Course overview
This course aims to provide essential training in research skills, both as a foundation for further research work and as an important skill for use in professional practice. Students follow a series of steps to plan and design a small-scale research project, considering appropriate scope, limitations, depth, and contribution. The course introduces students to various research skills, methods and methodologies. During this course students develop a research topic, from an initial idea, through a literature review to a formal research proposal. The assessable components of the course are based on milestones researchers encounter in the development of a research project.
- Collecting And Collating Relevant Literature
- Developing A Research Project
- Methodologies And Methods
Course learning outcomes
- Describe a range of research methods and their implementation in creative disciplines
- Critique and appraise existing literature and artefacts, employing systematic archival research techniques to construct a nuanced understanding of the subject and topic area
- Formulate research project(s) in a specialised creative discipline in the form of a research proposal
- Articulate an understanding of the relationships between research, creative culture and theoretical concepts
Availability
Class details
Adelaide City Campus West
Class number 57907
Section TU01
Size 60
Available 60
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