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B: Honours Thesis Workshop - ARTS4264
 Scientia

   
   
 
Course Outline: School of Social Sciences
 
 
Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Undergraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 6
 
 
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
 
 
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 3
 
 
Enrolment Requirements:
 
 
Prerequisite: Enrolment in an honours program in Politics, International Relations, Sociology and Anthropology, Development Studies, Criminology or European Studies
 
 
CSS Contribution Charge:Band 1 (more info)
 
   
 
Further Information: See Class Timetable
 
  

Description

A seminar course for honours students in the School of Social Sciences and International Studies preparing students for the writing of an honours thesis. Topics include using library resources for honours students including research consultation and access to databases; structuring and writing a thesis, gaining ethics approval for collecting data; constructing a conceptual framework for a thesis; researching and writing literature reviews; the role of theory in research and the use of theory in framing and conducting a research project in the social sciences; epistemological frameworks in the social sciences; the role of a supervisor in undertaking an honours thesis including responsibilities of supervisor and student; planning and managing a research project; formal requirements for the thesis structure and presentation.


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