Design Studio Research

Course aim

To introduce students to a range of research practices and qualitative methods necessary to develop and commence a small independent research project in their design discipline.

Course content

An introduction to research strategies, techniques and methodologies; literature searching, developing an annotated bibliography, writing a literature review, typical qualitative research methods used in design research, research design and developing and writing a thesis (second half of thesis is written in ARCH 4014 LLS Honours Research 2. This course is taught with ARCH 6004 Research in Sustainable Design.

Textbook(s)

Nil

Prerequisite(s)

Nil

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Assessment

Design Research Report, Project Outline

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
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