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In Tutorial Project I and in Tutorial Project II, under the supervision of the tutor, the student works and prepares a work scheme that allows him/her to prepare the research project considering that by the end of three semesters, the final version of the project must be defended before an evaluation committee. During the first two semesters of the tutorial work, the student must progress in the following aspects: Problem and question definition, interpretive apparatus elaboration (theoretic- methodological) and its approach, sources and data definition and organization. These three aspects should be compiled in a preliminary research project version. It is recommended to follow the CESO research project presentation format, to establish the schedule and expected progress during the period. The definition of specific objectives and expected results are responsibility both of the professor and the student. The work proposal must be submitted by the student, endorsed by the professor, before the Graduate Studies Committee for its approval, at the beginning of each semester. At the end of the semester, the professor must submit a report on the student’s progress during that time period.

The student must write a complete version of his or her project and defend it. The project must state the methodology, the theoretical framework, the sources, and the objectives of the research. A committee made up of the tutor and two judges, one from the department and the other from outside of it, must also, when necessary, make recommendations on bibliographic revisions, further work, or adjustments in the set-up for the research. It is recommended that the student bear in mind CESO’s format for presenting research projects during preparation. Once this requirement is met, and with the approval of the Director and the Post-graduate Committee, the stage will begin for doing the research and writing the thesis.

During Research Tutorial IV and V,  the student will work on writing his thesis under the supervision of the Director. The work plan must be prepared with concrete goals for each semester. The director must present a report on the student’s progress during the period to the Post-graduate Committee before the end of the period.

In the last decades of the XX century, social sciences have been object of significant reflection and tension that, in different fronts, have sought alternatives with respect to the paradigms of " classic modernity " the horizon of which, for some, must be overcome. The developments of critical theory, the emergence of the post-structuralism, the studies with gender perspectives, the studies on scientific practices and their relation to society, the so-called linguistic shift, the sub-alternate and post-colonial studies, among others, are critical reactions with respect to traditional epistemology models. All of these efforts, more than establishing definitive paradigms that must be imitated are part of the social science debates in a fertile space, where the recent theoretical challenges of social sciences become an object of study and a critical examination, which are actually the purposes of this course.