“If you could learn only one thing in graduate school, it should be how to do scholarly research” (Garry King)
POGO 9096 is a graduate-level introduction to empirical research in political science. Designed for PhD students who are beginning their dissertation projects, the aim of the course is to give students the tools to pose focused research questions, develop answers with theoretical frameworks, formulate and refine concepts, construct valid and reliable measures, and finally to gather data. While other methodology courses teach students how to analyse data, POGO 9096 emphasizes the process of developing research questions and gathering high quality data for answering them.
More so, this course focuses more narrowly on the issues, problems, and strategies related to “small-n” qualitative research, for the most part setting aside the techniques of large-N statistical analysis, which are best taught in a separate course (including the positivist research design segment by Professor Horiuchi in July).
The course commences in February and concludes end of March, when the final assessment is due. Please see Other Information below for further details.
Notes:
1. This course is offered as part of the Postgraduate Training in Politics and Policy (PTPP) Program jointly organized by the Crawford School of Public Policy (CAP) and the School of Politics and International Relations (CASS). The program, however, is open to any postgraduate student in the social sciences.
2. POGO9096 is comprised of two different sections. The first is in February/March, the second is in June/July, run by Professor Yusaku Horiuchi. The second section covers positivist quantitative research, including experiments, natural experiments and synthetic design. More details regarding section two will be available in the first quarter of 2016.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:
Other Information
Indicative Assessment
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Workload
Preliminary Reading
Fees
Tuition fees are for the academic year indicated at the top of the page.
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- Student Contribution Band:
- 1
- Unit value:
- 12 units
If you are an undergraduate student and have been offered a Commonwealth supported place, your fees are set by the Australian Government for each course. At ANU 1 EFTSL is 48 units (normally 8 x 6-unit courses). You can find your student contribution amount for each course at Fees. Where there is a unit range displayed for this course, not all unit options below may be available.
| Units | EFTSL |
|---|---|
| 12.00 | 0.25000 |
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