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Honours and Masters level students currently undertaking communications, creative arts, humanities and social sciences require knowledge of a range of techniques for researching and writing. This course introduces students to the skills to be able to survey a field of literature, identify a research problem, decide on research objectives and select appropriate method/s to carry out the research. It will also assist students in developing an awareness of discipline-specific requirements, such as the need to ensure epistemological consistency between their aims, methodologies, data collection and analysis of results in a manner appropriate to their discipline areas.

Students will explore the practical skills and methodological choices necessary and available to researchers in communications, creative arts, humanities and social sciences. They will also examine the processes and requirements of research project management, including articulating a research focus, finding and reviewing relevant literature, and structuring and presenting a long research project in both written and oral form. Students will also investigate different methods, methodologies and theories and discuss their values and uses for developing research in these disciplines.

On successful completion of this course students will have:

1. identify a unique research question or problem;
2. be aware of how academic theses are presented and planned;
3. critique existing research from a range of critical perspectives;
4. evaluate and defend a methodology of research appropriate to their chosen topic;
5. apply a knowledge of the appropriate use of informed consent and ethical clearance documentation;
6. present an overview of their proposed project.