Gwybodaeth Modiwlau

This module adds to Departmental provision in the area of International Security and Research Methods. It complements existing provision in this area and provides interested students with the opportunity to gain experience of developing research projects, writing academic articles and familiarizing themselves with the peer review process.

The module begins with a discussion of potential research topics in international security. What general areas the students are interested in and why they think it might be appropriate for a research article. Their work for the first week will be to come up with a research question related to the broad areas discussed in week one. Week two will lead to a discussion of the research question, how it can be refined and whether it is specific enough. By week three students will be expected to have developed an annotated bibliography relating to specific areas of the research question. Week four will relate to a discussion of what the appropriate method would be to answer the question and develop a research plan. Students will be expected to organize their team into appropriate tasks. By week five students will have begun their specific research project and each session they will make presentations relating to the project, leading to a class discussion about the difficulties they are facing and how they can be addressed. Week 8 we will discuss the peer-review process, with a journal editor invited to give a talk about their expectations. By the end of the course there should be an academic article that will be sent to a journal chosen by the students.