Postgraduate Training in Politics and Policy: Research Methods follows on from PTPP: Research Design offered by CAP. The course is designed for students in politics, public policy and international relations (students from other social sciences may take the course with the agreement of their supervisors and course convenors). It will introduce various techniques that doctoral students might need to adopt in the course of their Phd research. The course consists of 18 2.5 hour sessions taught in a lecture-format but with extensive discussion with students. Students must take at least 12 of the 18 sessions to complete the course, which enables students to take only those sessions most applicable to their own research. However, students are encourage to come to all sessions to learn about techniques outside of their own needs.
Together with PTPP Research Design this course will comprise elements 1, 3 and 4 of the CASS Coursework Program [& Graduate Certificate in Research Methods] for politics and international relations students.
Teachers on the course will be drawn from across politics and public policy from within SPIR and the Crawford School of Economics and Government
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:
- To gain a comprehensive introduction to research methods for research students in politics, public policy and international relations
- To learn how to make critical evaluations of methodological issues and problems in empirical and theoretical research
- To gain a basic knowledge of commonly used methodological tools in political science research
- To situate their research within the broader aspects of their discipline
- To learn what fellow students to learn are researching and gain a supportive and caring research culture
Indicative Assessment
Set essay explaining the research methods student will adopt in answering his or her thesis research question (6000wds)(100%)
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Workload
There will be set reading for each session provided online plus recommended background reading
2.5 hours per session plus 5 hours background reading per session
Requisite and Incompatibility
You will need to contact the School of Politics and International Relations to request a permission code to enrol in this course.
Prescribed Texts
Gary King, Robert O. Keohane and Sidney Verba Designing Social Inquiry Princeton University Press, 1994
Henry E. Brady and David Collier eds Rethinking Social Inquiry: Diverse Tools, Shared Standards Rownan and Littlefield, 2004
Andrew Gelman and Jeronimo Cortina A Quantitative Tour of the Social Sciences Cambridge University Press, 2009
Bent Flyvbjerg Making Social Science Matter Cambridge University Press, 2001
Raymnd Geuss The Idea of Critical Theory, Cambridge University Press, 1981
James D. Morrow Game Theory for Political Scientists Princeton University Press, 1994
Assumed Knowledge
Enrolment in HDR program.
Fees
Tuition fees are for the academic year indicated at the top of the page.
If you are a domestic graduate coursework or international student you will be required to pay tuition fees. Tuition fees are indexed annually. Further information for domestic and international students about tuition and other fees can be found at Fees.
- Student Contribution Band:
- 1
- Unit value:
- 6 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 |
|---|---|
| 6.00 | 0.12500 |
Course fees
- Domestic fee paying students
| Year | Fee |
|---|---|
| 2016 | $3252 |
- International fee paying students
| Year | Fee |
|---|---|
| 2016 | $4638 |
Offerings, Dates and Class Summary Links
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Second Semester
| Class number | Class start date | Last day to enrol | Census date | Class end date | Mode Of Delivery | Class Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8243 | 18 Jul 2016 | 29 Jul 2016 | 31 Aug 2016 | 28 Oct 2016 | In Person | N/A |
