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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.
- Be able to use one research method to produce a small-scale research project.
- (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 | 24 |
Specified Learning Activities | 16 |
Autonomous Student Learning | 160 |
Total | 200 |
Not applicable to this module.
Description | Timing | Component Scale | % of Final Grade | ||
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Multiple Choice Questionnaire (Short): MCQ related to core aspects of the second part of the module | Unspecified | n/a | Graded | No | 25 |
Essay: You will produce a literature review of circa. 5,000 words for this module | Unspecified | n/a | Graded | No | 50 |
Assignment: Project related to applied research methods | Unspecified | n/a | Graded | No | 25 |
Resit In | Terminal Exam |
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Autumn | No |
• Feedback individually to students, on an activity or draft prior to summative assessment
• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment
Individual written feedback will be provided on each literature review and applied project. Online feedback will be provided on the MCQ.
Name | Role |
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Dr Cara Augustenborg | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
Dr Finbarr Brereton | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
Dr Luke Kelleher | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
Hamidreza Rabiei Dastjerdi | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
Lecture | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30, 32, 33 | Wed 10:00 - 11:50 |
Lecture | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30, 32, 33 | Wed 14:00 - 16:50 |