Unit details

EURO4101 Advanced Research Skills

Credit

6 points

Offering
(see Timetable)

Availability	Location	Mode
Semester 1	UWA (Perth)	Face to face
Semester 1	Online	Online timetabled
Semester 2	Online	Online timetabled
Semester 2	UWA (Perth)	Face to face

Details for undergraduate courses

• Level 4 elective
• Honours core unit in French Studies; German Studies; Italian Studies [Bachelor of Arts (Honours)]

Content

This honours unit is compulsory for students of French Studies, German Studies and Italian Studies who are commencing their dissertation. It is also the co-requisite for TRNS5020 Translation Studies Dissertation 1 for selected students in the Master of Translation Studies. It is taught by the honours coordinator for European Languages and Studies and takes the form of a seminar.

Some of the seminar sessions examine major aspects of developing a research project (in this case, the honours or masters dissertation): formulating a research question in relation to existing knowledge; developing a formal research proposal; writing a literature review; structuring the dissertation; and advanced academic style.

Students have the opportunity early in the semester to receive feedback on their draft research proposal from their peers in a supportive environment. Later in the semester they workshop their draft literature review. Students who undertook this unit during the previous semester and are completing their dissertations this semester join the group from time to time and both give feedback to current students on their research proposal and literature review drafts and have the opportunity to have a chapter draft workshopped by the group. Current students benefit from the experience and insights of students one semester further along in the dissertation writing process.

Outcomes

Students are able to (1) identify appropriate research methods to address different research questions and apply strong conceptual skills; (2) locate resources in their field and demonstrate their skills in building bibliographies; (3) critically evaluate and synthesise existing knowledge/theories; (4) apply advanced skills in oral presentations and academic writing; and (5) demonstrate high levels of competency in independent research in preparation for possible postgraduate studies.

Assessment

Indicative assessments in this unit are as follows: (1) research proposal: oral presentation and written submission; (2) literature review; and (3) seminar participation. Further information is available in the unit outline.

For units commencing in May 2022 or later the availability of the supplementary assessment is subject to confirmation.

Student may be offered supplementary assessment in this unit if they meet the eligibility criteria.

Except where supplementary assessment is not available in a unit, it will be offered to students in all units who:

• Are in good academic standing overall;
• Have passed over half the units taken in the teaching period concerned, except where they are only enrolled in two or less units in the period;
• Have submitted all assessment items in the unit;
• Have achieved a mark between 45 and 49 for the unit overall, or the same mark in any failed component item in the unit; and
• No finding of academic misconduct has been made against them in the unit concerned.

Additionally student may apply for supplementary assessment in any unit which is the final unit required for graduation in there course and where they have achieved a mark between 45 and 49 for the unit overall, or the same mark in any failed component item in the unit.

Unit Coordinator(s)

Professor Alexandra Ludewig

Unit rules

Prerequisites:

Nil.

Co-requisites:

Nil.

Incompatibility:

EURO7481 Honours Seminar 1 (European Studies); GRMN4101 Advanced Research Skills; ITAL4101 Advanced Research Skills; FREN4101 Advanced Research Skills

Contact hours

seminars: 1 x 1.5 hours per week for 10 weeks