BU5560 - Research Methods for Business

Credit Points: 15

Course Co-ordinator: Dr Tim Stone

Pre-requisite(s): Registered for a level 5 programme in the Business School

Students will undertake sessions in:
- Information retrieval
- Critical analysis
- Planning
- Accessing and gathering quantitative and qualitative data
- Data analysis
- Ethical considerations
- Student/Supervisor expectations
(Students are expected to have participated in an Avoiding Plagiarism workshop prior to undertaking this course.)

There will be one lecture per week, with the research methods sessions being two hours. In addition to this, students will be given directed self-study.

100% coursework. Students will be expected to produce a detailed research proposal of at least 2,500 words.