Methodology of Academic Research and Intellectual Property Fundamentals

Course: English Communication Studies and Two Western European Languages (викладання іноземними мовами)”

Structural unit: Educational and Scientific Institute of Philology

Title
Methodology of Academic Research and Intellectual Property Fundamentals
Code
ОК.09
Module type
Обов’язкова дисципліна для ОП
Educational cycle
Second
Year of study when the component is delivered
2021/2022
Semester/trimester when the component is delivered
2 Semester
Number of ECTS credits allocated
3
Learning outcomes
PLO 3, PLO 4, PLO 9, PLO 12, PLO 13. The complete list of the learning outcomes for the educational and scientific programme is given in the «Programme Profile»
Form of study
Full-time form
Prerequisites and co-requisites
Successful mastery of the discipline requires a level of English language proficiency not lower than B2 on the CEFR scale. In addition, students should: - Know the main stages of the research process. - Be able to collect and process information. - Possess elementary skills of scientific research.
Course content
The subject of the academic discipline is the modern methodology of science, a set of methodological tools of science, as well as the right of intellectual property and the commercialization of the results of intellectual activity. The discipline consists of two content modules. The module "Methodology of scientific research" forms an understanding of science as research, reveals the meaning of the concepts of "methodology", "methodology", "research methods", introduces the specific-scientific, general-scientific and philosophical levels of methodology. The module "Fundamentals of intellectual property" reveals the role of intellectual property as intellectual capital in the socio-economic development of society and its place in humanitarian science, introduces the main forms and mechanisms of commercialization of the results of intellectual activity. The module "Research methods in linguistics" reviews the main methods of linguistic analysis and methodological aspects of writing a master's thesis.
Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
Fulk, R. D. (2016). Philological methods. In M. Kyto & P. Pahta, The Cambridge handbook of English historical linguistics (pp. 95–98). CUP. https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139600231 Staddon, J. (2018) Scientific method. How Science Works, Fails to Work, and Pretends to Work. Routledge, New York, London. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.02260 Podesva R. J., Sharma D. Research Methods in Linguistics. Cambridge University Press, 2019. 540 p. Інтелектуальна власність (2018): Навчальний посібник. / за заг.ред. О.В. Нестерцової-Собакарь. К.: Дніпро, 140 с. Партико З. (2017). Основи наукових досліджень: підготовка дисертації: навчальний посібник. К.: Ліра-К, 231 с. Право інтелектуальної власності (2019): підручник / за заг. ред. О.І. Харитонова. К.: Юрінком Інтер, 540 с.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Learning activities during the semester: • Lectures, discussions; • oral answers in practical classes; • additions, participation in the discussion; • modular control work.
Assessment methods and criteria
Pass/fail test, maximum number of points during the term – 100 points; Term evaluation: Oral answer: LO 1.1–1.3, 2.1–2.3, 3.1, 4.1 - 46 points Additions, participation in the discussion: LO 1.1–1.3, 2.1–2.3, 3.1, 4.1 - 12 points Modular control work: LO 4.2 - 42 points
Language of instruction
English

Lecturers

This discipline is taught by the following teachers

Olena - Komar
Department of Philosophy and Methodology of Science
Faculty of Philosophy
Olha Y. Kronda
Intellectual Property and Information Law Department
Education and Research Law School
Larysa Vasylivna Pavlichenko
Department of English Philology and Intercultural Communication
Educational and Scientific Institute of Philology