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ADD5092

Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture

18 September 2017 22 December 2024

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This unit entry is for students who completed this unit in 2016 only. For students planning to study the unit, please refer to the unit indexes in the the current edition of the Handbook. If you have any queries contact the managing faculty for your course or area of study.

Monash University

0 points, SCA Band 1, 0.000 EFTSL

Postgraduate - Unit

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Faculty

Art, Design and Architecture

Coordinator(s)

Dr Fiona Macdonald

Offered

Caulfield

  • Second semester 2016 (Day)
  • Second semester 2016 (Off-campus)
  • Second semester 2016 (External Candidature)

Synopsis

Research Methods 2 examines theory models and investigative methods in contemporary research. The candidate develops a conceptual framework of studio research and exegesis or thesis that identifies the relations between research intention and research method.

Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, candidates will:

  1. have further developed the discursive approach to the subject of their research and its field of inquiry;
  2. have further developed the critical understanding of methodologies in contemporary research;
  3. be able to argue the logic of their research process;
  4. be able to situate the relevance of their research within a contemporary context;
  5. have further developed the forms, languages and conventions applicable to their research;
  6. have developed the conceptual framework, research design and logic of their research process to sustain an exegetical or thesis elaboration of their research.

Assessment

In semester assessment: 100%

Workload requirements

2 hours per week, 8 hours of private study

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Chief examiner(s)

Dr Fiona Macdonald

Prerequisites

ADD5091

Co-requisites

Students must be enrolled in the MADA Doctor of Philosophy course code 1322