Course Description

Course CodeCourse NameCreditsHours
AC05004 Research Methods (II) 1.0 2
Description The aims of this course are to explore the nature of design research at the three various levels of scientific philosophy, research methods, and practical execution. The contents involve the introduction of defining the design problems, selecting the quantitative or qualitative research methods and specific instruments, interpretation of research results, case studies, as well as writing a thesis. This course provides graduate students with the ability of fundamental concept and design creation or research thesis. These research methods two focus on qualitative research with the exploration of in-depth interview and participant observation. The details of content includes introduction, research process and approaches, research design, research methods, coding scheme, data collection and analysis, writing up and implication of innovation and design. The teaching methods include lectures, paper discussion and presentation based on the course assessment of assigned project, panel discuss