Browse Hierarchy PREM6001: Advanced Reading and Research Skills

This module is designed to enable international and home postgraduate students to carry out research for reports, essays, seminars and other presentations effectively and appropriately. They will learn to apply their reading to a specific issue or question, and to evaluate and summarise secondary sources for use in writing assignments. They will also learn to employ correct quotation, paraphrasing and citation techniques, and to write a bibliography following academic conventions. Students will widen their library research skills and develop the necessary extensive and intensive reading skills as preparation for writing and seminar assignments at Master's level.