BZ4010:12
Applied Ecology and Conservation Honours Project
| Townsville, Cairns | HECS Band 2 |
Full year.
Available to level 4 Honours students in BAppSc (Applied Ecology and Conservation).
Independent supervised applied research project associated with a relevant program in the University, other research organisation, government department of industry. Comprises: development of research proposal and presentation in a seminar; literature review; research project (design, field and/or laboratory data collection, analysis, write up); presentation of project in a research seminar and in a thesis.
Learning Objectives:
- understanding of research procedures from development of relevant questions through design and completion of the research to writing up of a final report;
- development of a high level of skill in analysis of and interpretation of results and in written and verbal communication of results;
- understanding of the importance of research and its application;
- capacity to use these skills in the development and execution of new research projects in an applied context.
Assessment by proposal and seminar (5%); literature review (15%); thesis (70%); final seminar (10%).