Research Methods & Professional Practice

The module aims to provide students with:

• Acquire the ability to study and reflect on key principles and methods in research based on the scientific methods relevant to various disciplines.
• Acquire the ability to examine various research strategies and designs as applicable to projects at hand.
• Acquire the ability to develop research competencies, in particular those relating to the collection and analysis of data types to enable a critical design and evaluation of independent research.
• Have the opportunity to take a reflective and independent approach to the learning process.

On completion of this module, I will be able to:

• Appraise the professional, legal, social, cultural and ethical issues that affect computing professionals.
• Appraise the principles of academic investigation, applying them to a research topic in the applicable computing field.
• Evaluate critically existing literature, research design and methodology for the chosen topic, including data analysis processes.
• Produce and evaluate critically a research proposal for the chosen topic.

What skills have I gained or enhanced as a result of this module and how can I use it? What else do I need to learn?

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