Checking date: 28/07/2020


Course: 2020/2021

Masters Thesis Seminar
(17795)
Geopolitics and Strategic Studies (Plan: 387 - Estudio: 346)
EPC


Coordinating teacher: HIDALGO TRENADO, MANUEL

Department assigned to the subject: Social Sciences Department

Type: Compulsory
ECTS Credits: 6.0 ECTS

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Description of contents: programme
-Features and structure of the Master's Thesis. -The logic of social research. -Alternative theoretical, methodological and technical in the elaboration, presentation and defense of the Master's Thesis. - Workshop on Cases. - Statistical analysis tools - Infographics and maps
Learning activities and methodology
Learning activities - Theoretical/practical classes - Tutorials - Individual student work Teaching Methodologies -Class presentationts by professor with support of computer and audiovisual media, in which the main concepts of the subject are developed and the bibliography is provided to complement the students' learning. -Critical reading of texts recommended by the professor: Press articles, reports, text books and / or academic articles, either for further discussion in class, or to expand and consolidate the knowledge of the subject. -Presentation and discussion in class by students of topics related to the content of the subject, as well as practical cases. -Elaboration of work and reports individually or in groups. The tutorials will be face-to-face at a fixed time; also by appointment. Additionally, the student may make inquiries via email. ----TEACHING SYSTEM FOR 2020-21 UNDER NORMAL CONDITIONS--- In accordance with the teaching model approved for 2020-21, under normal conditions the Master in Geopolitics and Strategic Studies will be taught On Campus (Face-to-Face classes). In order to ensure the prevention and social distancing measures in classrooms. the courses with a number of students enrolled higher than the capacity of the classroom will have a Weekly Rotating System for the face-to face classes combined with synchronous online teaching system. All students must have the necessary equipment to follow classes remotely (device with internet connection). Due to the restrictions in the use of computer rooms on Campus it may be necessary to take your own computer equipment for its use in the classroom. * Students that cannot attend to On Campus classes at the beginning of the academic year, due to difficulties or delays obtaining their visas, border closures, or similar issues, will be able to follow classes in a Synchronous Online Teaching system until they are able to arrive to On Campus classes.
Assessment System
  • % end-of-term-examination 40
  • % of continuous assessment (assigments, laboratory, practicals...) 60

Basic Bibliography
  • Becker, H. S. . Writing for Social Scientists: How to Start and Finish Your Thesis, Book, or Article, Second Edition. Chicago University Press. 2007
  • Booth, W. C., G. G. Colomb, J. M. Williams, J. Bizup, W. T. FitzGerald. The Craft of Research, Fourth Edition . Chicago University Press. 2016
  • Creswell, J. W. y J. D. Creswell. Research Design: Qualitative, Quantitative, and Mixed Methods Approaches, Fifth Edition . Sage. 2018
  • Leedy, P. D., J. E. Ormrod. Practical Research: Planning and Design, 12th Edition . Pearson. 2018
  • Lima, M.. Visual Complexity. Princeton Architectural Press. 2011.
  • Machi, L. A. y B. T. McEvoy. The Literature Review: Six Steps to Success, Third Edition . Corwin. 2016
  • McCandless, D. . Information is beautiful. William Collins. 2012.
  • McCandless, D. . Knowledge is beautiful. William Collins. 2014.
  • Monmonier, M. . How to lie with maps, 3rd ed. The University of Chicago Press. 2018.
  • Tufte, E., & Graves-Morris, P. The visual display of quantitative information. Graphics press. 1983,
  • Turabian, K. L. . A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations, Ninth Edition. University of Chicago Press. 2018
  • Wickham, H. . Ggplot2: Elegant Graphics for Data Analysis, 2nd ed.. Springer. 2016.
  • Wickham, H., & Grolemund, G. . R for data science: import, tidy, transform, visualize, and model data. O'Reilly Media, Inc. 2016.
  • Wilke, C.O. . Fundamentals of data visualization: a primer on making informative and compelling figures. O'Reilly Media. 2019.

The course syllabus may change due academic events or other reasons.