Research Principles and Practices

This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2011:

To be undertaken concurrently with the following thesis subject if you are an honours student in Cultural Studies:

CULS40009 Cultural Studies Thesis

To be undertaken concurrently with the following theses:

For the purposes of considering request for Reasonable Adjustments under the disability Standards for Education (Cwth 2005), and Students Experiencing Academic Disadvantage Policy, academic requirements for this subject are articulated in the Subject Description, Subject Objectives, Generic Skills and Assessment Requirements of this entry.

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Students who complete this subject will:

• have an introduction to key professional skills - preparation of abstract, conference papers, research proposals, peer reviewing;
• have an introduction to key research skills - library, editing, bibliographic, citation, dissertation and training in the preparation of literary reviews;
• have disciplinary specific training in research methods - archival,visual, discourse analysis, qualitative, quantitative, performative, creative, critical;
• have been introduced to ethical research protocols and to conducting ethical research;
• have an awareness of interdisciplinary research methodologies; and
• have an introduction to a research career that is genuinely inspiring.

This subject is not available as a breadth subject.

Students who successfully complete this subject will:

• have advanced research and analytic skills;
• have the ability to communicate oral and written arguments and ideas effectively; and
• have advanced professional skills skills.