Summer 2016 - SA 358 C100
The Philosophy of the Social Sciences (SA) (4)
Class Number: 2826
Delivery Method: Distance Education
Overview
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Course Times + Location:
Distance Education
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Prerequisites:
SA 101 or 150 or 201W.
Description
CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:
An analysis of the nature of explanation in the social sciences: 'mind' and action, positivist and interpretive modes of explanation, sociological and historical explanation, objectivity, forms of relativism, the concept of rationality.
COURSE DETAILS:
This course will give you the opportunity to learn about the philosophy of the social sciences—what it is and why it matters—and to explore the history of what counts as social knowledge and theories about how it should be produced. The course uses a case study to explore complex philosophical and methodological issues in the social sciences.
Grading
- Assignment 1 10%
- Assignment 2 10%
- Assignment 3 10%
- Assignment 4 10%
- Assignment 5 40%
- Online Participation 20%
REQUIREMENTS:
Materials
REQUIRED READING:
Northern Frontier - Northern Homeland: The Report Of The MacKenzie Valley Pipeline Inquiry (2nd Ed.), Berger
ISBN: 9781553657330
Decolonizing Methodologies: Research And Indigenous Peoples (2nd Ed.), Smith
ISBN: 9781848139503
Centre for Online and Distance Education Notes:
Additional Course Fee: $40
Students requiring accommodation as a result of a disability must contact the Centre for Students with Disabilities.
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Any Required Reading listed above is the responsibility of the student to purchase.
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Registrar Notes:
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