Students take taught modules to the value of 85 credits. As a
doctoral research degree the programme involves the completion of
research work - thesis (research portfolio) - of approximately 40,000
words of publishable standard. The research must be worthy of
publication, in whole or in part, as a work of serious scholarship.
The research will be completed and submitted for assessment by viva
voce at the end of Year 3.
Students take 270 credits as follows:
Year 1
Students take 90 credits as follows:
BU7001 Applied Research Design (5 credits)
BU7002 Exploiting Literature in Practitioner-Research (5 credits)
BU7003 Applied Research Project (20 credits)
EC7008 Developmental Approaches for Practitioner-Researchers
(10 credits)
Students undertake research work to the value of 50 credits that meets
the satisfaction of the Programme Board.
Module Semester Information may be found here. Module descriptions may be found here.
Year 2
Students take 90 credits as follows:
EC7003 Research Design and Methods for Practitioner Researchers
(15 credits)
EC7004 Research Analysis and Evaluation (15 credits)
Students undertake research work to the value of 60 credits that meets
the satisfaction of the Programme Board.
Module Semester Information may be found here.
Module descriptions may be found here.
Year 3
Students take 90 credits as follows:
EC7005 Research Presentation, Analysis and Evaluation for
Practitioner Researchers (15 credits)
Students undertake research work to the value of 75 credits that meets
the satisfaction of the Programme Board.
Module Semester Information may be found here.
Module
Descriptions may be found here.
Examinations
Full details of regulations governing Examinations for each programme will be
contained in the Marks and Standards 2021/2022 Book and for each module in the
Book of Modules, 2021/2022.
