Research Design PG (10388.2)
Available teaching periods | Delivery mode | Location |
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View teaching periods | Intensive Hybrid |
Bruce, Canberra Singapore |
EFTSL | Credit points | Faculty |
0.25 | 6 | Faculty Of Business, Government & Law |
Discipline | Study level | HECS Bands |
Canberra Business School | Post Graduate Level | Band 4 2021 (Commenced After 1 Jan 2021) Band 4 2021 (Commenced After 1 Jan Social Work_Exclude 0905) Band 5 2021 (Commenced Before 1 Jan 2021) |
Learning outcomes
The outcome of any unit for individual students is contingent upon what each student brings to class and the amount of energy and effort they deploy. However, a student who engages in all class activities with diligence can expect to be able to:1. Identify research design issues and employ appropriate research methods appropriate for different paradigmatic research;
2. Critically evaluate designs in existing research according to relevant quality criteria;
3. Analyse interdependences between project components to explore how changes influence the overall design of a study and recognise the need to plan for contingencies in research;
4. Defend a research design for a research programme with an appropriate contribution to knowledge within which to evaluate existing systems and address practical problems;
5. Critically analyse the implications of ethics within a chosen research programme and identify, where appropriate, relevant issues pursuant to ethical frameworks, including the Australian Code for the Responsible Conduct of Research; and
6. Produce a research portfolio demonstrating appropriate research design skills.
Graduate attributes
1. UC graduates are professional - display initiative and drive, and use their organisation skills to plan and manage their workload1. UC graduates are professional - use creativity, critical thinking, analysis and research skills to solve theoretical and real-world problems
1. UC graduates are professional - communicate effectively
2. UC graduates are global citizens - adopt an informed and balanced approach across professional and international boundaries
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - adapt to complexity, ambiguity and change by being flexible and keen to engage with new ideas
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - evaluate and adopt new technology
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - reflect on their own practice, updating and adapting their knowledge and skills for continual professional and academic development
Skills development
Subject Matter Outcomes
This course will familiarise students with the following:
- Contemporary debates in the philosophy of the social sciences
- Research design
- The ethical issues involved in social science research
- Approaches to qualitative data analysis
- Approaches to quantitative research methods
Generic skills
In addition to the subject matter outcomes identified above, this course will facilitate the acquisition and retention of a number of generic skills which are critical components of professional academic life.
- Students’ abilities to engage in analysis and inquiry will be developed and practiced particularly through assignments concerning research design which require students to identify a strategy for analysing situations which often do not avail themselves of an obvious approach.
- Problem solving abilities will be developed through the research design process which requires students move from the identification of an analytical problem to devising a strategy to collect data which will enable the student to render an adequate response.
- Communication skills will be developed through written work as well as brief oral presentations/workshop disucssion during class.
- Professionalism and social responsibility will be developed through the completion of assignments which serve as a socialization process for engaging in professional social science as well as sessions and assignments concerning the University ethics approval process.
Prerequisites
10386 Research Fundamentals PG AND 10387 Reading and Critiquing Literature PG.Corequisites
None.Incompatible units
6647 Research Methodology and Research Design PG, 6648 Quantitative Research Methods B PG AND 6649 Qualitative Research Methods B PGEquivalent units
None.Assumed knowledge
None.Year | Location | Teaching period | Teaching start date | Delivery mode | Unit convener |
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2024 | Bruce, Canberra | Semester 1 | 05 February 2024 | Intensive | Prof Raechel Johns |
2024 | Singapore | Semester 1 | 05 February 2024 | Intensive | Prof Raechel Johns |
2024 | Singapore | Semester 2 | 29 July 2024 | Intensive | Dr Jennifer Loh |
2024 | Bruce, Canberra | Semester 2 | 29 July 2024 | Intensive | Dr Jennifer Loh |
2025 | Bruce, Canberra | Semester 1 | 03 February 2025 | Hybrid | Prof Raechel Johns |
2025 | Singapore | Semester 1 | 03 February 2025 | Hybrid | Prof Raechel Johns |
2025 | Singapore | Semester 2 | 28 July 2025 | Hybrid | Dr Jennifer Loh |
2025 | Bruce, Canberra | Semester 2 | 28 July 2025 | Hybrid | Dr Jennifer Loh |
Required texts
Unit Materials
Students are not required to purchase a textbook.
The philosophy of the unit is that students are capabale, with structured guidance, of creating their own personalised learning resources through each assignment to help them better appreciate the complexity of research design. As such, students will be encouraged to use additional literature in their topic area and discipline to help them learn about the important descisions and choices they will make. This will be essential for the completion of your assessment, and ultimately your proposal and thesis as well.
Submission of assessment items
Extensions & Late submissions
Submision of all assignments is through CANVAS site.
Students must apply academic integrity in their learning and research activities at UC. This includes submitting authentic and original work for assessments and properly acknowledging any sources used.
Academic integrity involves the ethical, honest and responsible use, creation and sharing of information. It is critical to the quality of higher education. Our academic integrity values are honesty, trust, fairness, respect, responsibility and courage.
UC students have to complete the Academic Integrity Module annually to learn about academic integrity and to understand the consequences of academic integrity breaches (or academic misconduct).
UC uses various strategies and systems, including detection software, to identify potential breaches of academic integrity. Suspected breaches may be investigated, and action can be taken when misconduct is found to have occurred.
Information is provided in the Academic Integrity Policy, Academic Integrity Procedure, and University of Canberra (Student Conduct) Rules 2023. For further advice, visit Study Skills.
Participation requirements
As per UC policy, this unit is expected to require 300 hours of work. Of this, there will be a set of intensive workshops (5 classes at 4 hours each). Students will be expected to do online, reading, learning, writing, developmental, reflection and assignment preparation work in the remaining hours.
Required IT skills
N/A
Work placement, internships or practicums
None
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