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)

This course requires additional materials to be purchased by students at their own cost, information regarding the required materials can be found on your Course Outline.

Prerequisite(s)

Nil

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
INTERNAL, CITY WEST
Lecture	1.5 hours x 5 weeks
Tutorial	4 hours x 6 weeks
EXTERNAL, CITY WEST, ONLINE
Lecture	1.5 hours x 5 weeks
Tutorial	4 hours x 6 weeks

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

Assessment

Proposal, Report

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
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* Equivalent Full Time Study Load. Please note: all EFTSL values are published and calculated at ten decimal places. Values are displayed to three decimal places for ease of interpretation.