CYP7002 - Research Methods

Objectives:

On successful completion of the module, students will be able to:
Critically examine research literature and scholarship in the substantive field in order to situate a planned research approach in relation to the existing field of enquiry.
Critically evaluate the particular methodological, ethical and practical issues involved in addressing a particular research idea.
Formulate and justify a research approach for undertaking a specific piece of social research.

Content:

- Identifying and developing a focus for research
- Qualitative and quantitative methods of data collection, and mixed methods approaches in social research as appropriate
- Approaches to the analysis of data such as phenomenological and hermeneutic approaches, and descriptive statistics
- The principles of ethical inquiry in social contexts and applying for ethical clearance
- Formulating and justifying an approach for pursuing enquiry that takes account of different epistemological and methodological traditions of research

Learning and Teaching Information:

Learning will include lectures, small group discussion workshops, seminars, independent study and tutorials. Participants will be expected to draw on their own professional experiences and personal contexts in order to contribute to, and lead, group activities.

Seminars and workshops
Hours: 34
Intended Group Size: 20

Tutorials
Hours: 10
Intended Group Size: 1

Guided independent study
Hours: 156

Further details relating to assessment
All students will produce an essay which will be intended to prepare them to conduct research, work-based learning or a major study. All students will be required to consider ethical implications of research.

Students who identify as needing to obtain ethical approval, or who are planning to undertake empirical research, will require a full ethical clearance application prior to commencing any data collection involving human participants (or human tissue, animals, etc) as required under the LTU Research Ethics Policy.

Assessment:

001 Essay; 2,000 words; end of semester 1 50%
002 Presentation; 10mins; end of semester 1 50%

Fact File

Module Coordinator - Richard Baron
Level - 7
Credit Value - 20
Pre-Requisites - NONE
Semester(s) Offered - 7PGYL

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