About the course

The content of the course is a continuation of the courses Human Rights 1-30 credits and 31-60 credits, organised by Global Political Studies, Malmö University, in terms of multidisciplinary theories and methodologies, as well as project work.

Course content

Syllabus spring 2024

Earlier syllabuses

Entry requirements and selection

Entry requirements

Prerequisite courses for this course are: MR101E Human Rights I (passed) or MR101L Human Rights I (passed) and MR102E Human Rights II (passed) or MR105E Human Rights II (passed) or MR105L Human Rights II (passed)

Selection

University credits completed 100%

Course literature

Module 1: Method and analysis

  • Boréus, Kristina (2017), ”Argumentation Analysis”. In Kristina Boréus, Göran Bergström: Analyzing Text and Discourse: Eight Approaches for the Social Sciences, London: SAGE.
  • Flyvbjerg, Bent (2006) "Five Misunderstandings About Case-Study Research” Qualitative Inquiry, vol 12, no 2: 219-245 (http://vbn.aau.dk/files/3790172/BF_Qualitative_Inquiry_2006_vol12_no2_April_pp__219-245.pdf)//
  • Gerring, John (2004) "What is a Case Study and What is it Good For?" American Political Science Review, vol 98, no 2: 341-354.
  • Halperin, Sandra & Heath, Oliver (2017) Political Research: Methods and Practical Skills (Oxford: Oxford University Press).
  • Stausberg, M., Engler, S. (2013) The Routledge Handbook of Research Methods in the Study of Religion, Routledge 2013, excerpts of about 50 pages. (available as e-book from the MAH library).
  • Thomson, Anne (2005)Critical Reasoning in Ethics, London: Routledge
  • Vaughn, Lewis (2006) Writing Philosophy. New York: Oxford University Press.

There may be additional material (ca 300 pages) in the lecture presentation.

Module 2: Thesis

There may be additional material (ca 300 pages) in the lecture presentations.

Course evaluation

Malmö University provides students who participate in, or who have completed a course, with the opportunity to express their opinions and describe their experiences of the course by completing a course evaluation administered by the University. The University will compile and summarise the results of course evaluations. The University will also inform participants of the results and any decisions relating to measures taken in response to the course evaluations. The results will be made available to the students (HF 1:14).

Malmö Day-time 100%

Contact

For more information about the education:

gpsstudent@mau.se

This education is provided by

Faculty of Culture and Society

At the Faculty of Culture and Society, research and education concerns many of the major issues of our time – for example those...

Department of Global Political Studies

The environment at the department is characterised by global perspectives and internationalisation. The main focus of our...