Official NUC CCMAS syllabus

PCE 505 — Research Method and Seminar

1 unit · PCE department course · Nigerian universities

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What you'll be able to do (official learning outcomes)

Course contents

Definition of research, characteristics of research; types of research; the research process; formulating the research problem; considerations in selecting a research problem; reviewing the literature; procedure for reviewing the literature; formulation of objectives; preparing the research design; consideration for the research design; guidelines to construct a research tool; constructing a questionnaire; piloting the questionnaire; collecting data; ethical issues concerning research participants; ethical issues relating to the researcher; processing and analyzing data; the data processing operations; data analyzing methods; generalization and interpretation of the results; reporting the findings; writing research project report format; general attributes of a research proposal; what distinguishes an engineering research proposal; components of a research proposal; costing an engineering research proposal. The course is designed for final year students who will be required to make seminar presentations. Emphasis here is on how to write an introduction, literature review, methodology, results, and discussion as well as the derivation and/or development of relevant mathematical models and procedures. APA referencing style will also be discussed.

Source: the Nigerian Universities Commission (NUC) Core Curriculum and Minimum Academic Standards (CCMAS). StudyOps loads this syllabus automatically when you study PCE 505.

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