansatser och metoder och dess betydelser för hur kunskap kan genereras och användas
- beskriva, tillämpa och reflektera över forskningsprocessens olika steg
- kritiskt granska och värdera ansats, metod och teori i vetenskapliga studier
- identifiera, beskriva och motivera ett vetenskapligt problem samt hur problemet kan studeras med samhällsvetenskapliga metoder
- diskutera kunskapens roll i samhället och människors ansvar för hur den används
Content
I kursen behandlas olika samhällsvetenskapliga tillvägagångssätt för att svara på olika typer av frågeställningar.
Kursen innehåller:
- vetenskapsfilosofiska ansatser inom samhällsvetenskapen
- den vetenskapliga genren
- planläggning av vetenskapliga arbeten
- presentation, försvar och opposition på vetenskapliga arbeten
- reflektion över egna ställningstaganden, förhållningssätt och eget lärande
- Examiner
- Siri Wassrin
- Main field of study
- Informatik