Class Methods and Rules of Scientific Research

1. Review fundamentals and master basic research concepts 2. Initiate students in conducting research, designing and carrying out academic work and scientific work. 3. Promote the acquisition of skills for preparing an intervention project (following the project methodology guidelines). 4. Develop an attitude of research and construction of scientific knowledge.

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1. Science and scientific knowledge, characteristics of scientific knowledge 2. Scientific research in the field of International Relations 3. Research paradigms 4. From theory to empirical investigation: breaking with common sense 5. Research process 6. Research methods and techniques 7. Normative guidelines for the preparation, writing and validation of an academic or research work 8. Ethics in academic and scientific research

Some of the classes will be laboratory in nature, so that students can apply the learning in the preparation of a scientific work.

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