Class Scientific Research Methodology

It is intended to make students aware of the methodology of scientific work and provide them with conceptual tools that allow them to choose the appropriate methodological strategies to prepare a work of a similar nature. It is also intended to make students aware of the ethical principles underlying scientific research.

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1. Preliminary considerations of scientific research methodology. 2. Key notions and terminology. 3. The scientific text: factors of valuation. 4. The choice of theme. 5. The research process. 5.1 Planning: choosing the topic and the supervisor, identifying the problem or research questions, the timetable, bibliographic and jurisprudential research. 5.2 The research of the sources: prior questions, the libraries, bibliographical and archive files, jurisprudence and legislation, reading sheets and reading notes. 5.3 Structuring the text. 5.4 The drafting: footnotes, citation, bibliographical references in footnotes, organization of the final bibliography, revision and final formatting of the text. 6. Ethical considerations. Intellectual humility. Plagiarism and self-plagiarism. Academic fraud and intellectual dishonesty. 7. Relevant factors of a thesis. 8. Public defence. 9. Publishing the text.

The curricular unit is taught as a seminar system, so the assessment is based on the students? participation in the works prepared and debated in continuous assessment. This participation includes the presentation and discussion of a written article, prepared through individual tutoring. In the first classes, the stages and the main concepts and methods involved in the research process will be presented. The sessions include an expository part but involve permanent interaction with the students. The student must write a research proposal on a selected topic, ideally related to the topic he intends to work on in the thesis.

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