MB5103:03
Literature Review (Tropical Marine Ecology and Fisheries Biology)
Townsville
Prerequisites: Consult HoS
First or second semester.
Candidates for the DipResMeth, AdvCertResMeth and the MAppSc or who are provisionally enrolled in the first year of the MSc by research program will undertake a literature review. The topic should be pertinent to their minor and/or major projects and selected in consultation with their supervisor(s) and the Course Coordinator. The review should be a critical appraisal of the objectives, methodologies and results of previous research relating to the topic. Candidates aspiring to the MSc by research will also write a formal research proposal for their dissertation or thesis. The proposal will take the form of a standard application for research funding and outline the aims and significance of the research, research plan, timetable, budget and justification.
Assessment by literature review and proposal.