In the first semester, Research methodology Seminar aims at helping M2 students of Literature and Civilization to realize their master's final project for graduation. It provides them with the main tools and tips a researcher needs to conduct their research from topic selection and definition to the edition of the whole work. It starts with the main steps to follow in writing a research proposal that should cover the following items: The What, the Why, the How, the literature review, and the outline. Overall, it teaches them dissertation skills that show them how to frame their questions and constructing their content. Moreover, this course introduces the MLA style-- 7th edition- that helps students to correctly cite the sources and materials they will rely on in their research and to respect the rules and ethics of doing a research. The seminar in research methodology accompanies the students to show them the main strategies and techniques that might help them complete their research successfully, and more importantly it teaches them to be as critical as they can.
- Enseignant: Mordjana Haddad