This course is only available to Honours students enrolled in BH066 Bachelor of Media and Communication (Honours).

Research Strategies provides you with training in the principal considerations of conducting research at an Honours level.

You will develop the following essential research skills:

• Understand best practice and sound research principles.
• Develop a robust and feasible research problem.
• Identify ethical issues pertinent to your project.
• Learn to scaffold your ideas within a broader disciplinary specific context.
• Develop practical research skills including using technology and library resources e.g. database searches.
• Locate your Honours research within the context of your chosen field.

Throughout the course, you will be presented with examples of high-quality research and a range of research paradigms and techniques. This training will contribute to the development of your own research proposal and project.

If you are enrolled in this course as a component of your Bachelor Honours Program, your overall mark will contribute to the calculation of the weighted average mark (WAM).

See the WAM information web page for more information.