ATS3222 · Developing research literacy

Overview

This unit is designed to equip you with an understanding of fundamental research skills. Students entering this program will work through 4 Modules that will equip them with research literacies that will enable them to articulate, develop, and execute independent and group research projects. This will be done through 4 Modules. Module 1 will focus on building the fundamentals of research literacy; Module 2 will transfer these fundamentals to context-specific research design; Module 3 will then elaborate on this through a process of research mapping; and Module 4 will then test this research design against questions of research feasibility.

Offerings

Assessment

The Handbook does not list a final examination among the assessment items. That is not a guarantee there is none.

Within semester assessment: 100%

Assessment details may change. Please refer to the assessment information in Moodle closer to the start of the teaching period.

Requisites

The Handbook lists no prerequisite, corequisite or prohibition for this unit.

Learning outcomes

1. understand the nature and logic of academic research;
2. develop understandings of how research relates to key questions in disciplinary areas;
3. make your research translatable to both other academic fields and non-academic fields;
4. understand research feasibility.

Workload

Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. A unit requires on average three/four hours of scheduled activities per week. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.

Student experience, not official rules. Nothing here changes what the Handbook says.