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Research Principles & Practices Honours (ARTS40001)
HonoursPoints: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)
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Semester 1 (Early-Start)
Semester 2 (Early-Start)
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This subject introduces students to research skills for students planning, researching and writing a thesis in the School of Culture and Communication. Research Principles and Practices Honours explores traditional and contemporary research practices and the differing methodological approaches guiding research practices in the School of Culture and Communication. It explores key research principles and practices including: defining an academic field, establishing a research question, identifying key words and key texts, developing a literature review, preparing and presenting a research proposal.
Research Principles and Practices Honours provides students with specific research methodologies and academic practices that will facilitate their research projects. It will also provide information about copyright, ethics and the conduct of ethical research.
Intended learning outcomes
Students who successfully complete this subject should be able to:
- Conduct research in accordance with key professional and ethical principles of academic research, including rigour, self-reflection, integrity, and independence.
- Identify, and develop solutions to, barriers to the successful completion of a research project.
- Apply key professional skills (including drafting, editing, peer reviewing) to the iterative production of persuasive academic writing in a range of genres, including a research proposal.
- Justify the methodologies used in their research project.
- Explain how their research relates to relevant existing scholarship.
Generic skills
Students who successfully complete this subject should:
- Have advanced research and analytic skills
- Have the ability to communicate oral and written arguments and ideas effectively.
Last updated: 8 November 2024