ADD5091 - Research methods 1 - 2017

0 points, SCA Band 1, 0.000 EFTSL

Postgraduate - Unit

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Faculty

Art, Design and Architecture

Coordinator(s)

Dr Fiona Macdonald

Unit guides

Offered

Caulfield

  • First semester 2017 (Day)
  • First semester 2017 (Off-campus)
  • First semester 2017 (External Candidature)

Synopsis

Research Methods 1 introduces candidates to research design and methodology in the context of contemporary research, with particular emphasis on practice-based research. The unit is undertaken at the initial stages of the research degree and encourages the candidate 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 the subject of their research and its field of enquiry;
  2. have developed a critical understanding of methodologies in contemporary research, with particular emphasis on practice-based research;
  3. have developed a critical understanding of the forms, languages and conventions (theoretical and practical) of their research and field of enquiry;
  4. have developed a critical approach to the analysis of bibliographic and other empirical sources;
  5. have developed an understanding of research ethics and research integrity;
  6. be able to demonstrate an appreciation of the difference between professional practice in their discipline and research in their discipline.

Assessment

In semester assessment: 100%

Workload requirements

2 hours per week, 8 hours of private study

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Chief examiner(s)

Co-requisites

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