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Unit of Study HLTH4002 - Health and Human Sciences Thesis (Stage I of II) (2022)

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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

Availabilities

Location Domestic International
Lismore
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Online
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Learning outcomes

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:

critically analyse a problem, resulting in the identification of a research question

design and plan a research project to answer a research question

work independently and progress a research project under supervision

identify and comply with any cultural issue(s), regulatory frameworks and practise professional ethics as relevant to the research question and methodology

communicate aspects of a research project verbally

Teaching and assessment

Teaching method
Project 300 hours (Across the session)
Assessment
Presentation 40%
Satisfactory Progress Report from supervisory team SR
Research Proposal 60%

Teaching method
Project 300 hours (Across the session)
Assessment
Presentation 40%
Satisfactory Progress Report from supervisory team SR
Research Proposal 60%

Prescribed learning resources

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Prescribed Learning Resources may change in future Teaching Periods.