Spring 2018 - SA 358 C100
The Philosophy of the Social Sciences (SA) (4)
Class Number: 1086
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:
All CODE Courses are delivered through Canvas unless noted otherwise on the course outline.
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Required Readings listed on the course outlines are the responsibility of the student to purchase. Textbooks are available for purchase at the SFU Bookstore on the Burnaby campus or online through the Bookstore's website.
All CODE courses have an Additional Course Fee of $40
Exams
If applicable, please refer to Canvas for the most updated Take Home Midterm/Final exam times. Exams are scheduled to be written on the SFU Burnaby campus at the noted time and date (unless noted as a take-home exam).
Students are responsible for following all Exam Policies and Procedures (e.g., missing an exam due to illness).
This course outline was accurate at the time of publication but is subject to change. Please check your course details in your online delivery method, such as Canvas.
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Registrar Notes:
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