View Specification DocumentHonours Action Research Project I DUMF4044
- Academic Session: 2026-27
- School: School of Social and Environmental Sustainability
- Credits: 60
- Level: Level 4 (SCQF level 10)
- Typically Offered: Semester 1
- Available to Visiting Students: No
- Collaborative Online International Learning: No
- Curriculum For Life: No
Short Description
Part 1 of the Honours year that involves the undertaking of an extended piece of action research within a defined health and social sector organisation. This course introduces students to the general research process - undertaking a literature review; creating a research proposal and applying for ethical approval through the SoIS Ethics Committee.
Timetable
A group workshop will meet weekly.
Additionally, one-to-one supervision will normally be available every week. The regularity and length of each meeting may be adjusted as appropriate.
Requirements of Entry
Mandatory Entry Requirements
Entry to the course will be dependent on the completion of 360 credits; Honours Entry Grade Point Average of 11 or higher (i.e. weighted 50% for Levels 1&2, and 50% for Level 3 results).
Recommended Entry Requirements
As above
Excluded Courses
None
Co-requisites
Honours Action Research Project (semester 2)
Assessment
Literature Review (45%)
Research proposal (45%)
Viva (10%)
Course Aims
This course aims to:
1. Develop self-directed skills in research question formulation, literature searching, critical analysis and project planning in the context of an appropriate action-oriented health or social policy issue.
2. Develop skills in managing the negotiated nature of investigative research work in an applied health and social sector practice context.
3. Promote articulation between this ground and the variety of insights that students have gained from study in the rest of the programme.
4. Nurture self-sufficiency and intellectual curiosity in applied health and social sector research.
5. Stimulate critical reflection on the personal, ethical, organisational and political ramifications of such work.
Intended Learning Outcomes of Course
By the end of this course students will be able to:
1. Demonstrate proficiency in research question formulation, literature searching, critical analysis and project planning in the context of an appropriate action-oriented health or social policy issue.
2. Manage the negotiated nature of investigative research work in an applied health and social sector practice context.
3. Articulate the nature of the specific research ground with insights gained from study in the rest of the programme.
4. Demonstrate self-sufficiency and intellectual curiosity in applied health and social sector research.
5. Reflect critically upon the personal, ethical, organisational and political ramifications of such work.