BZ5509:09
Minor Project and Seminar
| Townsville, Cairns | HECS Band 2 |
This subject requires 9-11 weeks of directed study on a research topic during which period regular contact will be maintained with the project supervisor. Semester 1 and 2.
Available to postgraduate students enrolled in the School of Tropical Biology.
Staff: Assoc. Professor D Blair, Assoc. Professor R Coventry (Townsville campus); Assoc. Professor P Gadek (Cairns campus).
This subject constitutes a short research project of 9-11 weeks duration full-time or part-time pro rata equivalent. In consultation with the Course Coordinator and an appropriate supervisor, the candidate will design a project and prepare a research proposal. Candidates will then undertake appropriate field or laboratory work, analyse the results, prepare a report in the form of a scientific paper and will present the results to other students and staff in a seminar of about 20-30 minutes duration.
Learning Objectives:
- gain experience of working with an established research team which may be based inside or outside the University;
- learn how to evaluate and utilise scientific literature in a research project;
- formulate and execute a research plan;
- learn how to draw appropriate conclusions from research findings;
- present the completed work in the form of a research report and a seminar.
Assessment by completion of a research report (80%); seminar (20%).