Level/category

Professional studies

Teaching language

Swedish

Type of course

Compulsory

Recommended year of study

3

Total number of ECTS

6 cr

Competency aims

The aim for the course is for the student to:

understand research processes and to be able to formulate
research
questions and to conduct research of their own

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course the student is expected to be able to:

* clearly formulate a meaningful question or questions at issue in
his/her own specific field
* search for and process information in his/her own field and
critically evaluate information.
* collect and process information from one specific phenomenon
or
organisation
* describe the context and environment for current projects by
applying field-typical
information
* outline a process description plan for his/her upcoming work
placement

Course contents

* Research - and development for cultural producers:
definitions and examples.
* The research process . From idea/hypothesis to documentation
of
a
research project.
* Methods of data collection
* Quantitative methods
* Qualitative research methods:
* secondary data and case studies.

Prerequisites and co-requisites

approved Internship

Previous course names

not relevant

Recommended or required reading

Bachelor thesis for evaluation
itslearnig

Study activities

  • Lectures - 20 hours
  • Individual- and group instruction - 20 hours
  • Practical exercises - 20 hours
  • Individual studies - 60 hours
  • Internet-based studies - 40 hours

Workload

  • Total workload of the course: 160 hours
  • Of which autonomous studies: 160 hours
  • Of which scheduled studies: 0 hours

Mode of Delivery

Multiform education

Assessment methods

  • Exams (written-, oral-, home-)
  • Essays, reports, productions and portfolio

Assessment requirements

To pass the course the student should pass the following
examinations:

1. Written examination
2. Precence 80 %.
3. internship plan

The examinations are considered equal grading the course.

Teacher

  • Bäck Maria
  • Träskman Tomas

Examiner

Bäck Maria

Group size

No limit

Assignments valid until

12 months after course has ended

The timetable of the course

8 januari publiceras hemtentamen - inlämningsdag 11 januari
15 - 25 januari närstudie samt uppgifter.

Assessment methods

  • 2013-01-11 - Exams
  • 2013-01-25 - Reports and productions

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