Learning outcomes

At the conclusion of this course, students will have achieved the following learning outcomes:
• Understand the essentials of quantitative research, especially survey research
• Know how to interpret statistical results
• Understand the essentials of qualitative research in the approaches that involve participant-observation, interviewing and multimodal analysis
• Know how to organise and analyse the data
• Develop practical skills by completing assignments that require conducting small-scale studies of the research approaches that are taught
• Finalise the development of skills necessary to manage the thesis project

Contents

The course offers practical perspectives in conducting a research project and is integrated to the students’ own project for the master’s thesis. Students develop critical understandings about characteristic challenges and advantages of the various research tools and techniques, which they reflect in a selected framework of study and perspectives on validity.

(Offered in period I at the start of the second year of studies; required of all students in the Media Education and the Media Management programmes within the School of Communication, Media & Theatre))

Teaching methods

Teaching method	Contact	Online
Lectures	6 h	0 h
Independent work	129 h	0 h

Evaluation and evaluation criteria

Numeric 1-5.
Class attendance, readings, methodological essay (this is the biggest part of work for students and, will be integrated to his or her thesis after later development and required revisions).

Further information

More detailed information will be provided in spring 2016 before the course begins that autumn, and will be circulated among students in both programmes.
The course will be offered in congruence with the master’s thesis seminar.

Belongs to following study modules