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2010/2011 KAN-RDPS Research design and the philosophy of science
| English Title | |
| Research design and the philosophy of science |
Course Information | |
| Language | English |
| Point | 7,5 ECTS (225 SAT) |
| Type | Mandatory |
| Level | Full Degree Master |
| Duration | One Quarter |
| Course Period |
Autumn
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Second Quarter
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| Time Table | Please see course schedule at e-Campus |
| Study Board |
Study Board for BSc/MSc in Business Administration and Information Systems |
| Course Coordinator | |
| Jonas Hedman | |
| Main Category of the Course | |
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Taught under Open University-Taught under open university. | |
| Last updated on 29 maj 2012 | |
| Examination | |||||
| Individual paper | |||||
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| Examination | |||||
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The examination is an individual project of 15 pages. The project is written in parallel with the course – and done individually. The project must be submitted at the end of the teaching term. The title question(s) and content of the project must be prepared by the student within the framework of the syllabus or together with the teacher. Examination takes place in December/January. Make-up and re-examination take place in February. The student’s performance is graded according to the 7 point grading scale. | |||||
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| Course Content | |||||
Aim of the course The aim of this course is to review the various perspectives that inform IM/IS a research and to prepare students to write a Master’s thesis that is theoretically informed and methodologically sound. The course achieves that by exploring the ontological (nature of being) and epistemological (nature of knowledge) assumptions characterizing each perspective and by addressing the methodological implications of doing research within each of the different perspectives. | |||||
| Teaching Methods | |||||
| The course will combine lectures, student presentations, and in-class group work. The lectures will be based on of articles from the IM and IS fields. To illustrate the applicability of the different perspectives, students will read various studies focusing on issues such as: design and implementation of technology, implications of information, as well as user acceptance and evaluation. In addition, the students will read a number of methodological papers concerning the planning of research projects and research evaluation criteria. | |||||
| Literature | |||||
Oates, BJ. (2006) “Researching Information Systems and Computing” | |||||