SL5010 - Postgraduate Research Project in Speech Pathology
| Credit points: | 06 |
| Year: | 2011 |
| Student Contribution Band: | Band 2 |
| Administered by: | Sch Public Health,Trop Medicine&Rehabilitation Sc |
Enrolment in this subject is restricted all students admitted to the Graduate Certificate of Research Methods or the Graduate Diploma of Research Methods with a view to proceeding to the Master of Speech Pathology or a Doctor of Philosophy in the field of Speech Pathology.
Students in this subject will undertake a research project on a topic to be agreed between the student and the Postgraduate Coordinator (Speech Pathology), carried out under the supervision of a Supervisor from within the Discipline of Speech Pathology.
Learning Outcomes
- acquire and demonstrate knowledge in a subject area relevant to the research being undertaken, or proposed to be undertaken by the student at postgraduate level;
- undertake research training of the type required for entry to the Master of Speech Pathology or the Doctor of Philosophy in the field of Speech Pathology.
Graduate Qualities
- The ability to appraise information critically;
- The ability to use independent judgment to synthesise information to make intellectual and/or creative advances;
- The ability to place their research in a broader (preferably international)theoretical, practical and policy context.;
- The ability to think laterally and be original;
- The ability to conceptualise problems;
- The ability to conceptualise and evaluate a range of potential solutions to relevant problems;
- The ability to plan, conduct and manage research in their discipline;
- The ability to conduct their research in an ethical manner;
- The ability to communicate the methodology, results and implications of their research in a manner appropriate to different purposes and audiences.
Availabilities | |
| Townsville, Internal, Study Period 1 | |
| Census Date 24-Mar-2011 | |
| Coordinator: | Dr Tom Mylne |
| Lecturers: | Dr Wendy Pearce, Dr Tom Mylne, Ms Louise Brown, Ms Susan Morrison, Ms Samantha Siyambalapitiya. |
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| Assessment: | presentations (% - 20%); thesis (80% - 100%). |
| External, Study Period 1 | |
| Census Date 24-Mar-2011 | |
| Coordinator: | Dr Tom Mylne |
| Lecturers: | Dr Wendy Pearce, Dr Tom Mylne, Ms Louise Brown, Ms Susan Morrison, Ms Samantha Siyambalapitiya. |
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| Method of Delivery: | WWW - LearnJCU |
| Assessment: | presentations (% - 20%); thesis (80% - 100%). |
| Townsville, Internal, Study Period 2 | |
| Census Date 25-Aug-2011 | |
| Coordinator: | Dr Tom Mylne |
| Lecturers: | Dr Wendy Pearce, Dr Tom Mylne, Ms Louise Brown, Ms Susan Morrison, Ms Samantha Siyambalapitiya. |
| Contact hours: |
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| Assessment: | presentations (% - 20%); thesis (80% - 100%). |
| External, Study Period 2 | |
| Census Date 25-Aug-2011 | |
| Coordinator: | Dr Tom Mylne |
| Lecturers: | Dr Wendy Pearce, Dr Tom Mylne, Ms Louise Brown, Ms Susan Morrison, Ms Samantha Siyambalapitiya. |
| Contact hours: |
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| Method of Delivery: | WWW - LearnJCU |
| Assessment: | presentations (% - 20%); thesis (80% - 100%). |
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