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Political Science Postgraduate Degree requirements (yellow envelopes) and teaching (red chaps with a pointer) 2007-2008 below at Subordinate units.
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Learning Goals
In addition to offering proof of the student's ability to carry out independent research in a narrow field of specialisation, the postgraduate degree aims to enhance the student's knowledge about the methodology of Social Science and the theory of and research traditions in politics, especially in the student's own field of study. A person with a doctorate is expected to have obtained general skills to carry out research in different fields and the ability to teach the foundations in the discipline.
Postgraduate studies aim to strengthen both oral and written academic argumentation in the student's mother tongue and English. The skills for academic communication in a variety of interactive situations will be developed during the studies.
Postgraduates are expected to form their own, well-founded understanding of the value and role of academic research, especially from the point of view of their own field of science and research. It is particularly important for a political scientist to know how to critically reflect on his/her own knowledge and status with reference to power analysis. This perspective is not only valuable within the academic community, but also strengthens the societal impact of scientific research and the working life relevance of postgraduate studies in a way characteristic to the identity of Political Science.
In addition to an understanding of the content of Political Science, those heading for an academic career are advised to acquire university pedagogical skills although they are not expressly included in the learning goals set for postgraduate studies.
Degree Requirements
The postgraduate degree in Political Science involves studies towards the Licentiate and Doctoral degree in Social Sciences. The difference lies in the research report prepared at the end of studies, which can be either a Licentiate Thesis or a doctoral dissertation.
The scope of the postgraduate subprogramme is 60 study points. If the student already has a Licentiate Degree, only a dissertation is required for the Doctoral Degree. Studies are mainly carried out independently and in seminar groups. Students who actively participate in seminars are also entitled to personal guidance. The Department also arranges complementary teaching for postgraduate students alone or jointly for them and students who are at the advanced stage of their Master’s studies.
New students present their research plan in a seminar during the first semester. Students can continue the seminar once they have completed study unit Y610. and one of the following: P615., H615. or M615.
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Each postgraduate has at least one appointed supervisor (main supervisor), usually a professor or a docent specialised in the research field. The subject of the thesis will determine the need to appoint an additional supervisor for the research project. The supervision group composed of several supervisors is headed by the main supervisor of the postgraduate. The supervisors and postgraduate students are committed to the Principles_and_Practices_of_Good_Supervision.
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