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Undergraduate MUR-BAR200-2021

Developing Research Skills and Methods

Extend your scholarly skill set and learn to select the right research methodology for each task. Delve into ethical issues that arise during research. Learn about academic writing conventions. Study your process and rework areas that can be improved.

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$1,100 $1,350

Your upfront cost: $0

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Study method

100% online

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Assessments

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Prior study

Required

Study terms

  • 31 May 2021
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This research-based university in Perth has a strong interdisciplinary focus and a reputation for outstanding teaching and ground-breaking research. With more than 22,000 students and 2,000 staff from over 90 countries, and campuses in Dubai and Singapore, Murdoch embraces free thinking, shared ideas and knowledge to make a difference, and Open Universities Australia is certainly part of that.

QS RANKING 2021

28

Times Higher Education Ranking 2021

29

  • 2021

Subject details

What you'll learn

On successful completion of the subject you should be able to:

  1. demonstrate a sound grasp of the concepts of validity and sources in research
  2. apply principles of interpretation to the analysis of arguments
  3. identify an appropriate research methodology for your research
  4. apply the research conventions of your discipline
  5. articulate a cogent and coherent written argument
  6. present an argument utilising conventions of oral and visual communication
  7. apply self-reflective, critical judgment to your own work
  8. comprehend and apply accepted ethical principles in your research.
Topics covered
    • Literature Review
    • Research in the Library
    • Research Ethics
    • Quantitative Research
    • Qualitative Research
    • Historical Research Methods
    • Ethnographic Research
    • Hermeneutics: Interpretation Theory
    • Researching the Visual
    • Practice-led Research
    • Screen Production Research
Entry requirements

You must have successfully completed the following subject(s) before starting this subject:

MUR-BAR100-Academic Learning Skills, or MUR-ISU110 , or MUR-ISU103 , or MUR-ISU111 ;

Others

Students undertaking this subject as part of their Murdoch Degree requirements must have completed 18 credit points (6 OUA subjects) at Level 1 before enrolling in the subject.

Special requirements

No special requirements

Description

Building on academic skills taught in BAR100, BAR200 provides you with new skills that will assist you to progress from consuming knowledge to participating in knowledge production.  By doing so, the subject introduces you to core research methods and methodologies subsumed and employed across disciplines in the Bachelor of Arts. The various methodologies discussed are intended to broaden your awareness of approaches available to research in the Social Sciences, Humanities, and Creative Arts. Some of the methods and theoretical perspectives will offer additional tools of inquiry to your own discipline(s). Hence, BAR200 aims to strengthen your scholarly skills and employability by exposing you to research principles, methods, methodologies, and ethics beyond a single discipline. 

Please Note: All students studying at Murdoch University will need to complete the compulsory unit, Murdoch Academic Passport (MAP100), which only takes 2-3 hours to complete online. Find out more: http://goto.murdoch.edu.au/MurdochAcademicPassport.

Assessments

  • Annotated Bibliography (30%)
  • Video presentation and one page summary (15%)
  • Tutorial Discussions (15%)
  • Research Proposal (40%)
Textbooks

Check the learning management system (LMS) of your university for textbook details.

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