Handbook 1996 : Faculty of Arts (Volume 3 page 154)
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1. Politics, Faculty of Arts (v3, p154) : Next:166-246 | Prev:166-244
Credit points: 16.7 2nd and 3rd years
Coordinator: John Dryzek, Bruce Headey and Leslie Holmes.
Prerequisite: Normally 25 points of first-year Politics; students with only 12.5 points in Politics may apply to the 2nd/3rd-year coordinator.
Contact: Three hours per week of lectures and workshops
Timetable: First semester
Objectives:
On completion of the subject, students should:
- understand the aims and assumptions of different approaches to the study of politics;
- understand major contemporary theories about the development of government policy;
- have developed skills in qualitative methods, including in-depth interviews and observational methods;
- have developed practical skills in the use of quantitative methods, including sample surveys, computer simulation of the effects of policy changes, and social experiments.
Content:
Students will gain hands-on experience in the use of quantitative and qualitative methods. Methods and theories will be introduced in lectures and their strengths, weaknesses and appropriate applications discussed. Lectures will be followed by workshops in which student groups themselves use each of the main methods, such as designing part of a public opinion survey and undertaking textual analysis of primary sources.
Assessment:
Essay work or equivalent totalling 5,000 words.
1. Politics, Faculty of Arts (v3, p154) : Next:166-246 | Prev:166-244
2. Politics, Faculty of Educ(Parkville) (v5, p166) : Next:166-246 | Prev:166-244
Credit points: 16.7
Coordinator: John Dryzek, Bruce Headey and Leslie Holmes.
Contact: Three hours each week of lectures and workshops
Timetable: First semester.
Objectives:
On completion of the subject, students should:
- understand the aims and assumptions of different approaches to the study of politics;
- understand major contemporary theories about the development of government policy;
- have developed skills in qualitative methods, including in-depth interviews and observational methods;
- have developed practical skills in the use of quantitative methods, including sample surveys, computer simulation of the effects of policy changes, and social experiments.
Content:
Students will gain hands-on experience in the use of quantitative and qualitative methods. Methods and theories will be introduced in lectures and their strengths, weaknesses and appropriate applications discussed. Lectures will be followed by workshops in which student groups themselves use each of the main methods, such as designing part of a public opinion survey and undertaking textual analysis of primary sources.
Assessment:
Essay work or equivalent totalling 5,000 words.
* Note that CONTACT, POINTS differs from the maintainer's version above. A log of variations is available.
2. Politics, Faculty of Educ(Parkville) (v5, p166) : Next:166-246 | Prev:166-244
3. Sociology, Faculty of Arts (v3, p166) : Next:166-246 | Prev:166-244
Credit points: 16.7 2nd and 3rd years
Coordinator: John Dryzek, Bruce Headey and Leslie Holmes.
Prerequisite: Normally, 25 points of first-year Sociology.
Contact: Three hours per week of lectures and workshops.
Timetable: First semester
Objectives:
On completion of the subject, students should:
- understand the aims and assumptions of different approaches to the study of politics;
- understand major contemporary theories about the development of government policy;
- have developed skills in qualitative methods, including in-depth interviews and observational methods;
- have developed practical skills in the use of quantitative methods, including sample surveys, computer simulation of the effects of policy changes, and social experiments.
Content:
Students will gain hands-on experience in the use of quantitative and qualitative methods. Methods and theories will be introduced in lectures and their strengths, weaknesses and appropriate applications discussed. Lectures will be followed by workshops in which student groups themselves use each of the main methods, such as designing part of a public opinion survey and undertaking textual analysis of primary sources.
Assessment:
Essay work or equivalent totalling 5,000 words.
* Note that PREREQUISITES differs from the maintainer's version above. A log of variations is available.
3. Sociology, Faculty of Arts (v3, p166) : Next:166-246 | Prev:166-244
Status: Official 1996 Date created: Oct 9 1995 Last modified: Oct 9 1995 Authorised by: Academic Registrar Email enquiries: Course_Information@registrar.unimelb.edu.au
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