Graduate Certificate in Fieldwork Practice (12270)
The University of Western Australia
About
UWA's admission requirements for some postgraduate courses have changed for Semester 2, 2020 to facilitate student access to study during the COVID-19 situation.
In many cases, these changes may not be extended beyond 2020.
Contact Future Students for more information.Fieldwork can be demanding and poses unique research challenges as well as risks to the security and safety of the researcher and research participants.
Fieldwork also relies on the researcher's ability to clearly understand their research design and methods in order to effectively and ethically access, collect and manage data in the field.This course teaches a range of applied research methodologies and field skills and techniques to prepare students for undertaking detailed fieldwork research with vulnerable research participants and/or for extended periods overseas or in less secure and/or complex and hostile environments.Students develop theoretically grounded, practical knowledge of what is required to undertake applied research in complex and hostile places.
This course provides a rigorous framework through which students can develop an integrated research plan, ethics application and fieldwork risk management plan to support cutting edge postgraduate research that is required for postgraduate research theses.
Structure
Note: This course is not available in 2020.
| KEY TO AVAILABILITY OF UNITS: |
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| S1 = Semester 1; S2 = Semester 2; SS = summer teaching period; N/A = not available in 2020; NS = non-standard teaching period; OS = offshore teaching period; * = to be advised |
Remaining units will be selected in consultation with the course adviser as electives to complement and inform study in the area of disciplinary or cross-disciplinary depth (including additional methodological skills units). A minimum of 50 per cent of units must be studied at Level 5. At the completion of the Graduate Certificate, a student may apply to articulate into the Master of Social Research Methods (with the 24 points of Graduate Certificate credit).
Take all units from this group (12 points):
| AVAILABILITY | UNITCODE | UNITNAME | UNIT REQUIREMENTS | CONTACT HOURS |
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| N/A | SOCS5911 | Fieldwork in Complex and Hostile Places (12 points) | Prerequisites: completion of 24 points of postgraduate study or approval by the unit coordinator. Students must submit a Researcher Profile Self-assessment prior to enrolment as part of an expression of interest in undertaking SOCS5911 Fieldwork in Complex and Hostile Places. Incompatibility: SOCS5912 Fieldwork in Complex and Hostile Places Part 2 | Approximately 96 hours (seminars: 4 days at Crawley campus; practical: 3 day intensive at field site in Perth hills). |
In consultation with the course adviser, students will complete 12 points of core and then complete 12 points from relevant Level 4 and 5 elective units available in all faculties. These units will be selected in consultation with the course adviser as electives to complement and inform study in the area of disciplinary or cross-disciplinary depth.
See also the rules for the course and the Student Rules.
Entry requirements
4. To be considered for admission to this course an applicant must have—
(a) a Bachelor's degree, or an equivalent qualification, as recognised by UWA;
and
(b) the equivalent of a UWA weighted average mark of at least 50 per cent.
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