Module Code - Title:
SO6001
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MA DISSERTATION PROPOSAL WORKSHOP
Year Last Offered:
2021/2
Hours Per Week:
Grading Type:
N
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Rationale and Purpose of the Module:
To provide a framework within which students begin to design their dissertation research
Syllabus:
How to choose and elaborate an appropriate and feasible research question; how to identify appropriate methodology; how to orient to theoretical frameworks; how to plan and timetable the research; how to write a proposal; issues of sampling, access and ethics
Learning Outcomes:
Cognitive (Knowledge, Understanding, Application, Analysis, Evaluation, Synthesis)
Identify a feasible and appropriate research question
Identify appropriate methodogies
Write a persuasive proposal
Identify issues of access and sampling of suitable cases
Anticipate and deal with research ethics issues
Affective (Attitudes and Values)
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Psychomotor (Physical Skills)
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How the Module will be Taught and what will be the Learning Experiences of the Students:
Three sessions; one providing instruction on research design, proposal writing, choice of cases and methods, ethics; two sessions in seminar format where each student presents their draft research proposal to faculty and peers.
NB Data input form prevents correct presentation of contact hours: planned contact is in the form of 3 hours of lectures, and 6 hours of seminars over the course of the semester. Similarly we do not expect 49 hours of independent work per week, but the data entry form is incorrectly programmed, making a calculation that may be a non-integer but refusing to submit unless it is an integer. 49 has been entered simply to make the form submit.
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Module Leader:
ross.macmillan@ul.ie