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Chapter 1 – Foundations
Chapter 1 – Primer
Chapter 1 – Unit 0 Agenda
Chapter 1 – Unit 1 Context and relevance
Chapter 1 – Unit 2 Sample cases
Chapter 1 – Unit 3 Terminology
Chapter 1 – Unit 4 Philosophical considerations
Chapter 1 – Unit 5 Course structure
Chapter 1 – Unit 6 Summary
Chapter 2 – Academic principles
Chapter 2 – Primer
Chapter 2 – Unit 0 Agenda
Chapter 2 – Unit 1 Context and relevance
Chapter 2 – Unit 2 Accuracy
Chapter 2 – Unit 3 Completeness
Chapter 2 – Unit 4 Clarity
Chapter 2 – Unit 5 Comparability
Chapter 2 – Unit 6 Materiality
Chapter 2 – Unit 7 Summary
Chapter 3 – Research logic
Chapter 3 – Primer
Chapter 3 – Unit 0 Agenda
Chapter 3 – Unit 1 Context and relevance
Chapter 3 – Unit 2 Reasoning
Chapter 3 – Unit 3 Syllogism
Chapter 3 – Unit 4 Falsification
Chapter 3 – Unit 5 Summary
Chapter 4 – Research process
Chapter 4 – Primer
Chapter 4 – Unit 0 Agenda
Chapter 4 – Unit 1 Context and relevance
Chapter 4 – Unit 2 Research question and research hypothesis
Chapter 4 – Unit 3 Research approaches and methods
Chapter 4 – Unit 4 Scientific styles and structural designs
Chapter 4 – Unit 5 Summary
Chapter 5 – Identification of a topic
Chapter 5 – Primer
Chapter 5 – Unit 0 Agenda
Chapter 5 – Unit 1 Context and relevance
Chapter 5 – Unit 2 Candidate
Chapter 5 – Unit 3 Abstract and problem-based aims
Chapter 5 – Unit 4 Process and techniques
Chapter 5 – Unit 5 Verbalisation
Chapter 5 – Unit 6 Summary
Chapter 6 – Sourcing of information
Chapter 6 – Primer
Chapter 6 – Unit 0 Agenda
Chapter 6 – Unit 1 Context and relevance
Chapter 6 – Unit 2 Information sources
Chapter 6 – Unit 3 Types of literature
Chapter 6 – Unit 4 Appraisal of references
Chapter 6 – Unit 5 Literature search
Chapter 6 – Unit 6 Summary
Chapter 7 – Elements
Chapter 7 – Primer
Chapter 7 – Unit 0 Agenda
Chapter 7 – Unit 1 Context and relevance
Chapter 7 – Unit 2 Structural elements and their application
Chapter 7 – Unit 3 Description of structural elements
Chapter 7 – Unit 4 Summary
Chapter 8 – Interpretation of a topic
Chapter 8 – Primer
Chapter 8 – Unit 0 Agenda
Chapter 8 – Unit 1 Context and relevance
Chapter 8 – Unit 2 Interpretation technique
Chapter 8 – Unit 3 Potential aims and application
Chapter 8 – Unit 4 Problem based interpretation
Chapter 8 – Unit 5 Summary
Chapter 9 – Structuring technique
Chapter 9 – Primer
Chapter 9 – Unit 0 Agenda
Chapter 9 – Unit 1 Context and relevance
Chapter 9 – Unit 2 Deductive reasoning and research problem
Chapter 9 – Unit 3 Research problem, outline and course of investigation
Chapter 9 – Unit 4 Conclusion, summary, critical acclaim, outlook
Chapter 9 – Unit 5 Summary
Chapter 10 – Referencing
Chapter 10 – Primer
Chapter 10 – Unit 0 Agenda
Chapter 10 – Unit 1 Context and relevance
Chapter 10 – Unit 2 Principles of referencing
Chapter 10 – Unit 3 Parenthetical referencing
Chapter 10 – Unit 4 Footnote referencing
Chapter 10 – Unit 5 Summary
Chapter 11 – Language and style
Chapter 11 – Primer
Chapter 11 – Unit 0 Agenda
Chapter 11 – Unit 1 Context and relevance
Chapter 11 – Unit 2 Principles of academic writing
Chapter 11 – Unit 3 Logic of argumentation, phrasing and syntax
Chapter 11 – Unit 4 Rules of spelling and punctuation
Chapter 11 – Unit 5 Summary
Chapter 12 – Argumentation
Chapter 12 – Primer
Chapter 12 – Unit 0 Agenda
Chapter 12 – Unit 1 Context and relevance
Chapter 12 – Unit 2 Definitions
Chapter 12 – Unit 3 Paragraph structure
Chapter 12 – Unit 4 Flow of paragraphs
Chapter 12 – Unit 5 Reasoning and referencing
Chapter 12 – Unit 6 Summary
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Academic posters
Technical lab – Preface – Agenda
Technical lab – Unit 1 – Context and relevance
Technical lab – Unit 2 – Academic Presentation
Technical lab – Unit 3 – Academic posters
Technical lab – Unit 4 – Powerpoint tutorial
Technical lab – Unit 5 – Summary
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