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The preparation and defense of Project Proposals is a mandatory element of the thesis preparation. Project Proposal must be conducted in accordance with the annual thesis preparation Guidelines announced by the Faculty Board. The Project Proposal should reflect the accomplished work on thesis writing and include the topic description, problem statement, and research questions; the relation of the thesis’s topic to existing research areas based on the literature review; description and motivation behind the proposed methodology, data, and method. The proposal should not only list what the student plans to do but also convince the readers of the feasibility of the study and the proposed study plan. Literature review in the Project Proposal should cover the main research areas related to the thesis topic and analyze no less than 15 key English-language references. As a mandatory appendix to the project proposal, the student attaches the full list of references for the literature review, indicating the exact search query used for obtaining the list when using the bibliography search engines. If this appendix is missing, the literature review band is graded “0”. In case of conducting the bachelor thesis as a scientific paper, the student has a right to provide the Project Proposal formatted in accordance with the publisher's requirements, but it should still communicate the main points required by the Guidelines.
Learning Objectives
To write the Project Proposal
To defense the Project Proposal
Expected Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course the students are expected to be able to undertake a substantial research project through which to demonstrate their research and analytical skills and how well they can apply a given theoretical understanding and methodology to a set problem.
A student is able to plan literature review structure
Ability to model problem and interpret results.
- knowledge of the principles of writing the literature review section - knowledge of and ability to use different techniques to avoid plagiarism - ability to paraphrase and summarise material - ability to refer to sources and introduce quotations correctly
Reviewing articles and bachelor’s theses on methods section
Learn how to develop theory, propositions, and issues underlying the anticipated study
Distinguish between qualitative and quantitative research methods;
Ability to write a structured and informative literature review.
- Effectively match research question with relevant research methods;
- Interpret and evaluate research results;
Course Contents
Literature review
Methods
Anticipated \ Achieved Results
Assessment Elements
Защита Project Proposal
Оценка за письменный текст Project Proposal
Interim Assessment
2022/2023 4th module
0.5 * Защита Project Proposal + 0.5 * Оценка за письменный текст Project Proposal
Bibliography
Recommended Core Bibliography
Action research methods : plain and simple, , 2012
Preparing literature reviews : qualitative and quantitative approaches, Ling Pan, M., 2017
Research methods : the basics, Walliman, N., 2018
Research methods and methodologies in education, , 2017
Rice, R. A. (2017). How to Write a Literature Review. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsbas&AN=edsbas.7550A4E6
Ted Gournelos, Joshua R. Hammonds, & Maridath A. Wilson. (2019). Doing Academic Research : A Practical Guide to Research Methods and Analysis. Routledge.
The literature review : a step-by-step guide for students, Ridley, D., 2012
Recommended Additional Bibliography
A handbook of media and communication research : qualitative and quantitative methodologies, , 2002
Advanced research methods, Mey de, L., 2013
Conducting research literature reviews : from the Internet to paper, Fink, A., 2005
Introduction to research methods in education, Punch, K. F., 2009
Pinho, C., & Mendes, L. (2017). IT in lean-based manufacturing industries: systematic literature review and research issues. International Journal of Production Research, 55(24), 7524–7540. https://doi.org/10.1080/00207543.2017.1384585
Quantitative research methods for business and economics, Balsley, H.L., 1970
Systematic approaches to a successful literature review, Booth, A., 2016
Instructors
Malyzhenkov, Pavel V.
Улитин Игорь Борисович
Course Syllabus
Abstract
Learning Objectives
Expected Learning Outcomes
Course Contents
Assessment Elements
Interim Assessment
Bibliography
Recommended Core Bibliography
Recommended Additional Bibliography