Academic Catalog

ADM5224 EPISTEMOLOGY AND METHODOLOGY IN SOCIAL AND POLITICAL CONTEXT

Course Code: 3105224
METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): 3(3-0)
ECTS Credit: 8.0
Department: Political Science And Public Adm.
Language of Instruction: English
Level of Study: Graduate
Course Coordinator: Prof.Dr. AYLÝN TOPAL
Offered Semester: Fall or Spring Semesters.

Course Content

This graduate seminar critically examines the historical foundations of philosophical and methodological approaches that shape knowledge production in social and political research. By locating philosophies and epistemologies to its social. political and economic milieu. the course explores how different epistemological traditions?from positivism to interpretivism. critical theory to poststructuralism?inform what counts as valid evidence. rigorous analysis. and persuasive argumentation in the study of power. institutions. and collective action.