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Bachelor of Educational Research (Honours)
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Bachelor of Educational Research (Honours)
The Bachelor of Educational Research (Honours) is an embedded end on Honours qualifications and enables students to select from a wide range of methodologies providing considerable flexibility in research design. Entry to this course is via the Graduate Certificate in Educational Research which provides an introduction to educational research, an overview of common educational research methods, and an in-depth focus on qualitative and quantitative research methodologies. Such study prepares students for the dissertation undertaken for the Bachelor of Educational Research (Honours).Graduates acquire the disposition to seek reason, explanation and justification; and the skills of investigation, analysis, reflection, interrogation of data, and the reporting on the outcome of these processes. This course does not include professional experience placements.
- Award Names
- Availability
- Duration
- Admission
- Credit
- Graduation
- Course Structure
- Enrolment Pattern
- Workplace Learning
The course includes the following awards:
Bachelor of Educational Research (Honours) BEdResearch(Hons)
Course Study Modes and Locations
Bachelor of Educational Research (Honours) (3508ER)
Distance Education - Bathurst
Availability is subject to change, please verify prior to enrolment.
Normal course duration
Bachelor of Educational Research (Honours)
Full-time 1.0 years (2.0 sessions)
Part-time 2.0 years (4.0 sessions)
Normal course duration is the effective period of time taken to complete a course when studied Full-time (Full-time Equivalent: FTE). Students are advised to consult the Enrolment Pattern for the actual length of study. Not all courses are offered in Full-time mode.
Admission criteria
CSU Admission Policy
Applicants will require a Graduate Certificate in Educational Research, with a credit average.
Applicants who have completed equivalent research subjects elsewhere may also be eligible for admission. If such applicants obtained the equivalent of a credit average in these equivalent subjects, they may be admitted to the course with the approval of the Course Coordinator
Credit
CSU Credit Policy
Students who have completed the Graduate Certificate in Educational Research with a credit average will be able to transfer into the Bachelor of Educational Research (Honours) with credit for EER500, EER501, and EER502. They will also be able to obtain credit for EEB415 Dissertation Proposal and Literature Review, provided they enrol in the Bachelor of Educational Research (Honours) no longer than 6 months after completing EEB415.
Credit for applicants who have undertaken equivalent subjects elsewhere will be considered on a case-by-case basis.
Graduation requirements
To graduate students must satisfactorily complete 64 points.
Course Structure
The course comprises 64 credit points, 32 points credited from the Graduate Certificate in Educational Research for the following four subjects:
EER500 Introduction to Educational Research
EER501 Qualitative Research Methods
EER502 Quantitative Research Methods
EEB415 Dissertation Proposal and Literature Review
and completion in the Bachelor of Educational Research (Honours) of the 32 point subject:
ERP404 Educational Honours Dissertation (Full Time)
or
ERP405 Educational Honours Dissertation (Part Time)
Enrolment Pattern
ERP404 Educational Honours Dissertation (Full Time) and ERP405 Educational Honours Dissertation (Part Time) can be undertaken in either Session 1, Session 2 or Session 3 to accommodate full and part time enrolment patterns.
Workplace learning
Please note that the following subjects may contain a Workplace Learning component.
EER502 Quantitative Research Methods
Contact
For further information about Charles Sturt University, or this course offering, please contact info.csu on 1800 334 733 (free call within Australia) or email inquiry@csu.edu.au
The information contained in the 2016 CSU Handbook was accurate at the date of publication: June 2016. The University reserves the right to vary the information at any time without notice.