ARCH512 Research Methods in Architecture
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Course Code | Course Title | Weekly Hours* | ECTS | Weekly Class Schedule | ||||||
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ARCH512 | Research Methods in Architecture | 2 | 0 | 6 | Monday 17:00-18:50 | |||||
Prerequisite | None | It is a prerequisite to | None |
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Lecturer | Nerma Omićević | Office Hours / Room / Phone | Tuesday: 13:00-15:30 Wednesday: 9:30-12:00 |
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nomicevic@ius.edu.ba | ||||||||||
Assistant | Assistant E-mail | |||||||||
Course Objectives | This course introduces students to the research process, through critical exploration of published research, relevant to their field of interest. The course provides the understanding and use of the research terminology and integrates the elements of the research process within quantitative, qualitative, and mixed scientific methods approaches. |
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Textbook | Kate L. Turabian. 2007. A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations. Chicago Style for Student and Researchers, 7th edition. The University of Chicago Press; Steven R. Terrell. 2016. Writing A Proposal for your Dissertation. Guidelines and Examples. The Guilford Press; Margaret Cargill, Patrick O'Connor. 2009. Writing Scientific Research Articles. Strategy and Steps. Wiley Blackwell; Linda Groat, David Wang. 2013. Architectural Research Methods. Second Edition. Wiley. Various articles to be provided by the lecturer | |||||||||
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Learning Outcomes | After successful completion of the course, the student will be able to: | |||||||||
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Teaching Methods | Lecture method during the lesson development; the collaboration method and discussion during the class exercise. | |||||||||
Teaching Method Delivery | Face-to-face | Teaching Method Delivery Notes | ||||||||
WEEK | TOPIC | REFERENCE | ||||||||
Week 1 | Course Assignments and Course administration | |||||||||
Week 2 | Introduction to Research and Academic Writing | |||||||||
Week 3 | Writing a Critical Review - Structure of a Critical Review | |||||||||
Week 4 | Research Structure - Content of the Scientific Work | |||||||||
Week 5 | Submission of-Assignment 1 | In-class presentation and discussion | ||||||||
Week 6 | Developing the Research Problem Statement - Elaboration of Topic-Question-Working Hypothesis | In-class discussion and exercise - Assignment | ||||||||
Week 7 | Writing the Literature Review | |||||||||
Week 8 | Midterm Exam - Critical Review of a Scientific Article | Submission | ||||||||
Week 9 | Non-working day | |||||||||
Week 10 | Methods in Scientific Research | |||||||||
Week 11 | Writing a Scientific Research Article - Developing the Research Proposal | |||||||||
Week 12 | Submission of Literature review - Assignment 2 | Submission | ||||||||
Week 13 | Requirements for the submission of Research Proposal - Research Methodology | In-class discussion | ||||||||
Week 14 | Requirements for the submission of Research Proposal - Research Methodology | In-class discussion | ||||||||
Week 15 | Requirements for the submission of Research Proposal - Research Methodology and Research Plan | In-class discussion |
Assessment Methods and Criteria | Evaluation Tool | Quantity | Weight | Alignment with LOs |
Final Exam_Scientific Research Paper | 1 | 40 | 1;2;3;4;5;6 | |
Semester Evaluation Components | ||||
Class exercise_Individual Writing Assignments and Presentations | 2 | 40 | 1;2;3;4;5 | |
Mid Term Exam_Critical Review of Scientific Article | 1 | 20 | 1 | |
*** ECTS Credit Calculation *** |
Activity | Hours | Weeks | Student Workload Hours | Activity | Hours | Weeks | Student Workload Hours | |||
Lecture | 3 | 14 | 42 | Assignments | 3 | 3 | 9 | |||
In-class exercise | 3 | 3 | 9 | Home study | 2 | 15 | 30 | |||
Mid-term | 5 | 4 | 20 | Final exam | 5 | 8 | 40 | |||
Total Workload Hours = | 150 | |||||||||
*T= Teaching, P= Practice | ECTS Credit = | 6 | ||||||||
Course Academic Quality Assurance: Semester Student Survey | Last Update Date: 18/10/2024 |