This course aims to help final-year students to consolidate and deepen their understanding of sociological perspectives by applying them to the analysis of social phenomena and specific issues. Students are responsible for defining a research topic, articulating a research problem, and designing a feasible research project. Emphasis will be put on training the competence of the students to position their research projects in the broader relevant fields of the discipline, and to conduct constructive dialogues with the existing literature.

CILO-1: Formulate a conceptual research question for a research proposal. CILO-2: Apply various methods of social research to design a research project. CILO-3: Write and present critical literature review.