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Coventry University - Academic Research Methodology for Master's Students 

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Overview

Duration

2 weeks

Total fee

7,249

Mode of learning

Online

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Credential

Certificate

Academic Research Methodology for Master's Students
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Highlights

  • Duration 2 weeks
  • Weekly study 3 hours
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Academic Research Methodology for Master's Students
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  • This course offers master's students the chance to develop a variety of key academic research skills for producing a great written project at a university master's level.
  • Alongside leading academics at Coventry University, you'll identify how to define topics worthy of research and the main issues to solve using the cyclical research process.
  • You'll discover how to apply inductive reasoning to your research process and collect data that informs your work.
  • As you come to understand the importance of the initial choices and plans made when developing a project, you'll have the opportunity to learn how to define research problems and create a research plan outlining the actions needed to reach your goals.
  • Through an exploration of research questions examples, you'll develop a research question for a real-life proposed piece of research.
  • You should also learn how to develop an informed rationale and hypothesis for a research question.
  • By the end of the course, you should have the tools and research skills you need to develop a strong research question for a proposed piece of research.
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Academic Research Methodology for Master's Students
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Curriculum

Choosing What to Research

Welcome to the course

The key concepts

Defining the problem

Summary activities

Carrying Out Your Research

Operationalising research

Choosing your approach

Over to you

Summary activities

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