Module POL3076 for 2018/9
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Undergraduate Module Descriptor
POL3076: Research Design for Dissertation
This module descriptor refers to the 2018/9 academic year.
Module Aims
This module aims to:
- equip you with the skills necessary to undertake and independent piece of research;
- identify, analyse and reconstruct scholarly debates in order to situate your own project and contribution in relation to a research community; and
- develop an understanding of academic conventions and protocols required to complete a Masters level dissertation under the guidance of an academic supervisor.
On successfully completing the programme you will be able to: | |
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Module-Specific Skills | 1. Design an individual research programme, incorporating appropriate social science research methods; 2. Collate and analyse subject-specific information from a range of appropriate sources; |
Discipline-Specific Skills | 3. Assimilate and critically analyse data from an appropriate range of sources; 4. Undertake an independent research project in Politics and/or International Relations; |
Personal and Key Skills | 5. Use IT for information retrieval and presentation; and 6. Work effectively in groups and to manage own work. |
Indicative Reading List
This reading list is indicative - i.e. it provides an idea of texts that may be useful to you on this module, but it is not considered to be a confirmed or compulsory reading list for this module.
Basic reading:
Burton, D. (ed) (2000) Research Training for Social Scientists SAGE.
Dunleavy, P. (2003) Authoring a PhD Palgrave MacMillan.
Harrison, L. (2001) Political Research: An Introduction Routledge.
Hay, C. (2002) Political Analysis: An Introduction Palgrave MacMillan.
King, G., Keohane, R.O. and Verba, S. (1994) Designing Social Inquiry Princeton University Press.
Burnham, P., Gilland, K., Grant, W. and Layton-Henry, Z. (2004) Research Methods in Politics Palgrave MacMillan.
Marsh, D. and Stoker, G. (eds) (2002) Theory and Methods in Political Science 2nd edition Palgrave MacMillan.
Silbergh, D.M. (2001) Doing Dissertations in Politics Routledge.
Silverman, D. (ed) (2004) Qualitative Research: Theory, Method and Practice SAGE.
Turabian, K. (1996) A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses and Dissertations Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press.
Wisker, G. (2001) The Postgraduate Research Handbook Basingstoke: Palgrave MacMillan.
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