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Unit Summary
Unit type
PG Coursework Unit
Credit points
12
AQF level
Level of learning
Advanced
School/College
Pre-requisites
48 credit points in any SCU unit
Unit aim
This unit facilitates the development of a literature review to identify and explore a specific research problem. Students are mentored in skills and understanding including literature searching and selection; conceptual framework development; theoretical framework development; analysis, synthesis and evaluation of literature; and academic style and structure. For most students the critical literature review will contribute directly to an ongoing research project.
Unit content
- Foundational research skills
- The nature and purpose of a critical literature review
- Researching a topic — accessing information sources, literature search strategies, managing the literature review process etc.
- Writing a literature review, including structuring an argument through a literature review.
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: | GA1 | GA2 | GA3 | GA4 | GA5 | GA6 | GA7 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | locate information relevant to a topic of your choice | Intellectual rigour | Lifelong learning | |||||
| 2 | analyse and critique information relevant to a topic of your choice | Intellectual rigour | Lifelong learning | |||||
| 3 | formulate and write a well-structured literature review | Intellectual rigour | Communication and social skills | |||||
| 4 | demonstrate sound organisational, referencing and citation skills. | Intellectual rigour | Communication and social skills | |||||
On completion of this unit, students should be able to:
- locate information relevant to a topic of your choice
- GA1: Intellectual rigour
- GA5: Lifelong learning
- analyse and critique information relevant to a topic of your choice
- GA1: Intellectual rigour
- GA5: Lifelong learning
- formulate and write a well-structured literature review
- GA1: Intellectual rigour
- GA6: Communication and social skills
- demonstrate sound organisational, referencing and citation skills.
- GA1: Intellectual rigour
- GA6: Communication and social skills
Prescribed texts
- No prescribed texts.
- No prescribed texts.