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Research Seminar I

Course code

KAI6004.HR

old course code

Course title in Estonian

Uurimisseminar I

Course title in English

Research Seminar I

ECTS credits

3.0

Assessment form

assessment

lecturer of 2024/2025 Autumn semester

Helin Puksand (language of instruction:Estonian)
Ilona-Evelyn Rannala (language of instruction:Estonian)

lecturer of 2024/2025 Spring semester

Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.

Course aims

- To support the student's readiness to write and present a research paper;
- To support the student in choosing scientific sources related to the research topic and in creating a theoretical overview;
- To support the student in setting up a research question, specifying the research design and the choice of methodological approach;
- To support the development of the student as an independent ethical researcher.

Brief description of the course

The basis and requirements of writing a research paper, incl. formatting requirements: contents of the work, language and style, layout, referencing, etc. Assessment criteria of research paper. An overview of the current research plan: research topic, problem, goal, research questions and methods. Specifying the research problem and research design. Searching for and using literature related to the research topic. Creating a theoretical overview of the research paper and presenting it.

Learning outcomes in the course

Upon completing the course the student:
- independently finds the necessary theoretical sources for the research and forms a justified approach to the research topic;
- determines and justifies the research problem, chooses an appropriate research design and plans the collection and analysis of data;
- submits the theoretical overview of the research paper which complies with the requirements for scientific research;
- analyses themselves as an independent ethical researcher.

Teacher

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Prerequisite course 1

Basic Research Methods (KAI6003.HR)

The course is a prerequisite

Research Seminar II (KAI6005.HR)

Study programmes containing that course