Developing Research and Analytical Skills (COM151)

Sharpen your research and analytical skills in order to improve your performance at university. This is a hands-on 'learn by doing' subject that challenges you to think more critically and to present your work more professionally. It teaches you how to evaluate information sources, helps you move beyond Google to indexes and databases and exposes you to primary research methods commonly used in the communications field (eg. surveys, content analysis). As you polish your referencing skills you learn how to write a variety of assignments from critical analyses to formal research reports. Prerequisites: Nil Co-requisites: Nil Incompatible: 1905LHS Foundations of Research and Analysis; 1905HUM Developing Research and Analytical Skills; 1011CCJ Crininology Skills; CCJ101 Criminology Skills.

Course study information

Credit points (awarded)

10 (10)

Study level

Student contribution band

Arrangements apply

New students (Non-grandfathered students)
Band 4

Grandfathered students
Band 2A

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