The course Research Methodologies teaches the dance student how to conduct a research. It provides an introduction to the wide range of theoretical perspectives to look and analyze art in general and dance in particular. We cover different approaches, their convergences and divergences, their strengths as well as (potential) problems.

• Passed the admission test.

The course Research Methodologies learns dance students how to conduct a research. It provides an introduction to the wide range of theoretical perspectives to look and analyze art in general and dance in particular. We cover different approaches, their convergences and divergences, their strengths as well as (potential) problems.

The students learn to develop and formulate a research question, hypothesis and strategy.
The students will be able to distinguish and use different research methodologies (in the arts).
This course covers how to search for information about a subject in the arts through various types of information sources such as reference works, bibliographies, monographs, (scientific) journals, dissertations, electronic databases and audiovisual sources.
The students learn to apply the different methods and research techniques for detecting and handling primary and secondary data available in library catalogs and classification systems.
The course will also cover how to collect information through field work with the aid of techniques such as (ethnographical) observation and interviews.
The students will learn how to collect information about a certain subject, analyze this information, evaluate it and select it for its usefulness for different forms of research output.
The students will learn different ways to communicate this research (through, for example, a research paper, an essay, a webpage, etc.) and how to correctly and consistently use and reference to their sources.
Through individual and group assignments, the students are made familiar with the basic principles of research.

• Every student must have a laptop for blended learning (online and offline classes)
• See Trotter (study guide)

The evaluation for the course consists of two parts:
- 80% Project assignment
- 20% Permanent evaluation

The component 'project assignment' (80%) consists of four tasks:
- 30% Research paper
- 20% Field work
- 20% Alternative research output
- 10% Research design

Evaluation
Refer to the evaluation list for the specific evaluation components of the course unit.

Re-sit exam
Not all courses have a re-sit exam possibility. Refer to the notification above in this ECTS information sheet for the possibility of a re-sit exam for this course unit.

A re-sit exam:
• is not possible for assessment methods that use permanent evaluation (see evaluation list above). When a re-sit exam is possible for the course, the grade for the permanent evaluation of the first examination period is transferred to the second examination period.
• is possible for the evaluation components that do not include permanent evaluation.

Attendance requirement:
A minimum of 60% attendance is required. For less than 60% attendance, the student will receive 0/20 for (all) permanent evaluation assessment method(s).

Conditions for legitimate absence:
• An absence substantiated by a medical certificate uploaded in iBamaFlex!
• An absence requested in advance and approved by the head of programme or artistic coordinator.