ASOB16018U Applied Case-Study Analysis
Mandatory course at 6th semester at
BSc Sociology.
The course is not open for exchange or credit students
Please note!
This course will be taught in English and the exam will be in
English
The objective of the course is for students to apply their
sociological knowledge and research methods skills to a real-life
social issue organisations in Denmark are currently grappling
with. Through this applied case study research – students
will:
- directly engage with external partners and support them in
thinking about the issues they are working on
- gain a better understanding of how organisations function and
approach the research and development of solutions to real-life
social issues
- develop a stronger awareness of the myriad ways sociological
ways of thinking and researching can be ‘put to work’ in real-life
work situations
- think further about the world of work they are going to enter upon graduation and develop a keener sense of how they want to make a contribution through employment.
- reviewed various approaches to studying a real-life case and
ascertained their potentialities and limitations in answering the
set question
- considered the ways differently positioned organisations
approach researching and developing solutions/initiatives to a
real-life issue – the constraints and possibilities they must work
within and what impact this has on how they can ask a question, how
they can study an issue and the kinds of ‘solutions’ they can
propose
- read some literature on the future world of work and through
hearing outside speakers, students will be able to link what the
literature argues to the real-life experiences of professionals
Skills:
- able to articulate why a sociological approach to
understanding, researching and developing solutions to real life
cases can be so generative
- worked collaboratively within a group and across groups to
research and develop ideas for tackling a large social issue
collectively
- undertaken research on a real-life case study – being able to
justify the approach taken
- written a summary of their case study findings suited to the
template developed between the course leader and external partner
- able to assess information given by the external partner on the
case study they are involved in, and determine what further
information is needed
- present the findings of their case study research to a larger audience – verbally and in writing
Competencies:
- work collaboratively within a group to develop a research
timeline that fits the requirements of the task, while also
coordinating across groups to ensure the various elements of the
larger case study can be brought together in time
- interpret and translate research findings into an accessible format that fits the template requirements agreed with the external partner.
Students will engage with literature on ‘doing case study research’, ‘sustainability’ or ’food consumption’ (depending on the specific focus of their case study research), and ‘the world of work’.
- Category
- Hours
- Course Preparation
- 100
- Lectures
- 42
- Preparation
- 64
- Total
- 206
- The course convener will work closely with the students to
ascertain their experience of the course, further areas they
require support on.
- Students will work in groups collaboratively to conceptualise, implement, analysis and write up their case study research.
- Credit
- 7,5 ECTS
- Type of assessment
- Course participation under invigilationActive participation can consist of regular oral presentations, short written assignments among other things.
Active participation will for this course consist of two elements:
1. Being a member of an allocated research group and contributing to the work. Progress with the allocated research will be monitored at least every two weeks by the course leader.
2. As a group, students will need to produce a final research document in the specified format agreed with the external partner. Involvement in the production of the document is required. - Exam registration requirements
Sociology students must be enrolled under BSc Curriculum 2016 to take this exam.
- Marking scale
- passed/not passed
- Censorship form
- No external censorship
- Exam period
Find more information on your study page at KUnet.
- Re-exam
At re-exam, the form of examination is the same as ordinary exam.
If the form of examination is ”active participation” the re-examination form is always “free written take-home essay”.
For this course re-exam will be a free written take home essay on the topic researched by the group allocated to – maximum of 10 pages.
To be done individually.
Criteria for exam assesment
Please see the learning outcome
Course information
- Language
- English
- Course code
- ASOB16018U
- Credit
- 7,5 ECTS
- Level
- BachelorBachelor choice
- Duration
- 1 semester
- Placement
- Spring
- Schedule
- See timetable
- Study board
- Department of Sociology, Study Council
Contracting department
- Department of Sociology
Contracting faculty
- Faculty of Social Sciences
Course Coordinators
- Claire Maxwell (cm@soc.ku.dk)
Lecturers
Claire Maxwell, e-mail: cm@soc.ku.dk