Course summary
Develop in-depth knowledge and skills of research methods. Prepare yourself for an academic or professional career with a focus on social science research. The Master of Research is a faculty-wide, cross-disciplinary research training course with an education strand. It provides high-quality training to potential doctoral students as well as a stand-alone qualification for social science researchers. Depending on your research interests you will be placed in a research group within the Department of Education, which will have seminar and reading group activities that you can join. You will also spend a short period of time shadowing an experienced researcher. The course aims to:
- teach you to systematically review alternative approaches, methodologies and paradigms of research in social and educational enquiry
- enable you to critically evaluate the application of these approaches in the specific areas of social and educational enquiry in which you specialise
- support you within an active research community, in identifying and investigating your own original research questions
- equip you with the skills to contribute to research projects using any of the main methodologies of the social sciences
Modules
Semester 1 Research apprenticeship project (MRes) Quantitative methods 1: introduction to quantitative methods Qualitative methods 1 Principles and skills of social research Contemporary issues in education research 1: critical users Semester 2 Research apprenticeship project (MRes) Contemporary issues in educational research 2: competent producers Either Quantitative methods 2 or Qualitative methods 2 Plus one optional unit Summer MRes dissertation
Assessment method
Learning
- Laboratory sessions
- Lectures
- Online resources
- Practical sessions
- Seminars
- Tutorials
- Workshops
- Coursework
- Practical work
Entry requirements
You should have a bachelor’s honours degree or international equivalent, typically a 2:1 or above. To apply for this course you may have an undergraduate degree in any subject. We may make an offer based on a lower grade if you can provide evidence of your suitability for the degree. If your first language is not English but within the last 2 years you completed your degree in the UK you may be exempt from our English language requirements.
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Fees and funding
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Provider information
University of Bath
Claverton Down
Bath
BA2 7AY