Unit name | The Core Skills of Social Research (2): Dissertation Preparation |
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Unit code | SPOLD1003 |
Credit points | 10 |
Level of study | D/8 |
Teaching block(s) |
Academic Year (weeks 1 - 52) |
Unit director | Professor. Payne |
Open unit status | Not open |
Pre-requisites |
None |
Co-requisites |
None |
School/department | School for Policy Studies |
Faculty | Faculty of Social Sciences and Law |
This unit provides the core skills of research for dissertations and theses and through to a career in research (public private, and academic). Sessions include: introduction to the research process and research design, operationalisation of the research question, the planning and management of the research process; timetabling and multi-task management; the student-adviser contract, research ethics.
Objectives:
To introduce students to the core transferable skills of research and to prepare them for the preparation and completion of their dissertation.
Student will have a grasp of the basic skills of information searching, the mechanics of thesis production; an understanding of the generics of the research process both in independent and collaborative research; an ability to plan for the main forms of research dissemination.
Lectures and student led discussions.
A written assignment of 4,000 words as a dissertation proposal.