Research Methodology IV.

Course name: Diploma IV. (Preparation of thesis)

Course coordinator (depending on institute): Bodorné dr. Németh Tünde (GYMRI), Dr. Bolla Veronika (GYOPSZI), Dr. Roland Keszi (FOTRI), Dr. Szekeres Ágota (ATIVIK), Dr. Zászkaliczky Péter (ÁLTGYP)

Course coordinator’s academic degree: PhD.

Course coordinator’s accreditation status (per the Hungarian Accreditation Committee, MAB): AT

 

Course objective:

The aim of the course is to support students’ successful work in order to finish their diploma study.

Learning outcomes and competences:

Knowledge:

  1. (as a consequence of their earlier studies) Students are aware of
  1. the basics of critical thinking, the nature of science, source criticism and requirements of APA VII. (and/or later APAs…);
  1. in case of shortages in respect of i. and ii. those will be developed as a result of commonly carried our efforts during the semester.

Skills:

  • Students creatively use research methods, in order to carry out their research;
  • critical thinking/analysis;
  • readiness for scientific disputes on equal footing.

Attitude:

  • Subservient attitude (humble respect) toward students’ own research and in general: toward subjects and results of scientific research.

Autonomy and responsibility:

  • In this 4th segment of the four-semester complex subject autonomy and responsibility of the students develops via
  • Critical self-reflection and by new modes of methodology in the course of their own research.

Course content:

The semester is based on student’s own inventions; however, the main contents and topics might be defined freely by the institute and instructor.

Assessment and grading system

The course concludes with a signature that is a consequence of students’ written and/or oral work.

Required reading for courses delivered in a foreign language

  1. Creswell, J. (2014). Research design: qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods approaches. Sage.
  1. Denzin, N. K., & Lincoln, Y. S. (2018). Handbook of Qualitative Research. Sage Publications.

Further required reading is part of every course syllabus.