EA5535 - Research Dissertation (Part Time) Part 1 of 4

Credit points:	03
Year:	2010
Student Contribution Band:	Band 4
Subject chain:	EA5535 EA5536 EA5537 EA5538
Administered by:	Sch of Earth & Environmental Sciences

Available to students only with permission of the program co-ordinator.

Available for postgraduate coursework students with appropriate academic standing in the school of Earth and Environmental Sciences. With the guidance of an academic supervisor the student will undertake a research project that is of the scope and size that can be completed in the equivalent of approximately 13 weeks full time work. Students design the collection of data and analyse, interpret and present the findings in a dissertation. Students will select their topic in consultation with the course coordinator their supervisor.

Learning Outcomes

• the ability to plan, conduct and manage research in their discipline;
• ability to formulate and solve research problems;
• to understand theoretical concepts in a range of topics which give background to the research project;
• the ability to appraise information critically.

Graduate Qualities

• The ability to define and to solve problems in at least one discipline area;
• 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 work individually and independently.

Inadmissible Subject Combinations:

EA5125, EA5225, EA5025, EA5521, EA5525, EA5526, EA5531, EA5532

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, Limited, Study Period 1
Census Date 25-Mar-2010
Face to face teaching (flexible delivery requiring some on-campus attendance)
Coordinator:	Professor Nick Oliver
Contact hours:	520 hours - Dissertation (Total for subject chain)
Assessment:	dissertation assessed by two internal examiners; integrated assessment across subject chain (%).
Townsville, Limited, Study Period 2
Census Date 26-Aug-2010
Face to face teaching (flexible delivery requiring some on-campus attendance)
Coordinator:	Professor Nick Oliver
Contact hours:	520 hours - Dissertation (Total for subject chain)
Assessment:	dissertation assessed by two internal examiners; integrated assessment across subject chain (%).

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