Postgraduate course 2025/2026

Advanced Literature Review Skills for Doctoral Research

Type: Compulsory course

Delivered by: Department of Educational Programmes

When: 1 year, 1 semester

Open to: students of one campus

Language: English

Course Syllabus

Abstract

This course equips doctoral students with advanced skills for effectively searching, analyzing, synthesizing, and managing scholarly literature. Students will learn state-of-the-art techniques for literature discovery, various types of literature reviews, critical appraisal, and reference management. The course culminates in students producing a literature review section for their dissertation or a review article.