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Intensive Research Workshop (ARTS90005)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 6.25Online
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About this subject
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- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
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March
Overview
Availability | March - Online |
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This subject focuses on the common challenges of designing a research project at PhD level. These include framing research questions in the context of the existing research literature, selecting and developing an appropriate and refined research strategy, and clarifying the stages of a research project. These are all elements required at Confirmation, and the intensive is intended to accelerate students’ preparation toward that goal. The subject will be collaboratively taught to reflect the diversity of approaches to research across the many disciplines in the faculty.
Intended learning outcomes
On successful completion of this subject students should:
- Have an enhanced awareness of the range of contemporary scholarship in their discipline or interdisciplinary area
- Have an ability to reflect on, critically evaluate and synthesise the contemporary research literatures relevant to their thesis topic
- Be better able to formulate and present the research proposal for their confirmation
- Be better able to articulate the range of problems, concepts and theories relevant to their thesis and field of study
Generic skills
The subjects will contribute, through teaching and discussion with academic staff and peers, to developing skills and capacities including those identified in the University-defined Graduate Attributes for the PhD, in particular:
- The capacity to contextualise research within an international corpus of specialist knowledge
- An advanced ability to engage in critical reflection, synthesis and evaluation of research-based and scholarly literature
- An advanced understanding of key disciplinary and multi-disciplinary norms and perspectives relevant to the field
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
This subject is not available to Community Access Program (CAP), Inbound Exchange/Study Abroad or Incoming Cross-institutional students.
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
MULT90039 Researching Language
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Assessment
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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One essay
| During the assessment period | 100% |
Hurdle requirement: Students must attend 100% of classes in order to to pass the subject. | Throughout the teaching period | N/A |
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Dates & times
- March - Online
Principal coordinator Sean Scalmer Mode of delivery Online Contact hours Total 12 hours: lectures and seminars delivered intensively over two days (6 hours per day) Total time commitment 85 hours Teaching period 14 March 2022 to 25 March 2022 Last self-enrol date 16 March 2022 Census date 8 April 2022 Last date to withdraw without fail 20 May 2022 Assessment period ends 24 June 2022 March contact information
Time commitment details
85 hours
Additional delivery details
This subject will be taught intensively over two days.
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
There are no specifically prescribed or recommended texts for this subject.
- Related Handbook entries
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Type Name Course Doctor of Philosophy - Arts - Links to additional information
Last updated: 31 January 2024