Postgraduate - UnitADD5091 - Research methods

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Synopsis

Research Methods introduces the candidates to methodology in the context of contemporary research. The unit is undertaken at the initial stages of the research degree and encourages candidates to conceptualise their research project across theory and practice through a discursive engagement of the research and its field of inquiry.

Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, students will:

1. have developed a discursive approach to their discipline;
2. have developed a critical understanding of methodologies in contemporary research;
3. have developed a critical understanding of the theoretical languages of their discipline;
4. have developed a critical approach to the analysis of bibliographic sources;
5. have developed an understanding of research ethics and research integrity;
6. appreciate the difference between professional practice in their discipline and research in their discipline.

Assessment

Project abstract, project definition, bibliography and literature review form 100% of the assessment

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Fiona Macdonald

Contact hours

2 hours per week, 10 hours of private study