AIX493 - Honours Research Design
| Year: | 2025 unit information |
|---|---|
| Enrolment modes: | Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne), Waurn Ponds (Geelong), Online, Community Based Delivery (CBD)* |
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Cohort rule: | This unit is only available to students enrolled in A400, A401 |
| Prerequisite: | Nil |
| Corequisite: | Nil |
| Incompatible with: | AIX492, ASP491 |
| Study commitment | Students will on average spend 150-hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit. This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site. |
| Scheduled learning activities - campus | 12 hour on-campus intensive in week 2 (lecture components recorded) 1 x 1-day on-campus seminar (Week TBA) 2 x 2-hour on-campus seminar (Week TBA) |
| Scheduled learning activities - online | 12 hours of intensive seminars in four sessions over Weeks 1 & 3 1 x 1-day seminar (online students can attend online or on campus) (Week TBA) 2 x 2-hour seminar (Weeks TBA) |
| Note: | *Community Based Delivery (CBD): only for students of the National Indigenous Knowledges, Education, Research and Innovation NIKERI Institute (located at the Waurn Ponds campus) |
Content
This unit provides Honours students in the humanities and social sciences with training in how to design and implement a research project. Students are introduced to debates about epistemologies and the ethics of knowledge production and research, and are then equipped with the skills necessary to formulate a research proposal within an identified field, including formulating a methodology appropriate to their discipline and project. Assessments are designed to help students refine their thesis project.
Unit Fee Information
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