Certificate of Achievement
has completed the following course:
Developing Your Research Project
This online course was designed to support individuals develop their own research projects.
8 weeks, 1 hour per week
Dr Emma Thompson
Learn with US Transition Leader
University of Southampton
Dr Richard Penny
Learn with US Transition Officer
University of Southampton
Transcript
Learning outcomes
- Develop a research hypothesis
- Formulate research questions
- Summarise a research proposal
- Assess the validity of a research proposal
- Justify the choice of a specific research methodology
- Explore academic literature about a specific research subject
- Prepare a presentation to illustrate the key components of your specific research project
Syllabus
- Academic research: principles and definition
- Drafting and developing research proposals
- Gathering information from literature and from findings
- Research methods: choosing an appropriate methodology
- Academic reading and note taking
- Referencing, plagiarism, and academic integrity
- Academic writing: organising sources, structuring essays
- Academic writing: summarising a research project into an abstract
- Academic presentations: preparation and delivery
Issued on 14th February 2017
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