FTA541 : Academic exercise / College of Creative Arts

This course exposes undergraduate students to self-directed learning through which they prepare their final semester, supervised academic exercise. Students have a choice of three forms: a critical essay concerned with textual analysis; a research paper that entails field research and empirical data; or, a project-based research proposal. Students choose any topics of their interest so as to conduct a small enquiry or mini investigation that makes an original, intellectual or creative contribution to the field. The course covers the step-by-step approaches to academic research and writing from presenting arguments to conducting research. Its general aim is to expand the student’s intellectual faculties and capability for learning and problem solving. The course also provides students with the opportunity to design their own study plan.