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Unit of Study HEA83002 - Honours Thesis: Professional Skills Seminar (2018)

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Unit Snapshot

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Unit description

Focuses on the skills required to successfully undertake and complete an Honours research project. Includes online seminars and self-directed project work designed to prepare graduates as an independent contributor to the research community. 

Unit content

  1. Critical thinking, writing and editing strategies
  2. Scholarly writing and writing for publication
  3. Research communication and translation
  4. Public presentation and media skills
  5. Positioning your research in the context of current evidence
  6. Resume and career development

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Not currently available in 2018

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 justify and discuss their project in relation to the current research evidence base
2 consolidate skills in scholarly writing and presentation of research
3 disseminate and promote their research topic and engage with peers with some independence
4 demonstrate skills required to present as an independent contributor to research community
5 demonstrate autonomy, creativity and responsibility as a learner.

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

  1. justify and discuss their project in relation to the current research evidence base
    • GA4:
  2. consolidate skills in scholarly writing and presentation of research
    • GA6:
  3. disseminate and promote their research topic and engage with peers with some independence
    • GA6:
  4. demonstrate skills required to present as an independent contributor to research community
    • GA6:
  5. demonstrate autonomy, creativity and responsibility as a learner.
    • GA2:
    • GA5: