308890 (v.1) Media, Society and Culture 412 - Research Methods


Area: Faculty of Media, Society and Culture
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 2.0
 
** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. **
 
Seminar: 1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Equivalent(s): 5521 (v.5) Social Science 512 or any previous version
 
Syllabus: This unit combines theoretical and practical elements working through the stages of research, the initial formulation of research questions from a general area of interest, determining the parameters of research inquiry, decisions about theoretical frameworks, contextual and empirical literature reviews, methods of data collection, forms of analysis and interpretation, and oral and written reporting of research. Research design is also encouraged. The two hour contact time per week, indicated above, is for eight weeks.
 
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Field of Education: 090300 Studies in Human Society (Narrow Grouping)
Funding Cluster: 05 - Behavioural Science, Social Studies
SOLT (Online) Definitions*: Informational
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type: Grade/Mark

Availability

Year Location Period Internal Partially Online Internal Area External Central External Fully Online
2005 Bentley Campus Semester 1 Y   Y    
2005 Bentley Campus Semester 2 Y        
Area
External
refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.
Central
External
refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area
Partially
Online
Internal
refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External
Fully
Online
refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External