BZ5512:12
Project and Dissertation
| Townsville, Cairns | HECS Band 2 |
This subject requires 13-16 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 research project representing full-time study for one semester (13-16 weeks) 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. The candidate will then undertake appropriate field or laboratory work, analyse the results and report the scientific findings in a dissertation. Results may also be presented to other students and staff in a seminar of about 20-30 minutes duration. Some candidates may be based at an off-campus research institution, in which case arrangements will be made for joint supervision involving a staff member from the School and one from the collaborating institution.
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;
- draw appropriate conclusions from research findings;
- present the completed work in the form of a dissertation.
Assessment of a scientific dissertation by two independent examiners (100%).