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Unit of Study HEA93003 - Pitch and Propose: Writing a Research Proposal (2018)

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  • Enrolment information

    This unit builds on the work undertaken in HEA93002 Discovery and Enquiry in Health: The Critical Literature Review. Students are required to enrol into this unit within 12 months of completion of HEA93002.

Unit description

Students will produce a research proposal for future work.

Unit content

  1. Designing a research proposal
  2. Analysing and addressing ethical issues involved with research in health
  3. Refining and focusing research questions
  4. Developing workable hypotheses
  5. Project management, milestones and timelines
  6. Composing a successful Research Proposal

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Location Domestic International
SCU Online Study Period 3,  6,  6 Study Period 3,  6,  6

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 formulate a research plan for investigating the research question
2 analyse and address the ethical implications of a research proposal and compile an appropriate ethics application
3 compile, articulate and defend a research proposal to answer your research question

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

  1. formulate a research plan for investigating the research question
    • GA3:
    • GA6:
    • GA7:
  2. analyse and address the ethical implications of a research proposal and compile an appropriate ethics application
    • GA3:
    • GA7:
  3. compile, articulate and defend a research proposal to answer your research question
    • GA3:
    • GA6:
    • GA7:

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