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Unit of Study HEA82001 - Health and Human Sciences Thesis (Stage I of II) (2020)

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Unit description

Students will progress their independent research project and thesis on an established timeline as appropriate to their project. Students will be supervised by academic staff member(s) with expertise relevant to the topic.

Unit content

Independent scholarship guided by academic supervisor(s) in the planning and execution of a theoretically grounded research project, which may include:

  • Developing a research question
  • Designing a research project
  • Compliance with ethical approval processes and other regulatory frameworks
  • Data collection and analysis
  • Report and thesis writing

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Lismore
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Learning outcomes and graduate attributes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

GA1: Intellectual rigour, GA2: Creativity, GA3: Ethical practice, GA4: Knowledge of a discipline, GA5: Lifelong learning, GA6: Communication and social skills, GA7: Cultural competence
Learning outcome count Learning outcome description GA1 GA2 GA3 GA4 GA5 GA6 GA7
1 critically analyse a problem, resulting in the identification of a research question
2 design and plan a research project to answer a research question
3 work independently and progress a research project under supervision
4 identify and comply with any cultural issue(s), regulatory frameworks and practise professional ethics as relevant to the research question and methodology
5 communicate aspects of a research project verbally

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

  1. critically analyse a problem, resulting in the identification of a research question
    • GA1:
  2. design and plan a research project to answer a research question
    • GA1:
  3. work independently and progress a research project under supervision
    • GA5:
  4. identify and comply with any cultural issue(s), regulatory frameworks and practise professional ethics as relevant to the research question and methodology
    • GA7:
  5. communicate aspects of a research project verbally
    • GA6:

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