- to know the theoretical and methodological aspects of research in the humanities sciences, particularly educational and scientific researches in the humanities and sociology in particular;
- to be able to plan and conduct educational and scientific sociological research of a descriptive nature (without forming an empirical basis) for the chosen subject at a level of term paper.

prerequisites:
- Theoretical Sociology,
- Sociology of of education and knowledge.
co-requisites:
- Methods of gathering of sociological information,
- The methodology and programming of sociological research.

Scientific knowledge as a form of reflection of reality. Types of educational and scientific research and their features. The methodological part of educational and scientific research. The basic sociological paradigms and their features. The logic of presentation in educational and scientific research (for example, term paper). Making a bibliography in the term work. Graphic design of educational and scientific research.

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3. Еко У. Как написать дипломную работу. Гуманитарные науки.-М., 2003.
4. Паніна Н.В. Технологія соціологічного дослідження. – К., 1995.
5. Цехмістрова Г.С. Основи наукових досліджень.-К., 2004.

• ongoing monitoring: the verbal questioning, test papers (50%)
• final control: written examination in the form of testing (50%)