Faculty of ArtADVANCED SEMINAR IN RESEARCH METHODS
RESTRICTIONS: Admission to the iSchool Ph.D. program
GOALS: The goal of this course is to equip students with the theoretical and methodological knowledge and skills necessary to successfully carry out doctoral level research.
OBJECTIVES:
This course will:
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Introduce students to the research process and research design
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Expose students to various strategies and techniques of enquiry in the social sciences and humanities
- Provide students with the capacity to critically evaluate research in the fields of LIS and Archival Studies
- Provide students with the skills necessary for the effective communication of research in oral presentations and in writing
- Prepare students to undertake research for their dissertation
CONTENT:
- Quantitative, qualitative and mixed methods approaches to scholarly inquiry
- Philosophical assumptions and ideological perspectives underpinning qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods approaches
- Strategies of inquiry associated with the various approaches
- Specific techniques of data collection, analysis and writing
- Validation and verification of findings
- Research ethics
- Evaluating research
- Writing a dissertation proposal
