MI5300:12
Dissertation
| Townsville | HECS Band 2 |
Full year.
Available to Master of Biomedical Science (Coursework) or Master of Applied Science students in Microbiology and Immunology.
Candidates will carry out an extensive review of the world literature on a selected topic which may be incorporated into the dissertation. They will also undertake an independent research investigation on a mutually agreed topic. The subject encompasses data collection, dissertation writing and defence stages of the independent research investigation. The dissertation will be of a sufficient standard to satisfy the examiners, some of which may be external.
Learning Objectives:
- review the scientific literature on a particular topic;
- prepare a dissertation on the topic which critically reviews the literature;
- understand aspects of experiment planning, costing, execution and data interpretation;
- understand scientific conventions in writing and data presentation.
Assessment by examination of the dissertation by two examiners (100%).