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Unit description

Supports students during the project development phase of the research process. Students will comprehensively review the scientific literature to identify an evidence gap and design a suitable research project. 

Unit content

Students will be working under the supervision of expert academics to complete the initial stage of their research project.

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:
1design a project that addresses a research question using theory and methods
2plan the timely progression of a research project
3synthesise scientific evidence to identify a knowledge gap in health and human sciences
4formulate a research question using a knowledge gap

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

  1. design a project that addresses a research question using theory and methods
  2. plan the timely progression of a research project
  3. synthesise scientific evidence to identify a knowledge gap in health and human sciences
  4. formulate a research question using a knowledge gap

Teaching and assessment

Notice

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Fee information

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