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Unit of Study SWRK4001 - Social Work Honours Thesis I (2022)

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Unit Snapshot

  • Unit type

    Research Honours Project

  • Credit points

    24

  • Faculty/College

    Faculty of Health

  • Enrolment information

    N/A

Unit description

Provides students with an opportunity to engage in academic research in social work through the completion, under guidance, of a thesis. This is the first of two thesis units. 

Unit content

With guidance from an academic supervisor, students will typically cover the following topics during their thesis project units:

1. Thesis planning.

2. Planning and conducting a research project.

3. Applying relevant methodologies.

4. Writing a draft thesis.

5. Completing a thesis.

6. Disseminating research.

 

Availabilities

2022 unit offering information will be available in November 2021

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:

demonstrate knowledge in a discipline related to your research

practice ethical and inclusive enquiry and communication

demonstrate autonomy in one's learning and responsibility in one's practice as a researcher

apply critical thinking and analysis skills

create research project outputs that demonstrate research and research design skills, critical thinking, initiative and judgement in developing new understanding