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Unit of Study IST73001 - Independent Study: Indigenous Research Project (2018)

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Unit description

Provides students with a self-directed study within a negotiated subject area. The student will be required to conduct independent research on the subject area, under supervision of the Unit Assessor.

Unit content

The research topic is to be negotiated between the lecturer and student.

Availabilities

Location Domestic International
Online Session 1,  2 N/A

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 define identified subject matter, articulate arguments that support the topic area and acknowledge or refute any opposing arguments
2 investigate concepts in relation to the identified research topic
3 define cultural competency in the context of the research topic.

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

  1. define identified subject matter, articulate arguments that support the topic area and acknowledge or refute any opposing arguments
    • GA1:
    • GA4:
  2. investigate concepts in relation to the identified research topic
    • GA3:
    • GA4:
  3. define cultural competency in the context of the research topic.
    • GA7:

Prescribed learning resources

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