Social Science Research Seminar

This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2008:

For the purposes of considering request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Cwth 2005), and Student Support and Engagement Policy, academic requirements for this subject are articulated in the Subject Overview, Learning Outcomes, Assessment and Generic Skills sections of this entry.

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This subject is designed to develop research skills for students planning and writing research theses in the School of Political Science, Criminology and Sociology. The subject explores contemporary research strategies, differing methodological approaches to social research, the relationship of theory and research, and practical issues concerned with designing thesis topics and their realization through the research process. The subject gives special attention to the design of problemÂdriven research. It will assist students to develop skills in thesis preparation and development as well as in the framing of research projects, more generally.The subject is taught through a combination of lectures, workshops and seminars.

This subject is not available as a breadth subject.

• be able to apply research skills and critical methods to a field of inquiry;

• be able to develop persuasive arguments on a given topic;

• be able to communicate oral and written arguments and ideas effectively and articulately.

This is a compulsory subject for students enrolled in Political Science Honours/Postgraduate diploma, Public Policy and Management Honours/Postgrad Diploma, Criminology Honours/Postgraduate Diploma and the Master of Criminology. It is available as an elective for students enrolled in Sociology Honours/Postgraduate Diploma. Students who have completed 166-410 or 191-530 are not eligible to enrol in this subject.