Specialisation in Social Research Techniques

Contents

- Disseny de la investigació social
- Tècniques d'investigació social quantitativa
- Tècniques d'investigació social qualitativa i participativa
- Seminaris d'aplicació de les tècniques d'investigació social
- Treball Final

Itinerary

The postgraduate diploma in Social Research Techniques forms part of the Master's degree in Applied Social Research Techniques.

Specific skills

General basic competences:

- Acquire, at a basic level of postgraduate training, knowledge to provide methodological and technical solutions in the development of a research process.
- Know how to apply, at a basic level of postgraduate training, the knowledge acquired and the ability to solve problems in new or little-known environments, broader or multidisciplinary contexts.
- Being able to integrate, at a basic level of postgraduate training, specialized knowledge with the need to make reflective judgments about social and ethical responsibilities.
- Know how to communicate the conclusions and knowledge of the investigation to specialized and non-specialized audiences.
- Have continuous learning skills autonomously.

Specific skills

Information and knowledge
- Know in a theoretical, technical and applied way, the advanced methods and techniques of social research from a multi-strategic perspective at a basic level of postgraduate training.
- Know the professionalizing and employability aspects in research applied to companies and institutions.

Scientific research
- Be able to design an object and a research process of an empirical and/or applied nature using qualitative and quantitative research techniques at a basic level of postgraduate training.
- Being able to choose, design and rigorously apply the pertinent and appropriate methods and techniques in relation to the object of study at a basic level of postgraduate training.
- Being able to critically examine research from a methodological point of view, identifying the different designs, methods and techniques, their suitability and their shortcomings from the basic level of postgraduate training.
Technological
-Applied use of software and other instruments for the treatment, analysis, interpretation and presentation of data in social sciences at a basic level of postgraduate training.
- Follow, communicate and interact in the context of the master's degreethrough a virtual learning environment, particularly with the specific synchronous and diachronic communication tools and the performance of different training activities.

Transferable skills

Social science research
- Analyze and evaluate the methodological aspects of specialized publications on applied research.
- Search and use complex and specialized information.
- Formally prepare academic documents and research articles.
- To convey knowledge interests with the diversity of research techniques.

interpersonal
- Promote collaborative teamwork.

Communicative
- Present and defend correctly in public personal or collective projects.

Title obtained

Specialization diploma in Social Research Techniques