The “Research Proposal Writing course provides a basic overview to the principles and guidelines relevant to writing an academic research proposal. More specifically, it introduces students to how, as future researchers, write a research plan, review relevant literature, formulate a research problem, decide about what methodology to employ and showcase the significance of the research to the reader.


The “Qualitative Research Methods course provides a basic overview to qualitative research in general and qualitative research instruments in particular. More specifically, it introduces students to how, as future researchers, design a qualitative study, how to design, conduct and analyse a qualitative questionnaire, interview, focus group and observation. the course also teaches students the different ethical considerations and quality measures to ensure research integrity and validity.