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Research Methods
Postgraduate | TAS-JNB608 | 2022
Previously TAS-JNB508
Course information for 2022 intake View information for 2024 course intake
- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 14 weeks
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Research Methods
About this subject
Upon completion of this subject, the student should be able to:
- Describe basic concepts and principles of research methods
- Explain the process of research
- Apply theoretical and practical knowledge of research to the design and implementation of a research project in the maritime industries
- Assist with the development of a research proposal
- Project Management
- Defining Research Problems
- Managing the Research Process
- Sources of Data and Information
- Ethics in Research
- Designing Research
- Research Participants
- Collecting Data
- Analysing and Interpreting Data
- Communicating Research Results
- Quality Management
Research Methods is designed to serve both theoretical and practical purposes. The subject begins by introducing you to the philosophy, logic and nature of research. The subject asks you to reflect on how we come to know certain things through research, how knowledge reflects particular views of the world and how it may be studied, what we are likely to obtain at the end of a particular study, and on the credibility of the knowledge produced. On this basis, the subject is also designed to provide grounding for informed criticism on reported research activities.
The subject is far from targeting the creation of top researchers for its one-semester duration. The realistic and pragmatic target here is to provide you with an introduction to widely used methods of inquiry in the areas of social science, management and engineering that relate particularly to both organisational research and scientific inquiry. There is also the objective to build confidence in developing and refining research ideas by having a chance to develop a research proposal.
Research deals with the genuine strive for knowledge and its grounds are open to all who share the passion of knowledge. You are able to learn here how a research approach may help you in your analyses and projects, can show you a clear picture of reality, an analytical view to processes, and better usage of data recourses.
This subject is divided into twelve modules, each of which has its own readings and exercises. The subject is designed so that you are able to ‘bite off digestible chunks’ of the content in a systematic and disciplined way. If you study each module in the time specified (which is usually one week), you should be able to cover the whole subject quite effectively in the semester.
- Engagement Task: Multiple Choice Quiz (0%)
- Online Quiz (10%)
- Research Proposal - Draft 1 (25%)
- Research Proposal - Draft 2 (25%)
- Research Proposal - Final Submission (40%)
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Entry requirements
To enrol in this subject, you must be admitted into a degree.
Equivalent subjects
You should not enrol in this subject if you have successfully completed any of the following subject(s) because they are considered academically equivalent:
TAS-JNB508-Research Methods (no longer available)
Additional requirements
No additional requirements
Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
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