Overview

This unit introduces students to a range of research methods and information sources, to provide students with skills that are commonly used for research methodologies. Student will engage research in their disciplinary areas to develop research skills and practise reporting in the medium of English

Requisites

Teaching Periods
Location
Start and end dates
Last self-enrolment date
Census date
Last withdraw without fail date
Results released date
Semester 1
Location
Hawthorn
Start and end dates
26-February-2024
26-May-2024
Last self-enrolment date
10-March-2024
Census date
31-March-2024
Last withdraw without fail date
12-April-2024
Results released date
02-July-2024
Semester 2
Location
Hawthorn
Start and end dates
29-July-2024
27-October-2024
Last self-enrolment date
11-August-2024
Census date
31-August-2024
Last withdraw without fail date
13-September-2024
Results released date
03-December-2024

Learning outcomes

Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:

  • Critically analyse research methodologies identified in existing literature and their suitability in different contexts
  • Propose and distinguish appropriate research designs and methodologies to apply to a specific research activity
  • Apply appropriate techniques to the formulation and analysis of a research problem
  • Apply an understanding of the feasibility and practicality of different research methodologies in various contexts

Teaching methods

Hawthorn

Type Hours per week Number of weeks Total (number of hours)
Face to Face Contact (Phasing out)
Tutorial
3.00 12 weeks 36
Face to Face Contact (Phasing out)
Tutorial
2.00 12 weeks 24
Unspecified Learning Activities (Phasing out)
Individual Study
7.50 12 weeks 90
TOTAL150

Assessment

Type Task Weighting ULO's
AssessmentIndividual 20% 1,2,3 
Online QuizzesGroup 20% 1,2,3,4 
ProjectIndividual 30% 2,3,4 
ProjectGroup 30% 2,3,4 

Content

The topics to be studied are:

  • Background to Research
  • Ethical Issues in Research
  • Literature reviews and data base searches
  • Quantitative Methods
  • Qualitative Methods
  • Mixed Methods Approaches
  • Data Collection
  • Analyzing and Interpreting Data

Study resources

Reading materials

A list of reading materials and/or required textbooks will be available in the Unit Outline on Canvas.