Code: | 1EC103 | Acronym: | ICS |
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Classification | Keyword |
OFICIAL | Social Science |
Active? | Yes |
Responsible unit: | Secção Autónoma de Ciências Sociais |
Course/CS Responsible: | Bachelor in Economics |
Acronym | No. of Students | Study Plan | Curricular Years | Credits UCN | Credits ECTS | Contact hours | Total Time |
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LECO | 320 | Bologna Syllabus since 2012 | 1 | - | 6 | 42 | 162 |
1. The subject of economics:
1.1. Economy, economic behaviour, economics.
1.2. Different perspectives, different definitions.
1.3. The common denominator, the starting point for this course: economics is a sui generis social science, in progress.
2. Science, a particular form of knowledge:
2.1. Knowledge and communication in the context of human action.
2.2. The diversity of forms of knowledge and the specificity of scientific knowledge.
3. Science as an organized and rational inquiry:
3.1. An attitude: problematizing; the value of experimentation; the rule of the proof (scientific evidence).
3.2. A language: concepts, propositions, theories; concepts and variables; definitions, classifications and typologies; the norms of scientific writing.
3.3. Ethics: the values of scientific activity; the uses and identification of sources; the duty of referral, originality and peer review; the structuration of scientific communities.
3.4. An organization: disciplinary institutionalization and framing; the tension between interdisciplinarity and the disciplinary affiliation.
4. The continents of science:
4.1. The distinction between the logical-mathematic sciences and the empirical sciences.
4.2. The distinction between natural sciences and social sciences.
4.3. The distinction between pure sciences and applied sciences.
5. Economics and social sciences:
5.1. The internal differentiation of social sciences.
5.2. Interdisciplinarity and the construction of multidisciplinary domains.
6. What science does:
6.1. The expected results of scientific research: describe and explain.
6.2. The reasoning logics in science: deduction and induction.
6.3. The formalisation of interpretations: laws, theories and models.
7. Theories and models building and evaluation:
7.1. Acting through conjectures and refutations (Karl Popper).
7.2. Following and testing paradigms (Thomas S. Kuhn).
7.3. Social sciences paradigmatic pluralism.
8. The logic and the method of empirical research:
8.1. Beginning with one or more disciplinary problematics.
8.2. Defining the research problem.
8.3. Defining the empirical research object.
8.4. Literature reviewing, and sources' identification, critiques and exploring.
8.5. Formulating hypothesis.
8.6. Data gathering and analysis.
8.7. Interpreting data.
8.8. Adding value to the available theory within the discipline.
9. The available methods and techniques for empirical data building:
9.1. Fundamental research and action research.
9.2. Extensive analysis and the case study.
9.3. Documental analysis, survey, field work and experimentation.
10. The basic principles for reading and interpreting data:
10.1. The indirect nature of measurement in the social sciences.
10.2. How to organize, read and present statistical data.
10.3. The analysis of relationships between variables: statistical tests and causality analysis.
Designation | Weight (%) |
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Teste | 100,00 |
Total: | 100,00 |
Designation | Time (hours) |
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Estudo autónomo | 40,00 |
Frequência das aulas | 80,00 |
Total: | 120,00 |