Магистратура 2025/2026

Научно-исследовательский семинар "Методология и дизайн исследования”

Статус: Курс обязательный (Глобальная и региональная история / Global and Regional History)

Кто читает: Департамент истории

Где читается: Санкт-Петербургская школа гуманитарных наук и искусств

Когда читается: 1-й курс, 1-4 модуль

Охват аудитории: для своего кампуса

Преподаватели: Борисова Татьяна Юрьевна, Касаткина Александра Константиновна, Чунихин Кирилл Александрович

Язык: английский

Кредиты: 9

Контактные часы: 80

Course Syllabus

Abstract

This course aims at providing guidance in writing MA dissertations. The Research seminar strengthens research skills and introduces students to diverse methodologies in history and anthropology. During the first year, this research seminar teaches students basic aspects of a historian’s and anthropologist's craft. The course works as a workshop and includes: 1) Seminars on major methods; 2) a short mini-course on Academic Rhetoric; 3) joined seminars with students of the second years; 4) project sessions discussing provisional MA theses.

Learning Objectives

• Teaching how to to write an MA

Expected Learning Outcomes

• Умения критически читать академические тексты и аргументированно обосновывать свою позицию.

Course Contents

• "Introduction to my field of inquiry"

Assessment Elements

• MA thesis proposal
• Participation in class discussions
• Class engagement
• review
• MA chapters
• class engagement and 3 tasks
• presentation MA thesis proposal and participation in the discussion
• Final essay

Interim Assessment

• 2025/2026 4th module
  0.25 * Participation in class discussions + 0.1 * presentation MA thesis proposal and participation in the discussion + 0.25 * Final essay + 0.3 * MA thesis proposal + 0.1 * class engagement and 3 tasks
• 2026/2027 3rd module
  0.25 * review + 0.25 * MA chapters + 0.5 * Class engagement

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

• Analysing academic writing : contextualized frameworks, , 2004
• Rukmini, S. (2017). Academic Research Writing: An Overview and Process. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsbas&AN=edsbas.7CED46CD

Recommended Additional Bibliography

• Genre analysis: English in academic and research settings, , 1990
• Swales, J. M., & Feak, C. B. (2001). Academic Communications and the Graduate Student. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsbas&AN=edsbas.3E2EACE3

Authors

• Borisova Tatiana Iurevna
• Kasatkina Aleksandra Konstantinovna
• Chunikhin Kirill Aleksandrovich