Academic Research and Practices

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

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