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Unit of Study SCI03072 - Environmental Research Project II (2014)

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Unit description

Involves identification of a suitable environmental/forestry/marine science or management issue or research topic, the planning and design of research methods, the gathering of relevant information and data, and the preparation of a professional seminar. The Postgraduate Research Project I carries a weighting equivalent to two units. This unit is designed as part of a series of thesis units for post-graduate students (other units in the series include SCI03071 Postgraduate Research Project I, SCI03073 Postgraduate Research Project III, SCI03074 Postgraduate Research Project IV).

Unit content

Environmental/forestry/marine science or management issue or research topic. Topics are defined by the Unit Assessor.

Availabilities

Location Domestic International
Online Session 1,  2 Session 1

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 identify a suitable environmental/forestry/marine science or management issue or research topic.
2 plan and design a research project with a group of students (up to 3). The research project should fall within the parameters defined by the Unit Assessor.
3 design a quantitative or qualitative methodology for data analysis (group).
4 gather relevant information/data (group).
5 prepare a professional seminar (individually).
6 prepare a research proposal that includes Animal Care and Ethics/Human research Ethics if required, a budget and appropriate timelines (individually).
7 write a report that reviews relevant literature, documents the methodology, reports results and discusses the results in context of current literature (individually).

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

  1. identify a suitable environmental/forestry/marine science or management issue or research topic.
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  2. plan and design a research project with a group of students (up to 3). The research project should fall within the parameters defined by the Unit Assessor.
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  3. design a quantitative or qualitative methodology for data analysis (group).
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  4. gather relevant information/data (group).
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  5. prepare a professional seminar (individually).
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  6. prepare a research proposal that includes Animal Care and Ethics/Human research Ethics if required, a budget and appropriate timelines (individually).
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  7. write a report that reviews relevant literature, documents the methodology, reports results and discusses the results in context of current literature (individually).
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