Academic Research and Practices

How do you turn a development idea into solid research? This course introduces academic research principles, methods, and writing. You learn to plan a structured research process and build a strong foundation for your Master’s thesis.

1.9.2026 - 28.2.2027

5 cr

Face-to-face

Concepts in academic research
Most common research approaches and methods
Structure of academic research
Academic research process
Research plan

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Scope

5 cr

Code

5F00HJ85

In this course, the participants familiarize themselves with the principles and methods of academic research and academic writing at Master’s level at a university of applied sciences. It provides the participants with a toolbox to transform the initial development work into a well-structured and logical final thesis. The course will introduce participants to the various research paradigms for the discipline. The module will consider the differences between ‘academic’ and ‘practitioner-based’ research and enquiry and the importance of methodology.

After completing the course, the participants will be able to:

know concepts, nature, rules and ethics of academic research
know some of the most common research approaches and methods
analyse academic texts
plan the research process effectively
build a meaningful structure for their thesis
apply concepts of academic research in their own Master’s thesis
choose and apply suitable research approach and methods

Organiser

Tampere University of Applied Sciences

Contact details

avoinamk@tuni.fi

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