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.

** To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement. **

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