Research Methods
Course Level Undergraduate
Area/Catalogue
INFT 4017
Course Level
Undergraduate
Offered Externally
Yes
Note: This offering may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.
Course ID
100934
Unit Value
4.5
University-wide elective course
No
Course owner
UniSA STEM
Course aim
To develop students skills to participate in a research project.
Course content
- Introduction to research
- Literature search and review
- Research organisation (select topic, formulate research question, design research project, critical results evaluation and summary)
- Bibliometrics
- Research methodologies (qualitative and quantitative)
- Experimental design
- Data analysis
- Research ethics.
Textbook(s)
Nil
Prerequisite(s)
Admission to an honours or postgraduate program
Corequisite(s)
Nil
Teaching method
| Component | Duration | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| INTERNAL, CITY WEST | |||
| Lecture | 1 hour x 13 weeks | ||
| Workshop | 2 hours x 13 weeks | ||
| INTERNAL, MAWSON LAKES | |||
| Lecture | 1 hour x 13 weeks | ||
| Workshop | 2 hours x 13 weeks | ||
| EXTERNAL, MAWSON LAKES, ONLINE | |||
| External (On-line materials, lecure recordings, and moderated discussion board) | N/A x 13 weeks | ||
Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.
Assessment
Annotated bibliography, Literature review, Proposal
Fees
EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 2)
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Course Coordinators
UniSA STEM
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