Unit name | Research Skills for MSc in Migration and Mobility Studies |
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Unit code | AFACM0016 |
Credit points | 20 |
Level of study | M/7 |
Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 1 (weeks 1 - 12) |
Unit director | Dr. Scheding |
Open unit status | Not open |
Pre-requisites |
none |
Co-requisites |
none |
School/department | Arts Faculty Office |
Faculty | Faculty of Arts |
This unit will focus on research skills that are particularly relevant to students on the MSc in Migration and Mobility Studies. It aims to offer guidelines to research in arts, social sciences, and law subjects in general, with the addition of methodologies relating specifically to students on the MSc in Migration and Mobility Studies. Students will gain insight into:
The unit will be taught in a mixture of classes convened by the unit director and skills training offered by ASSL and other appropriate resources available to postgraduate students in the Faculties of Arts and SSL.
By the end of the unit you will:
(1) be able to make strategic use of sources and resources, of the most up-to-date research tools and of established research methodologies;
(2) be in a position to select research topics advisedly and to present research findings in a clear and coherent form.
This module also measures general learning outcomes for the MSc in Migration and Mobility Studies as follows:
(3) Demonstrate familiarity with a range of methodologies from a variety of disciplinary backgrounds;
(4) Display a sincerity of belief in particular ideas and methodologies, yet retaining a sympathy for and tolerance towards alternatives
(5) Be able to identify subtly different shades of interpretation and display sensitivity towards the consequences of their application
(6) Demonstrate effective verbal presentation
(7) See a project through from conception to planning, blueprint realisation, and execution
11x2 hour long group seminars, plus individual tutorials as appropriate
Assessment is by coursework:
In the bibliography, students will demonstrate learning outcomes (1)-(2), (4), (5) and (7). In the presentation, students will demonstrate learning outcomes (1)-(7).
Depending on the topics chosen by individual students