Handbook : Unit informationEdith Cowan University

School: Arts and Humanities

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• Unit Title

  Research Project

• Unit Code

  RPS3111

• Year

  2016

• Enrolment Period

  1

• Version

  1

• Credit Points

  15

• Full Year Unit

  N

• Mode of Delivery

  On Campus
  Online

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Description

In this unit students will undertake their own research project or generate a major creative work with an exegesis. Students are expected to discuss work in progress throughout the semester and attend workshops, culminating in a completed project. This project may be linked to prior or concurrent third year units.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must pass 1 units from RPS3110

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded CCI3111

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

1. Demonstrate very high level communication and organisational skills.
2. Generate and finalise a creative or research project to a professional standard.
3. Present work-in-progress reports.
4. Work independently or in groups to effectively manage a project within a specified time frame.

Unit Content

1. Determined through negotiation with supervisor.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures and tutorials with project supervision.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

Text References

• ^ There is no set text. Students are expected to build up their own research bibliography.
• Barone, T. (2012). Arts based research. London, UK: Sage.
• Barrett, E. & Bolt, B. (Eds.) (2010). Practice as research: Approaches to creative arts enquiry. London & New York: I.B. Tauris.
• Bast, G., Carayannis, E. & Campbell, D. (Eds). (2014). Arts, research, innovation and society.  Cham, Switzerland: Springer international publishing.
• Bullock, A. & Trombley, S. (Eds.) (1999). The new Fontana dictionary of modern thought. London: Harper Collins.
• Collins, H. (2010). Creative reserach: The theory and practice of research for the creative industries. Lausanne, Switzerland: AVA Publishing SA.
• Cresswell, J. (2013). Research design: Qualitative, quantitative and mixed methods approaches. (4th edition). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage publications inc.
• Graff, G. & Birkenstein, C. (2014). "They say/I say": The moves that matter in academic writing.  (4th edition). New York, NY: WW Norton and Co.
• Harrison, C. & Wood, P.(Eds.) (2002). Art in theory 1900 to 2000: an anthology of changing ideas. Oxford: Blackwell.
• Higgs, J., Cherry, N., Macklin, R., & Ajjawi, R. (Eds.). (2010). Researching practice: A discourse on qualitative methodologies. Rotterdam, Netherlands: Sense publications.
• Knowles, J.G. & Cole, A. (2008). Handbook of the arts in qualitative research: Perspectives, methodologies, examples and issues. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications Inc.
• Nelson, R. (2013). Practice as research in the arts: Principles, protocols, pedagogies, resistances. New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan.
• Smith, H. & Dean, R.T. (Eds.). (2009). Practice-led research, research-led practice in the creative arts.  Edinburgh, UK: Edinburgh University Press.
• Sword, H. (2012). Stylish academic writing. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press.

Journal References

• There are no set journals. Students are required to access journals relevant to their research interests. Note: Relevant subject databases are available through the ECU Library Home Page.

^ Mandatory reference

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