NS4002 - Nursing Science Honours Part 2 of 2

Credit points:	12
Year:	2009
Student Contribution Band:	Band 4
Subject chain:	NS4001 NS4002
Administered by:	Discipline of Nursing, Midwifery & Nutrition

Research thesis - students conduct and report the research proposed in the preceding subject. Students work with individual research supervisors.

Learning Outcomes

• students acquire the research skills necessary to design and conduct a research project;
• students have an appreciation of the ethical standards required in the conduct of human research;
• students are able to present and defend their work in writing to a wide audience.

Graduate Qualities

• The ability to think critically, to analyse and evaluate claims, evidence and arguments, and to reason and deploy evidence clearly and logically;
• The ability to select and organise information and to communicate it accurately, cogently, coherently, creatively and ethically;
• The ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences.

Inadmissible Subject Combinations:

NS4000

Availabilities
As this subject is part of a subject chain, a final standard grade (e.g. P, C) will only be recorded for each subject after successful completion of all parts of the subject chain.
Townsville, Internal, Study Period 2
Census Date 28-Aug-2009
Coordinator:	jc159085
Contact hours:	0 hours lectures
Assessment:	tutorial attendance and participation (10%); thesis (80%); literature review (10%).
Townsville, Internal, Study Period 1
Census Date 27-Mar-2009
Coordinator:	jc159085
Contact hours:	0 hours lectures
Assessment:	tutorial attendance and participation (10%); thesis (80%); literature review (10%).
Cairns, Internal, Study Period 2
Census Date 28-Aug-2009
Coordinator:	jc159085
Contact hours:	0 hours lectures
Assessment:	tutorial attendance and participation (10%); thesis (80%); literature review (10%).
Cairns, Internal, Study Period 1
Census Date 27-Mar-2009
Coordinator:	jc159085
Contact hours:	0 hours lectures
Assessment:	tutorial attendance and participation (10%); thesis (80%); literature review (10%).

Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.