Gwybodaeth Modiwlau
- Professor Alison Kingston-Smith
- Dr Lucy Gough
- Dr Bethan Poyser
- Dr David Jones
- Dr Faisal Rezwan
- Dr Kathy Hampson
- Dr Kamila Stullerova
- Dr Mitch Rose
- Dr Christopher Phillips
- Dr Cathryn Charnell-White
- Dr Peter Wootton-Beard
- Professor Reyer Zwiggelaar
- Dr Lucy Taylor
- Dr Otar Akanyeti
- Dr Anoush Simon
- Mr Ahmed Mohammed
Course Delivery
Assessment
Assessment Type | Assessment length / details | Proportion |
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Semester Assessment | 3,000 word research proposal | 100% |
Supplementary Assessment | 3,000 word research proposal | 100% |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this module, students will be able to:
- Demonstrate a comprehension of the basic principles of research design and strategy
- Show an ability to formulate researchable questions
- Explain why their research questions are significant and what kinds of questions they are
- Demonstrate an appreciation of alternative approaches to research
- Demonstrate an understanding of key issues in the philosophy of social science/history and their relevance to their research fields/topics
Brief description
This module will form an integral part of a suite of RT masters courses being developed across the University. Through this module Masters and PhD students will gain a broad knowledge of a range of research skills which they can apply in a variety of research contexts.
Aims
This module aims to give research students a knowledge of the basic principles of research design and strategy. It will enable them to demonstrate their capacity to: formulate their research question, analyse them and where appropriate, formulate testable hypothesis; explain why their research questions are significant, what kinds of question theirs epistemologically are and why they are adopting their chosen modes/methods of enquiry; and assess the implications of the outcomes of their research. To this end, this module provides students with a sytematically guided opportunity to familiarise themselves with certain key issues in the philosophy of social science and of history, such as: causation and multi-causality; modes of explanation and understanding; the nature of historical knowledge; sampling, sampling error and generalizability; society/history as social/historical constructs; critical functions of social science.
Content
The sessions cover:
• Research design and strategies around designing research
• Research questions, and strategies around research questions and dissertation structures
• Causation and related issues
• Explanation, understanding/interpretation and historical knowledge
• Presentations on research
• Focused work on a research proposal
Module Skills
Skills Type | Skills details |
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Communication | Discussion and presentation of research design. |
Improving own Learning and Performance | Development of research design which directly affects their PhD. |
Personal Development and Career planning | A good research design is expected to lead to a good PhD, which will affect career. |
Problem solving | Through the development of a research design / plan. |
Research skills | Background research needs to be done. |
Subject Specific Skills | Research design / plan. |
Team work | Partly through presentations and peer feedback. |
Notes
This module is at CQFW Level 7