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GOVT2991: Political Research Methods
This unit introduces students to the diversity of theoretical and methodological approaches used by politics and international relations scholars. The course consists of three parts: the foundations of political research; research methods; and research approaches. 'What is politics?' and 'how can we understand it?' are questions used to explore the way in which social science research is designed and conducted.
| Code | GOVT2991 |
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| Academic unit | Government and International Relations |
| Credit points | 6 |
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Prerequisites:
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12 credit points at 1000 level in GOVT and a minimum of 36 credit points |
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Corequisites:
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None |
| Prohibitions:
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GOVT2091 |
At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. Understand a wide range of approaches employed by researchers in politics and international relations.
- LO2. Develop an understanding of the differences between primary and secondary sources of evidence, and their value in conducting social research.
- LO3. Develop an understanding of qualitative and quantitative research approaches in the social sciences and their strengths and weaknesses.
- LO4. Develop skills to critically engage with published research in the social sciences, by understanding the process of how research is conducted.
Unit outlines
Unit outlines will be available 2 weeks before the first day of teaching for the relevant session.
- Semester 1, 2023 [Normal day] - Remote
- Semester 1, 2023 [Normal day] - Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
- Semester 2, 2023 [Normal day] - Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
- Semester 1, 2020 [Normal day] - Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
- Semester 2, 2020 [Normal day] - Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
- Semester 1, 2021 [Normal day] - Remote
- Semester 1, 2021 [Normal day] - Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
- Semester 2, 2021 [Normal day] - Remote
- Semester 2, 2021 [Normal day] - Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
- Semester 1, 2022 [Normal day] - Remote
- Semester 1, 2022 [Normal day] - Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
- Semester 2, 2022 [Normal day] - Remote
- Semester 2, 2022 [Normal day] - Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
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