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Unit Summary

Unit type

Hons Unit

Credit points

24

AQF level

8

Level of learning

Advanced

Former School/College

Former School of Health and Human Sciences

Pre-requisites

Be admitted to: 3507040 - Bachelor of Health and Human Sciences (Honours)

Unit aim

Focuses on the skills required to successfully undertake and complete an Honours research project. Includes online seminars and self-directed project work designed to prepare graduates as an independent contributor to the research community. 

Unit content

  • Critical thinking, writing and editing strategies
  • Scholarly writing and writing for publication
  • Research communication and translation
  • Public presentation and media skills
  • Positioning your research in the context of current evidence
  • Resume and career development

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.

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On completion of this unit, students should be able to: GA1 GA2 GA3 GA4 GA5 GA6 GA7
1 justify and discuss their project in relation to the current research evidence base
2 consolidate skills in scholarly writing and presentation of research
3 disseminate and promote their research topic and engage with peers with some independence
4 demonstrate skills required to present as an independent contributor to research community
5 demonstrate autonomy, creativity and responsibility as a learner.

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

  1. justify and discuss their project in relation to the current research evidence base
    • GA4:
  2. consolidate skills in scholarly writing and presentation of research
    • GA6:
  3. disseminate and promote their research topic and engage with peers with some independence
    • GA6:
  4. demonstrate skills required to present as an independent contributor to research community
    • GA6:
  5. demonstrate autonomy, creativity and responsibility as a learner.
    • GA2:
    • GA5:

Prescribed texts

  • No prescribed texts.
Prescribed texts may change in future teaching periods.