ZL5053:12
Independent Project and Dissertation
Townsville, Cairns
Prerequisites: Consult HOS
Full year.
Available to students doing the MAppSc degree primarily by coursework.
Staff: Assoc. Professor D Blair (Townsville campus), Dr J Seymour (Cairns campus).
Candidates will undertake a small research project developed in discussions with the course coordinator and their supervisor. The project and its results should be written in the form of a scientific paper and also presented as a 20 minute seminar to other students and staff. Both the oral and written reports should include a detailed and critical interpretation of the results obtained and an indication of possible future work.
Learning Objectives:
- development of a research project;
- data collection and analysis;
- reporting and interpretation of results.
Candidates will be expected to complete a dissertation of sufficient quality to satisfy the examiners.
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