Research Project

Unit Code:HASP303

Credit Points	Duration	Contact Hours	Campus	Prerequisite	Corequisite
12.5 Credit Points	1 Semester	3 Hours per Week	Hawthorn	HASP309 Social Research Design: Principles and Methodsor HASP307 Qualitative Research Methods	Nil

Related Course/s:

A unit of study in the Bachelor of Social Science; Bachelor of Social Science (Psychology); Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Arts (Media and Communications).

Aims & Objectives:

Students will either learn, or improve their capacity to:

Design a piece of social research.
Identify clear research objectives.
Consider ethical problems and gain approval from the ethics committee where appropriate.
Set their research objectives in a context so that others can see the relevance of these objectives.
Identify and define their key concepts.
Operationalise these concepts in a valid and reliable manner.
Complete a literature review.
Develop a research argument (by posing a research question and answering it).
Execute a sampling and data-gathering strategy.
Execute a research plan and analyse their data.
Write a clear and succinct research report.

Teaching Methods:

Weekly seminar and independent research

Assessment:

Seminar participation (10%); Oral Presentations (30%); and Research report (3000 words) (60%)

Generic Skills Outcomes:

Students will improve their capacity: to manage their own time and work independently, to plan and deliver presentations, give feedback to their fellow students, to interact with respondents and other people who have evidence to contribute to their project, and to analyse research critically.

Content:

Students will carry out the research project which they planned in either HASP306 or HASP307. Students selected for the Sociology internship program (HAS308) will conduct the research they are doing for their employer under the auspices of this unit.