Unit of Study COMM4006 Research Methods for Arts and Social Sciences I (2025)

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Unit type

Hons Unit
Credit points

12
Faculty & College

Faculty of Business, Law and Arts
Placement

No

Unit description

Introduces students to research paradigms and methodologies, scholarly traditions in the creative arts, humanities and social sciences, and research ethics and management.

Unit content

Surveys the history, philosophies and methodologies of research particularly as they pertain to creative arts, humanities and Social Sciences.

Develops an understanding of research approaches and perspectives in the broad context of contemporary research practices.

Students develop skills in critically evaluating research.

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Not currently available in 2025

Learning outcomes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

Develop skills of research management and organisation.

Demonstrate the place of specific approaches to research in a disciplinary context

Critically evaluate terms, concepts methodologies used by researchers within Arts and Social Sciences

Identify ethical, social and cultural implications of research in artistic/academic fields

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