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Unit of Study HUM00275 - Cultural Studies Research Project (2015)

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Unit description

Provides students with an opportunity to pursue in depth a topic of particular interest to them arising from theoretical or practical issues raised in earlier units of the Cultural Studies Major. Cultural study methods will be used to carry out a substantial research project. Research projects will be closely supervised and can be undertaken independently or as a group activity.

Unit content

  • Doing cultural studies research
  • An introduction to cultural studies research techniques and methods
  • Project conception
  • Relating form, style and content
  • Ways of presenting final report

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Not currently available in 2015

Learning outcomes and graduate attributes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

GA1: Intellectual rigour, GA2: Creativity, GA3: Ethical practice, GA4: Knowledge of a discipline, GA5: Lifelong learning, GA6: Communication and social skills, GA7: Cultural competence
Learning outcome count Learning outcome description GA1 GA2 GA3 GA4 GA5 GA6 GA7
1 demonstrate an understanding of cultural studies research methodology
2 engage in a cultural study related to identity and/or power relations
3 identify a research area of interest and corresponding methodologies
4 critically reflect on the research process
5 undertake a literature search focusing on the area of the research topic
6 propose, then carry through, a major research project
7 demonstrate oral and/or written skills in communicating research findings.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

  1. demonstrate an understanding of cultural studies research methodology
    • GA4:
    • GA5:
  2. engage in a cultural study related to identity and/or power relations
    • GA1:
    • GA4:
  3. identify a research area of interest and corresponding methodologies
    • GA1:
    • GA4:
  4. critically reflect on the research process
    • GA1:
    • GA4:
  5. undertake a literature search focusing on the area of the research topic
    • GA1:
    • GA4:
  6. propose, then carry through, a major research project
    • GA1:
    • GA4:
  7. demonstrate oral and/or written skills in communicating research findings.
    • GA1:
    • GA4: