Syllabus
1. Sources and their critique
2. Types of academic literature
3. Problems of heuristics, information resources
4. Abstract, resumé, annotation, review
5. Citation rules
6. Scientific work methods
7. Scientific and publication ethics
8. Epistemology of social sciences
9. Objectivity in social sciences
10. Polemics
11. Scientometrics and its problems
12. Student essays and their requirements
Annotation
This course will introduce students to general problems with respect to study of social sciences. They will also have the chance to train relevant practical skills in this respect.