F2023

Subject module in International Studies / Subject module in International Studies 1-subject

subject module project

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You register for activities through stads selvbetjening during the announced registration period, which you can see on the Study administration homepage.

When registering for courses, please be aware of the potential conflicts and overlaps between course and exam time and dates. The planning of course activities at Roskilde University is based on the recommended study programmes, which should not overlap. However, if you choose optional courses and/or study plans that goes beyond the recommended study programmes, an overlap of lectures or exam dates may occur depending on which courses you choose.

The primary teaching forms consists of project guidance, in which the individual project group meets with the assigned supervisor according to individual agreements, together with guidance in clusters.

Guidance on the use of quantitative methods in projects and theses

If you and your group find quantitative analyses relevant to answer your research question, and your supervisor cannot help, here is an offer of assistance. We offer a workshop where a group of researchers will talk about how to use quantitative data in projects and theses. We will present an overview of publicly available data sets, as well as the your possibilities, if you wish to collect your own data. We expect you to have taken a course in basic quantitative methods (BC 8 or equivalent).

The workshop is held on March 1, 12:15-02:00 pm, in theory room 25.3-005

After the workshop you/your group will have the opportunity to book an appointment with a skilled student, who will help with downloading and preparing data for analysis and interpretation. If you need extra guidance on any particular issue, you will be referred to a relevant researcher. Contact Ditte Stage Kroman (dstagek@ruc.dk) to schedule an appointment.

A total of 405 hour of effort is required for the project. This includes attendance at group formation and supervision sessions, group work, project writing and attendance and preparation for the exam.

The project work must encompass 1,200 pages of literature.

Feedback is given during supervision and after the oral exam.

Klaas Dykmann (dykmann@ruc.dk)

ISE Registration & Exams (ise-exams@ruc.dk)

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• Knowledge and understanding of international economic and/or political processes that bring change and insight into theoretical traditions reflecting these processes.

• Knowledge and understanding of the methods, tools and dynamics of the interdisciplinary problem-oriented project work.

• Proficiency in dealing with international economic and/or political processes that brings analytical and methodological change.

• Proficiency in using theoretical approaches critically and in interdisciplinary contexts.

• Proficiency in presenting and communicating the analysed material.

• Proficiency in identifying, analysing and assessing research questions within the subject’s traditions from an interdisciplinary perspective.

• Proficiency in conveying, discussing and evaluating the students' own academic investigations as well as those of others.

• Competence to analyse and communicate internaitonal economic, political and/or social and cultural processes.

• Competence to take critical and interdisciplinary perspectives on the analysed material.

• Competence to engage independently and constructively in a binding project collaboration in a project group concerning an interdisciplinary and problem-oriented project on a required subject.

• Competence to identify their own learning needs and structure their project management process.

In groups the students prepare an independent problem-oriented project within the overall description of the objective of the subject module project. The content of the project work must include a social science research question of the student's own choice from a perspective inspired by the field of 'International Politics' and/or 'International Political Economy'. The project work is concluded with the preparation of a written project report.

The main teaching format consists of project supervision, where each project group meets with the assigned supervisor according to individual appointments, as well as supervision in groups.

Project

Group exam for the participants in the project work.

The exam is based on the students’ project report. The exam includes individual presentations on a topic of the students’ own choice. The topic must be relevant to the issues highlighted in the project report. Each individual presentation including questions lasts up to 3 minutes. The individual presentations are followed by a dialogue between the students and the assessors based on the project.

There may be posed questions related to the subject area of the project module.

The assessment is individual and is based on the project report and the student´s oral performance.

Permitted group size: 2-5 students.

The character limits of the project report are:
For 2 students: 40,800-69,600 characters, including spaces.
For 3 students: 52,800-81,600 characters, including spaces.
For 4 students: 84,000-108,000 characters, including spaces.
For 5 students: 108,000-120,000 characters, including spaces.
The character limits include the cover, table of contents, summary, bibliography, figures and other illustrations, but exclude any appendices.



Time allowed for exam including time used for assessment is for:
2 students: 60 minutes.
3 students: 75 minutes.
4 students: 90 minutes.
5 students: 105 minutes.

Writing and spelling skills in the project report are part of the assessment and will count for 5 percent.

Permitted support and preparation materials during the exam: All.

Assessment: 7-point grading scale.
Moderation: External examiner.

Samme som ordinær eksamen / same form as ordinary exam