Course level

Postgraduate Coursework

Faculty

Humanities and Social Sciences

School

Politic Sc & Internat Studies

Units

4

Duration

Two Semesters

Delivery mode

Internal

Class hours

2 Seminar hours

Incompatible

POLS6111, POLS6112, POLS6311, POLS6211, POLS6212, POLS6301, POLS6312, POLS6321

Restricted

Bachelor of Arts (Honours), Bachelor of International Studies (Honours)

Assessment methods

Research Essays

Course enquiries

Dr Richard Shapcott

Course duration

This is a year long course. It commences in Semester 1, 2017 and completes in Semester 2, 2017.

Course description

This year-long course is organised into four modules: 1) Political Science as a Discipline 2) Creativity and Theorising in Research 3) Methodological Argumentation and Evaluation 4) Methods. Students will learn how to undertake creative and interesting research, driven by good research questions, grounded in the discipline of political science, using illuminating methods appropriate to the central research question/s. Students commencing in Semester 1 enrol in POLS6315 for two consecutive semesters and Students commencing in Semester 2 enrol in POLS6316 for two consecutive semesters.

Archived offerings

Course offerings Location Mode Course Profile
Semester 1, 2020 (24/02/2020 - 11/07/2020) St Lucia Internal Course Profile
Semester 1, 2019 (25/02/2019 - 22/06/2019) St Lucia Internal Course Profile
Semester 1, 2018 (19/02/2018 - 23/06/2018) St Lucia Internal Course Profile
Semester 1, 2017 (27/02/2017 - 24/06/2017) St Lucia Internal Course Profile