This lecture-workshop program is designed to introduce you to higher-level academic research and writing. It will extend the research and analysis skills developed in the first three years of your degree to support the preparation and completion of your first major piece of independent research – your Honours production and/or thesis. It will introduce you to core issues and approaches to research. This will help you consolidate and extend your understanding of your chosen discipline and of the place of your research within it. The course is organised around a structured lectures series, beginning with research, undertaking a Literature Review, developing a Research Plan and Thesis timetable. Underpinning your work is a focus an advanced writing skills and proof reading.