3rd semester programme (L2)

2nd year Licence

3rd semester syllabus:

1. Introduction: Doing Research in the Field of Humanities and Social Sciences

    a) The Humanities

    b) The Social Sciences

2. Plagiarism

    a) What is? Definition, Types, Sanctions.

    b) Avoiding Plagiarism: Why? Understanding the nature of academic research, the process of sharing ideas, knowledge.

    c) Avoiding Plagiarism: How? Acknowledging Borrowed Material.

3. Acknowledging Borrowed Material

    a) Types of Material

    b) Borrowing Material: Quoting, Paraphrasing, Summarizing

    c) Citing Sources

4. Citing Sources in Academic Writing

    a) Different Styles: MLA, APA, ...

    b) The MLA Style: In-text citations (cases and examples)

    c) The MLA Style: the Works Cited page(s)(cases and examples)

    d) The APA Style: Cases and Examples