BZ5524 - Independent Project and Thesis

Credit points:	24
Year:	2005
Student Contribution Band:	Band 2
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Available to postgraduate students enrolled in the School of Tropical Biology.

This subject constitutes a research project representing full-time study for a full year or part-time pro rata equivalent. The students candidature in the MSc program will follow the successful submission of a substantive piece of writing and presentation of a Confirmation of Candidature seminar in the first 3-6 months of the study.In consultation with the supervisor of the research project for the MSc degree, candidates 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 thesis. Towards the end of MSc studies, the candidate will present the research results to other students and staff in an Exit 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 another from the collaborating institution.

Learning Outcomes

• draw appropriate conclusions from research findings;
• evaluate and utilise scientific literature in a research project;
• formulate and execute a research plan;
• gain experience of working with an established research team, which may be based inside or outside the University;
• present the completed work in the form of a thesis.

Inadmissible Subject Combinations:

BT5054 and ZL5054

Availabilities
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Census Date 06-May-2005
Coordinator:	Professor David Blair
Lecturers:	btpag, btrjc, Professor David Blair.
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, , Study Period 0
Census Date 06-May-2005
Coordinator:	Professor David Blair
Lecturers:	btpag, btrjc, Professor David Blair.
Assessment:	.

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