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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%).