Applied Methods
2023/2024
Content, progress and pedagogy of the module
This module comprises a course that includes workshops within method application relating to the subject areas and disciplinary profiles of the program. The module is also designed to support students’ employability.
Learning objectives
Knowledge
- Applied methods within the central disciplines and elective profiles of the programme
- justification of the methods used within the humanistic social sciences in relation to different types of data, including digital sources
- links between own learning, methods, tools acquired and transference to relevant professions.
Skills
- formulating strategies for data collection and data analysis that meet requirements regarding data validity, ethics and data protection in relation to concrete digital and/or face-to-face settings
- critically assessing and selecting among the methods and research strategies of the subject area
- setting up new models for analysis and problem solving according to problem analysis
- transferring knowledge of methodological considerations concerning specific international and/or intercultural issues to relevant professions.
Competences
- translating knowledge of methods and research design into concrete tools of problem analysis within the central disciplines and elective profiles of the programme
- translating own learning, methods and tools acquired into concrete tools useful for relevant professions
- assuming independent responsibility for personal learning.
Type of instruction
Type of instruction is described in § 17 in the curriculum.
Exam
Exams
| Name of exam | Applied Methods |
| Type of exam | Written exam
The examination is a portfolio comprising contributions from the
students set by the examiner on the basis of the course module.
During the course, students will be expected to work on improving
their assignment before final submission.
The examination portfolio will be prepared individually by the student and must not exceed 10 pages. The assignment paper will be evaluated by an internal examiner. Re-examination is a 2-day take-home assignment given by the examiner on the basis of the curriculum for the module in Applied methods. The assignment response paper must not exceed 10 pages. The assignment paper will be evaluated by an internal examiner. |
| ECTS | 5 |
| Permitted aids | All written and all electronic aids |
| Assessment | 7-point grading scale |
| Type of grading | Internal examination |
| Criteria of assessment | The criteria of assessment are stated in the Examination Policies and Procedures |
Facts about the module
| Danish title | Anvendt metode |
| Module code | KACCG2210 |
| Module type | Course |
| Duration | 1 semester |
| Semester | Spring
|
| ECTS | 5 |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Location of the lecture | Campus Aalborg |
| Responsible for the module |
Organisation
| Education owner | Master of Arts (MA) in Culture, Communication and Globalization |
| Study Board | Study Board of International and Cross‐Cultural Studies |
| Department | Department of Culture and Learning |
| Faculty | Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities |
