Interdisciplinary Research Methods

Learning

The curriculum is delivered through a combination of taught lectures, seminars and tutorials using interactive pedagogical approaches such as discussions and presentations, critiquing existing research, analysing and interpreting data, designing research instruments, searching literature, synthesising and communicating research results. Teaching contact hours will be supplemented by a substantial element of independent learning, including further reading and research. Support for these activities is available via access to a variety of learning resources and spaces, including Durham’s state of the art library, study and computer rooms, databases, journals and a wide range of textbooks and specialised books. The final element of the programme is the Dissertation, a significant piece of independent research that brings together the theory, method and practices learnt through the core and option modules. Students will be assigned a dissertation supervisor who will provide support through a series of individual tutoring meetings, dissertation workshops and forums.