Hobart, Launceston
Introduction
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| Unit name | Research Project |
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| Unit code | KAA308 |
| Credit points | 12.5 |
| Faculty/School | College of Sciences and Engineering Institute for Marine & Antarctic Studies |
| Discipline | Ecology and Biodiversity |
| Coordinator | %asset_metadata_unit.Coordinator% |
| Teaching staff | %asset_metadata_unit.Staff% |
| Available as student elective? | %asset_metadata_unit.AvailableAsElective_value^empty:No% |
| Breadth Unit? | %asset_metadata_unit.IsBreadthUnit_value% |
Availability
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Learning Outcomes
1 | Plan a STEM research project in response to a negotiated problem |
2 | Manage and effectively implement an appropriate research method for the selected project, through working safely and ethically under academic guidance |
3 | Collect and accurately record scientific data |
4 | Interpret scientific data logically and draw sound conclusions from those data |
5 | Report scientific results, placing these into the context of the current state of scientific understanding, in the form of a formal scientific publication. |
Fees
Requisites
Prerequisites
Enrolment only with the approval of the unit coordinator, and willingness of an academic staff member within CoSE to supervise the project. Students will be expected to have strong academic records and will not usually be considered without satisfactory completion of two relevant intermediate (2nd year) units
Teaching
| Teaching Pattern | No formal classes. Attendance as negotiated between student and supervisor/s. The student will spend approximately 130 hours planning, conducting, analysing and reporting on the project. In most cases, students will be working on campus and/or at some existing research site. |
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| Assessment | AT1 - Project Proposal (10%) AT2 - Journal (weekly entries) (30%) AT3 - Final Report (60%) |
| Timetable | View the lecture timetable | View the full unit timetable |
Textbooks
| Required | None |
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