Synopsis
This is a guided independent research project to demonstrate the student’s skills in the use of research methods and design. The research process normally includes description of the problem and purpose of study; limitations/delimitations, literature review; research methodology, data collection, data presentation and analysis; conclusions, implications and/or recommendations – leading to a paper appropriate for professional publication and/or presentation. (Length 25 -30 pages, not including appendix and references).
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
1. Apply specialist knowledge in the area of their research.
2. Initiate research design and formulate viable research questions
3. Design, conduct and report sustained and original research
4. Analyze, evaluate and synthesize research-based and scholarly literature
5. Present research findings and argument in a suitably structured and sequenced paper of publishable quality that conforms to the protocols of academic presentation and research practice.
6. Demonstrate the ability to critique literature and conduct analyses at Masters level
- Teacher: Pak Lee