Hobart
Introduction
This unit provides postgraduate students with the skills and knowledge to undertake independent and team research in environmental management, planning, protected area governance, spatial sciences and beyond. This unit’s interdisciplinary approach builds capacity for undertaking research in diverse workplaces. Upon completing this unit, you will gain an understanding of how to: identify a research problem, formulate research questions, appraise suitable methodologies and methods for data collection (scientific, spatial and social), identify and apply techniques for analysing data, and develop a professional research proposal that links to policy development.
Summary 2020
| Unit name | Professional Research Methods |
|---|---|
| Unit code | KGA703 |
| Credit points | 25 |
| Faculty/School | College of Sciences and Engineering School of Geography, Planning and Spatial Sciences |
| Discipline | Geography and Spatial Sciences |
| Coordinator | Emma Pharo |
| Level | Postgraduate |
| Available as student elective? | No |
| Breadth Unit? | No |
Availability
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Fees
Teaching
| Teaching Pattern | 3 x 50 minute seminars weekly |
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| Assessment | Problem formulation (research questions and conceptual framing): [10%], Approach (methods and data analysis in environmental, social and spatial sciences): [60%], Research project proposal: [30%] |
| Timetable | View the lecture timetable | View the full unit timetable |
Textbooks
| Required | None |
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