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XX50206: Interdisciplinary research design

Follow this link for further information on academic years Academic Year: 2015/6
Further information on owning departmentsOwning Department/School: Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences (units for MRes programmes)
Further information on credits Credits: 6
Further information on unit levels Level: Masters UG & PG (FHEQ level 7)
Further information on teaching periods Period: Semester 2
Further information on unit assessment Assessment Summary: CW 100%
Further information on unit assessment Assessment Detail:
  • Coursework (CW 100%)
Further information on supplementary assessment Supplementary Assessment: Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations)
Further information on requisites Requisites:
Further information on descriptions Description: Aims:
The module will fulfil the ESRC requirement for training in core research design, collection and analysis skills by addressing the on the ground characteristics and challenges of ‘doing’ interdisciplinary research. On completion of the module students will be able to critically assess concepts such as interdisciplinarity, multidisciplinarity and transdisciplinarity. They will have an acquired knowledge and practical skills of how a range of research methods can be integrated in an ethically sound manner to examine interdisciplinary problems, and will have developed an appreciation of the importance of pertinent inter-disciplinary thinking.

Skills:
Module Specific Skills
* Understand and communicate the complexities of defining and describing interdisciplinary research.
* Appreciate the inherent and necessary interdisciplinarity of studying contemporary social science issues.
* Demonstrate analytical and conceptual skills in their research design and written work.
Discipline Specific Skills
* Acquire relevant critical skills for the evaluation of evidence.
* Acquire the ability to address interdisciplinary problems from a range of social science perspectives.
* Understand the ethical aspects of interdisciplinary research.
Personal and Key Skills
* Develop good communications skills when presenting to an interdisciplinary audience.
* Time management.
* Written and oral communication
* Lateral, critical and analytical reasoning
* Planning and implementing applied research projects
Further information on programme availabilityProgramme availability:

XX50206 is a Designated Essential Unit on the following programmes:

Department for Health Department of Psychology Department of Social & Policy Sciences
  • THXX-AFM46 : MRes Global Political Economy: Transformations & Policy Analysis
  • THXX-AFM47 : MRes Global Political Economy: Transformations & Policy Analysis
  • THXX-AFM48 : MRes Security, Conflict & Justice
  • THXX-AFM49 : MRes Security, Conflict & Justice

Notes:
* This unit catalogue is applicable for the 2015/16 academic year only. Students continuing their studies into 2016/17 and beyond should not assume that this unit will be available in future years in the format displayed here for 2015/16.
* Programmes and units are subject to change at any time, in accordance with normal University procedures.
* Availability of units will be subject to constraints such as staff availability, minimum and maximum group sizes, and timetabling factors as well as a student's ability to meet any pre-requisite rules.