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Unit of Study SCI93004 - Research Project IV (2015)

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  • Enrolment information

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Unit description

This unit is equivalent to a minor thesis and leads to the production of a submittable academic paper extracted from SCI03073, it involves tutorials on abstract/introduction/methods/results/discussion writing, style, layout and graphical presentation of data and dealing with reviewers’ comments. Research Project IV 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 Research Project I, SCI03072 Research Project II, SCI03073 Research Project III).

Unit content

Environmental/forestry/marine science or management issue or research topic.

Availabilities

Not currently available in 2015

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 Write an abstract/introduction/methods/results/discussion culminating in an academic paper
2 Use appropriate data tables and graphics for targeted publications
3 Use appropriate style and layout for targeted publications
4 Diplomatically deal with reviewers’ comments in order to enhance publication acceptance

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

  1. Write an abstract/introduction/methods/results/discussion culminating in an academic paper
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  2. Use appropriate data tables and graphics for targeted publications
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  3. Use appropriate style and layout for targeted publications
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  4. Diplomatically deal with reviewers’ comments in order to enhance publication acceptance
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