Scientific Research and AI Ethics

It prepares the student — especially postgraduate students — for rigorous scientific research methodology, starting from the Fivefold Rule for identifying the research idea: the idea's five pillars, fivefold framing, and the 5×5 matrix for generating 25 research ideas, then quantitative and qualitative methods, and scientific writing and publishing — with ethical use of artificial intelligence: disclosure, combating hallucination and plagiarism. Capstone project: an integrated research proposal ready for submission as a PrePrint in the ACAPRS journal. Free tools: Zotero, LibreOffice, Jamovi and NotebookLM.

Integrated track — 24 real hours (1440 minutes): 40 videos × 15 minutes, 8 in-depth unit projects, an external experience file (180 minutes), and an integrated graduation project (300 minutes) with a short defence. No certificate is granted for watching alone; completing practical evidence at labour-market task level, obtaining at least 80%, and delivering the integrated graduation project are required.