MY400: Dr Alasdair Jones

MY421: Dr Chana Teeger (MT) and Dr Kate Summers (LT)

MY451: Dr Indraneel Sircar (MT) and Prof Jon Jackson (LT)

This course is available on the MSc in European Studies (Research), MSc in International Political Economy (Research) and MSc in International Relations (Research). This course is available as an outside option to students on other programmes where regulations permit.

This course is designed to give students a good introduction to quantitative and qualitative methods and to acquaint them with the strengths and limits of different methodologies. The course has three main components: 1. MY451 (MY451M in Michaelmas  Term or MY451L in Lent Term) in Introduction to Quantitative Analysis - this course is intended for students with no previous experience of quantitative methods or statistics. Students who have already studied statistics and data analysis should take MY4M2. Plus: 2. MY400 Fundamentals of Social Science Research Design 3. MY421 Qualitative Research Methods (MY421M in Michaelmas Term or MY421L in Lent Term).

See separate course outlines.

See separate course outlines.

See separate course outlines.

Exam (33%, duration: 2 hours) in the summer exam period.
Project (33%, 3000 words) and research proposal (20%) in the ST.
Class participation (4%) and research proposal (10%) in the MT.

Students registered on this course will submit a research proposal and research design covering MY400 (1500 words due in MT, 4000 due in ST) and be assessed on MY400 class participation, project covering MY421 (3000 words) due in ST, and will take the exam paper MY4M1a (based on the MY451 syllabus) in ST.