AIX493 - Honours Research Design

Unit details

Year:

2024 unit information

Enrolment modes:

Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne), Online, Community Based Delivery (CBD)*

From 2025
Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne), Waurn Ponds (Geelong), Online, Community Based Delivery (CBD)*

Credit point(s):1
EFTSL value:0.125
Unit Chair:Trimester 1: Peter Ferguson
Cohort rule:This unit is only available to students enrolled in A400, A401
Prerequisite:

Nil

Corequisite:Nil
Incompatible with: AIX492, ASP491
Typical study commitment:

Students will on average spend 150-hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit.

This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site.

Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - on-campus unit enrolment:

3 full day seminars in week 2 (Online attendance possible; recordings available online), 1 full day seminar mid-trimester, 2 x 2-hour seminars (Online attendance possible) mid-trimester

Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - online unit enrolment:

3 full day seminars in week 2 (Online attendance possible; recordings available online), 1 full day seminar mid-trimester, 2 x 2-hour seminars (Online attendance possible) mid-trimester

Note:

*Community Based Delivery (CBD) is for National Indigenous Knowledges, Education, Research and Innovation NIKERI Institute students only.

Content

This unit provides Honours students in the humanities and social sciences with training in how to design and implement a research project. Students are introduced to debates about epistemologies and the ethics of knowledge production and research, and are then equipped with the skills necessary to formulate a research proposal within an identified field, including formulating a methodology appropriate to their discipline and project. Assessments are designed to help students refine their thesis project.

ULO These are the Learning Outcomes (ULO) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes
ULO1

Develop a viable honours research proposal

GLO4: Critical thinking

GLO6: Self-management

ULO2

Engage critically and constructively in debates about approaches to research and scholarship

GLO2: Communication

GLO4: Critical thinking

ULO3

Communicate research proposal verbally and respond effectively to questions and critique

GLO2: Communication

GLO6: Self-management

ULO4

Identify literature relevant to thesis project, and articulate an approach to reviewing that literature

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities

Assessment

Assessment Description Student output Grading and weighting
(% total mark for unit)
Indicative due week
Assessment 1 - Literature Review and Ethics Exercise 2000 words 40% Information not yet available
Assessment 2 - Workshops 500 words 10% Information not yet available
Assessment 3 - Presentation 500 words 10% Information not yet available
Assessment 4 - Research Proposal 2000 words 40% Information not yet available

The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.

Learning Resource

The texts and reading list for the unit can be found on the University Library via AIX493
Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.

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