Objectives of Programme's Learning Outcomes

• Understand the fundamentals (theories and tools) in human and social sciences
• Identify and explain the basic theoretical trends in various fields of human sciences (law, economics, management, history, psychology, etc.) and their applications.
• Sociology and Anthropology option : Understand the fundamentals in the field of sociology and anthropology
• Have a critical view of theories, concepts and methods specific to sociology and anthropology.
• Describe and analyse contemporary, minority or distant human societies; decipher speeches and social and cultural representations.
• Avoid the pitfalls of ethnocentrism, sociocentrism and chronocentrisme.
• Master knowledge from disciplines within social and human sciences.
• Understand the tools and methods adapted to these disciplines.
• Master the principles and methodologies of scientific approaches applicable in the disciplines within social and human sciences
• Know the principles of different methodological approaches.
• Put English language skills and skills of at least one other language other than French into practice.
• Read and understand the overall meaning of non-specialised texts, listen and understand the overall meaning of audio documents.

Learning Outcomes of UE

The aim of this course is to equip students to quickly adopt a socio-anthropological approach and develop their own research methods by selecting the most appropriate tools and methods for their problematic - without neglecting the reflexive, ethical and epistemological aspects that recur throughout the course.

UE Content: description and pedagogical relevance

The course follows the main stages of a research process, from the establishment of a research project to the production of an article.
The chapters are as follows:

    Introduction: what is “knowledge” in the social sciences?
    Elements of the researcher's posture
    Laying the foundations of a problem in anthropology
    The “politics of the field
    A few methodological fundamentals
    Exploiting data
    Conclusions

Prior Experience

Not applicable