Duration
24h SEM
Number of credits
| Master in population and development studies, professional focus North-South cooperation | 21 crédits |
Lecturer
Coordinator
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
All year long
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
Compulsory support seminar involving the active participation of students. This seminar aims to guide students in the production of their internship report and their dissertation.
More than 3 unjustified absences from this seminar lead to adjournment.
See the regulations dedicated to the thesis and internship on the Faculty website
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
Voir le règlement dédié au mémoire et stage sur le site de la Faculté
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
It is imperative that the student has validated the course SOCI2261-1 Initiation à la recherche en développement et coopération internationale (en ce compris le travail personnel)
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Sessions will alternate between ex cathedra lectures, individual student presentations, peer reviewing, individual production and formative assessment.
A work schedule is communicated at the beginning of the year. This schedule indicates all the intermediate productions expected for each session.
Failure to complete these intermediate productions may result in the jury refusing to allow the final work to be submitted at the end of the year (internship report and/or dissertation).
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Blended learning
Further information:
Course given exclusively in person in Q1.
In Q2, due to internships and fieldwork, the sessions will take place online until the spring break. The "return from internship" session is therefore in person.
Additional explanations:
Combination of face-to-face and distance learning activities
Additional explanations:
Except in the case of an Eramus stay in Q1, students must physically attend the course.
Course materials and recommended or required readings
It is strongly advised that students who experience difficulties in methodology read at least the following books:
Luc Van Campenhoudt et Raymond Quivy, Manuel de recherche en sciences sociales, Dunod.
Jean-Pierre OLIVIER DE SARDAN, La rigueur du qualitatif, 2008.
Christophe Lejeune, Manuel d'analyse qualitative; Analyser sans compter ni classer, 2019.
Exam(s) in session
Any session
- In-person
written exam AND oral exam
Written work / report
Continuous assessment
Further information:
Exam(s) in session
Any session
- In-person
written exam AND oral exam
In accordance with what is indicated in the Internship and Dissertation regulations (see Faculty website),
- the internship (evaluation by the internship supervisor and internship report) counts for 40%
- the dissertation - working paper counts for 60%
- failure of one of the two parts of the work (Internship or dissertation) results in a failing grade for the entire course.
- Similarly, failure to submit one of these two parts results in an absence grade for the entire course.
- Failure to comply with the admissibility criteria will result in the adjournment of the written work concerned.
Written work / report
Continuous assessment
Additional information:
Formative assessments will take place all year round to help students complete the final certification products: the internship report and the dissertation (see the regulations). Failure to complete these intermediate productions may lead the jury to refuse the submission of final work at the end of the year (internship report and/or dissertation).
Work placement(s)
The internship is compulsory and must be completed in the second semester.
See explanation in the regulations, available on the Faculty website.
Organisational remarks and main changes to the course
Contacts
Melissa Schneider : melissa.schneider@uliege.be , assistante
Estelle Lecroart : estelle.lecroart@uliege.be , assistante