AQ4121 - Aquaculture: Research Project and Thesis (Part 1 of 2)

Credit points:	06
Year:	2011
Student Contribution Band:	Band 2
Subject chain:	AQ4121 AQ4122
Administered by:	School of Marine & Tropical Biology

Available to level 4 Bachelor of Applied Science (Aquaculture) students who have satisfactorily fulfilled the requirements for entry into the Aquaculture Honours program. Except with the approval of the Head of School/Associate Dean, all subjects in a chain must be studied in consecutive teaching periods.

Individual research projects on aquaculture-related topics with the student supervised by one or two academic staff members.

Learning Outcomes

• ability to interact effectively with a research supervisor, other researchers and technical staff;
• ability to plan and execute a research project;
• ability to present a seminar on a research project;
• competence in scientific writing.

Graduate Qualities

• The ability to adapt knowledge to new situations;
• 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 reflect on and evaluate learning, and to learn independently in a self directed manner.

Inadmissible Subject Combinations:

AQ5011 and AQ5012

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 1
Census Date 24-Mar-2011
Coord/Lect:	Professor Paul Southgate.
Assessment:	a thesis and oral defence of this thesis (100%).

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.