Details for Research Project

Students will undertake an in-depth independent research project, in consultation with an approved supervisor.  The research project should be in the area of specialisation (either Theology, Biblical Studies or History).

Awards offering Research Project

This unit is offered as a part of the following awards:

• Master of Theology

Unit Content

Outcomes

1. Identify and develop an approved research question to be investigated in a subject area of suitable complexity, and represented by a major stream in the relevant degree;
2. Describe a suitably sophisticated method for resolving the research question;
3. Cnstruct a critical literature review for the area of their research in interaction with the described methodology, and high level, peer-reviewed scholarship;
4. Show an advanced competence in descriptive, critical and analytic skills with respect to the topic of their research;
5. Produce a piece of work of the defined length which is clearly expressed, well-structured and well-argued relative to the approved topic, and which appropriately engages the peer-reviewed literature in the area.

Subject Content

• Determined in consultation with the supervisor

This course may be offered in the following formats

• Face to face (onsite)
• Distance/E-Learning (online)

Please consult your course prospectus or enquire about how and when this course will be offered next at Alphacrucis University College.

Assessment Methods

• Literature Review
• Research Proposal
• Research Essay (20,000 words)

Prescribed Text

• Determined in consultation with the supervisor