Graduation Research EENG 4330

Course description:

This course is required for senior English majors. It is intended to provide a deeper understanding of scientific research application through revising the different scientific research’s components and inviting students to go through previous good models of scientific researches. Also, students are given the opportunity to choose a project subject and carry out a research under the supervision of a faculty member. Students can work individually or in pairs and at the end of the semester oral report presentation should be presented by students about their project before an English committee to evaluate students’ work.

Course Aims:

The course aims to:
  • Revise the different components of scientific research.
  • Provide senior English majors with previous good models of scientific researches. 
  • Revise the technique of sighting references according to the APA.
  • Invite senior English majors to deal with scientific research projects.
  • Introduce the inverted pyramid style of scientific researches’ introduction. 
  • Help students to define statements of problems and investigate suitable solutions for them.
  • Guide senior English major students throughout the different stages of their projects. 
  • Provide useful tips which help highlight strengths of a project.

Course outcomes:

By the end of this course students are expected to:
  • Remember the different components of scientific research.
  • Go through previous good models of scientific researches.
  • Sight a research’s references according to the APA style.
  • Write an effective inverted pyramid introduction about a research problem.
  • Define the statement, the questions and the hypotheses of a research correctly.
  • Design or implement a relevant instrument for a scientific research.
  • Conduct an acceptable scientific research project. 
  • Write a good report about a scientific research.
  • Present an oral report about their projects.