University of Technology Sydney

42069 Research Methods

6cp; 3hpw, block (varied depending on distribution of modules)
Requisite(s): 42670 Research Foundations

Description

This subject provides research students with an understanding of what it means to be a wholistic researcher. To be a proficient researcher, skills must include knowledge of varying ontologies, epistemologies, paradigms and methodologies. Knowing tools and techniques that are available for use outside one's immediate discipline only enhances a researcher.

The subject uses students’ understanding of the purpose of research and helps them justify the importance of their research and how using a specific methodology to conduct the research supports their argument. The subject aims to place student work in the wider context of the research ecosystem by introducing different methods of research to support the discipline-based research questions. The subject also helps to build an understanding of how research is conducted differently beyond the academy and introduces students to the writing and presentation expectations of HDR processes at UTS.


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