ITC711 Research Issues in IT (16)
CSU Discipline Area: Computing (COMPU)
Duration: One session
Abstract:
This subject allows students to develop research skills that are necessary to identify a research problem in the computing discipline. The subject will cover areas such as critical reading skills, literature review, selecting and evaluating a variety of sources of information, academic writing, identifying a computing research problem, addressing ethical issues, writing a research proposal, and formulating a hypothesis. Furthermore, various research approaches, methods and techniques in the computing discipline will be examined. By the end of the subject students should be able to identify a research problem in a computing discipline, conduct a literature review and develop a research plan. As part of the research plan, the students will be expected to identify a publication outlet such as a journal or conference and provide the publication template. A research project will be commenced in this subject and completed in ITC712.
+ Subject Availability Modes and Locations
| Session 1 | |
|---|---|
| Distance | Wagga Wagga | Session 2 |
| Distance | Wagga Wagga |
Continuing students should consult the SAL for current offering details: ITC711
Where differences exist between the Handbook and the SAL, the SAL should be taken as containing the correct subject offering details.
Enrolment restrictions:
Available only to Doctor of Information Technology students.
Objectives:
Upon successful completion of this subject, students should:
- Demonstrate writing skills in an academic research environment;
- Identify a research problem in the computing area that is current and/or workplace related;
- Identify and analyse existing sources of information that relate to the chosen computing research problem;
- Synthesise and critically evaluate academic literature about the computing research problem; and
- Design a quantitative and/or qualitative research study for the identified research problem;
- Produce a research proposal, applying ethical concepts appropriately.
Syllabus:
The subject will cover the following topics:
- Academic writing skills for publishing in high quality journals and conferences
- Literature review in a chosen area
- Research paradigms
- Qualitative and quantitative research methods and techniques in computing
- Ethics in research
The information contained in the 2013 CSU Handbook was accurate at the date of publication: 24 April 2013. The University reserves the right to vary the information at any time without notice.