11080 (v.4) Nursing Honours Research Seminars 499

Area:

School of Nursing and Midwifery

Contact Hours:

2.0

Credits:

25.0

Lecture:

1 x 2 Hours Weekly

Other Requisite(s):

Admission: to Honours program

Introduction to the philosophy of science. Critical examination of the major research paradigms currently being advanced in nursing - positivist, interpretive and critical. Related principles of scientific inquiry within these paradigms. Further examination of theoretical frameworks in the context of nursing and health care practice in Australia. Contributions from contemporary studies in areas such as phenomenology, feminist thought and critical social science are examined.

Availability

Year	Location	Period	Internal	Area External	Central External
2003	Bentley Campus	Semester 1	Y
2003	Bentley Campus	Semester 2	Y

- Area External refers to external course/units run by the School or Department, offered online or through Web CT, or offered by research.
- Central External refers to external course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area.

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