Research Paper

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This course will enable you to research a topic in an area relevant to your study. It aims to advance your skills in research and writing, and give you specialist, in-depth knowledge of a research topic that you have a special interest in.

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    Level
    7
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    Credits
    20
  •  
    Cost
    $793 NZ Domestic
    $2,464 NZ International
  •  
    EFTS
    0.1667
  • Delivery type
    Online only
  • Teaching weeks 16 weeks
  • Workload Approximately 13 hours per week
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    Prerequisites
    • 60 Credits or more at Level 6 and Above.

    If you need to discuss prerequisites for this course
    contact us

This course will introduce you to the experience of working with an academic supervisor. You will also develop skills in assimilating academic peer review of your work.  You will develop your research proposal, undetake literature review and apply an appropriate methodology to analyse and evaluatecommunicate your research findings in an essay, report, or other format agreed upon by the supervisor in conjunction with the course leader. You will also critically evaluate your research experience of the research process as part of your learning.

Admission requirements

For your enrolment to be approved:

  • you must have successfully completed at least 60 credits at Level 6.
  • you also need to get your research topic approved by the Programme Leader before the course begins

Research topic approval

To get your research topic approved you need to contact the course leader to discuss your proposed research topic at least one month before the course officially begins. Once your research topic is approved by plans with the Programme Leader, . When it is approved they will appoint an academic supervisor will be appointed for you. This will be a lecturer or an academic staff member from your major subject area. 

 

If you have any questions, please get in touch with the course leader.

What you will learn

When you successfully complete this  course you will be able to:

  • identify key issues within the area of the major subject, and formulate research questions capable of addressing those issues
  • select and justify appropriate and ethically sound methodologies for undertaking research
  • analyse and evaluate relevant literature and data
  • demonstrate personal reflection on and evaluation of the learning process.

You will also present research findings in an appropriate format that demonstrates:

  • critical thinking
  • logical development of argument
  • independent judgement
  • clear conclusions
  • mastery of referencing and bibliographic conventions appropriate to their research material.

The course encompasses:

  • identifying an area of interest for investigation
  • ethical, methodological and theoretical issues relating to research
  • formulating a research question and hypothesis
  • research planning and writing to a timeline
  • searching the literature for relevant materials
  • gathering, analysing and evaluating data
  • using appropriate methodologies
  • presenting findings, analysis and conclusions
  • reflecting on the research experience.

The course materials will give you instruction in research skills and methods to help guide you through the research process.  

Assessment

This course is 100% internally assessed.

Textbooks

No textbooks are needed for this course.

Computer and internet requirements

To complete this course you will need access to a laptop or desktop computer, reliable broadband internet connection and a data plan able to support online learning such as streaming of videos (including YouTube), downloading content, and writing and submitting online assessments. If you are unsure if your current computer or internet access allows you to complete your online learning with us, please contact us before applying to enrol.

How to enrol

Before enrolling in this course you need to:

  • choose the qualification you will study the course under
  • check the order that courses in the qualification should be studied in the Qualification Structure table. This is in the Choose courses and apply tab on the qualification page.

Work towards

You can do this course as part of these qualifications:

Certificate of Proficiency
Bachelor's Degree
Graduate Diploma

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  •  
    Level
    7
  •  
    Credits
    20
  •  
    Cost
    $793 NZ Domestic
    $2,464 NZ International
  •  
    EFTS
    0.1667
  • Delivery type
    Online only
  • Teaching weeks 16 weeks
  • Workload Approximately 13 hours per week
  •  
    Prerequisites
    • 60 Credits or more at Level 6 and Above.

    If you need to discuss prerequisites for this course
    contact us