Duration
Number of credits
| Master in anthropology, research focus | 5 crédits | |||
| Extra courses intended for exchange students (Erasmus, ...) (Faculty of social sciences) | 5 crédits |
Lecturer
Collégialité, Elodie Razy, Benjamin Rubbers, Véronique Servais
Coordinator
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
All year long, with partial in January
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
The course content will be defined by the tutor and the student according to student's areas of interest.
Unless another agreement is concluded with the tutor, who remains the main contact person:
- The first essay will aim to provide a general problematised state of the art, enabling an overview of the theme/domain addressed: for example, this will involve contextualising the issue, identifying and defining the key notions and authors, the various approaches developed and any controversies identified; this exercise will enable one or more issues to be addressed, together with the related sub-issues;
- The second essay will target a more specific problematic which must be part of the theme/domain defined but not necessarily developed in the first essay in order to deepen it; or explore a new problematic that has emerged from the new readings.
Although the theoretical approach (reading and problematisation) is similar to that of the research project, it is a different kind of work in that it does not require :
- neither projection aimed at setting up a future research (cf. the "methodological approach" part of the dissertation project);
- neither fieldwork (cf. dissertation or course);
- neither integrative or specific articulated aim of the 2 essays requested.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
Students will acquire a good critical knowledge of a field or theme that they will have defined in agreement with their tutor.
He/she will have improved his/her skills in writing a coherent and structured review of the literature on different subjects (understanding the authors, knowing how to situate their thinking, being able to identify the contribution and limitations of a text, comparing different points of view, possibly identifying new avenues of analysis, etc.).
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
None.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Readings, regular discussions with the tutor, written assignments based on the readings.
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Blended learning
Further information:
Regular meetings with the tutor and independent work.
Course materials and recommended or required readings
Platform(s) used for course materials:
- eCampus
- MyULiège
Further information:
Students will read texts according to a bibliography established with their tutor (20 articles/chapters, books).
Written work / report
Further information:
Students will write two 3,000-word essays (cf. "Leraning unit contents) that they will submit to their tutor over the course of the year. The format of the assignments will follow the instructions for the Master's thesis: https://www.student.fass.uliege.be/cms/c_7151929/fr/studentfass-reglements-et-formulaires
The cover page must be that of the Faculty, which can be downloaded from the website at: https://www.student.fass.uliege.be/cms/c_7151929/fr/studentfass-reglements-et-formulaires
The essays will be presented in "Times New Roman" 11-point font or "Arial" 10-point font, with 1.5 line spacing; margins (top and bottom, left and right: 2.5 cm; binding: 0 cm; header and footer from the edge: 1.25 cm). Only appendices may be added to the 3,000 words. The bibliography ("APA" style) is included in the 3,000 words. The assignment will meet the formal requirements indicated during the master thesis preparation seminar (ANTH0386-1) and will follow the instructions given in a document distributed to students during this seminar.
Work placement(s)
Organisational remarks and main changes to the course
The course will take place throughout the year. Students should contact a tutor (cannot be his/her Master Thesis project/Master Thesis tutor) at the beginning of the academic year to define the content and terms of the tutoring.
Doctors attached to the Laboratory of Social and Cultural Anthropology (LASC) who give anthropology courses in the Master's programme may be tutors: https://www.programmes.uliege.be/cocoon/20242025/programmes/H2AANT01_B.html
Tutors may also be researchers attached to the LASC who work with one of these teachers, subject to that teacher's agreement: https://www.lasc.uliege.be/cms/c_4183399/fr/lasc
The work schedule (subject to a different agreement with the tutor, who remains the main contact person) will preferably be as follows:
- 1st essay to be submitted to the tutor before the Christmas break;
- 2nd essay due to the tutor before the Easter holidays.
Contacts
Contact a tutor as specified above.
Informations:
Elodie Razy: elodie.razy@uliege.be