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Curricular information is subject to change
On successful completion of the module, students should be able to:
- Undertake critical reading and critical writing.
- Evaluate critically the academic literature on a specific topic.
- Write a literature review paper similar to the standard required for an international academic journal.
- Understand the key principles of good research design.
- Be able to identify the appropriate design approach for a social science project.
- Understand a number of key research methods, including: Qualitative interviews and other qualitative designs; Surveys; Experiments; Secondary data analysis.
- Be able to produce basic descriptive and inferential statistics.
- (Systematic) Literature review techniques
- Critical analysis of academic writing
- Introduction to Research Philosophies
- Introduction to Qualitative Research
- Introduction to Survey Design
- Introduction to Experiments
- Introduction to Secondary Data Analysis
- Introduction to Data Analysis
Student Effort Type | Hours |
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Lectures | 22 |
Autonomous Student Learning | 78 |
Total | 100 |
Not applicable to this module.
Resit In | Terminal Exam |
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Autumn | No |
• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment
Individual written feedback will be provided on each literature review.
Name | Role |
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Dr Simon Mooney | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |