Module Identifier DRM2210  
Module Title RESEARCH TRAINING  
Academic Year 2003/2004  
Co-ordinator Professor Martin J Barker  
Semester Semester 1  
Course delivery Other   8 contact hours  
Assessment
Assessment TypeAssessment Length/DetailsProportion
Semester Assessment preliminary dissertation proposal Essay: around 3,000 words setting out the preliminary proposal for the dissertation with justification of the topic and of the methods used, with an annotated bibliography100%
Further details For information on due dates for submission of assessed work, please refer to the departmental web pages at http://www.aber.ac.uk/tfts/duedates.shtml  

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of this module students should be able to:
? be able to understand the demands of academic research at the postgraduate level;

? be able to understand what qualifies as `good? research, understand the differences between a variety of resource materials, and how to put together and write a dissertation

Aims

to develop student awareness and skills regarding postgraduate research methods

Content

Seminar topics may include `What is a research question??, `Methods of Research and Analysis?, `Sources and Resources?, and `Putting it Together: Dissertation Writing.?

Reading Lists

Books
** Essential Reading
Deacon, David et al. (1998) Researchnig Communications London: Arnold
Jensen, Klaus Bruhm & Nicholas Jankowski (Eds) (1991) A Handbook of Qualitative Methodologies for Mass Communication Research London: Routledge
MLA Handbook for Research papers MLA Association
** Recommended Text
Berry, Ralph (2000) The Research Project: How to Write It (4th ed.) London & NY: Routledge
Ferre, John P. (1983) Merrill Guide to the Research Paper Columbus, Ohio: Merrill
Anderson, Jonathan & Millicent Poole (1998) Assigment and Thesis Writing (3rd ed.) Brisbane: John Wiley
Turabian, Kate L. (1996) A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses and Dissertations (6th ed.) Chicago: University of Chicago press

Notes

This module is at CQFW Level 7