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Dr Alasdair Jones, Dr Daniele Fanelli, Dr Aliya Rao and Dr Chana Teeger

MY400: Dr Alasdair Jones

MY421: Dr Chana Teeger (MT) and Dr Aliya Rao (LT)

MY452: Dr Daniele Fanelli

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 not controlled access. If you register for a place and meet the prerequisites, if any, you are likely to be given a place.

This programme 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. MY452 Applied Regression Analysis. This course is intended for students with some previous experience of quantitative methods or statistic, as described in the prerequisites for MY452. Students who have not previously studied quantitative methods or statistics should take MY4M1. The course can be taken either in MT (as MY452M) or in LT (as MY452L).
2. MY400 Fundamentals of Social Science Research Design
3. MY421 Qualitative Research Methods (either MY421M in Michaelmas Term or MY421L in Lent Term).

See separate course outlines.

See separate course outlines.

See separate course outlines.

Exam (23%, duration: 2 hours) in the summer exam period.
Project (33%, 3000 words) in the LT and ST.
Class participation (4%) and research proposal (10%) in the MT.
Research design (20%) in the ST.
Continuous assessment (10%) in the MT and LT.

Students registered on MY4M2 will be assessed as follows:

MY400: research proposal (1500 words due in MT, 10%), research design (4000 words due in ST, 20%), seminar participation (ongoing in MT, 4%)

MY421: project (3000 words due in LT if taking MY421M or in ST if taking MY421L, 33%)

MY452: two-hour exam in Summer exam period (23%), continuous assessment (ongoing in MT or LT, 10%)

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