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Aims & Objectives:

By the end of this unit of study students should be able to:

• Identify the basic principles of academic research and the fundamentals concepts of research.
• Interpret and critically evaluate previously published research in a formal literature review.
• Describe the characteristic features of common research methods and debate their relative merits.
• Identify a research question (or project problem/objective) and justify the selection of an appropriate and ethically managed research method.
• Produce a written research/project proposal/report/paper and effectively present information in an oral presentation.

Teaching Methods:

Two 2-Hour Lectures per week for 6 weeks(24 hrs) 

Assessment:

Written Report , Presentation, Test

Content:

• Defining research.
• Specifying roles of student and supervisor.
• Developing a research/project question/problem/objective.
• Presentation techniques.
• Reviewing the literature.
• Planning research/project design.
• Ethics.
• Writing a research/project proposal.
• Qualitative and quantitative research methodologies.
• Writing a research paper and technical report with corresponding writing skills.

Reading Materials:

Leedy, PD & Ormrod, JE, Practical Research: Planning and Design, 8th edn, Prentice Hall, 2005.