EDED20449 Web-Based Research in Arts Administration

This course requires students to demonstrate research skills, analytical skills, and writing skills, as well as critical thinking, creative thinking, synthesis and contextualisation. The course critically examines how to determine the research question, what constitutes a literature review, web research methods, discussing research outcomes, report writing style, correct referencing and report compilation. The student is required to select a research topic relevant to the Creative Industries including film and television, design, new media, and/or performance/events and compile an original web-based research report. Above all, the research report must demonstrate critical thinking, research analysis, and draw a conclusion relevant to the research question.