SL4101 - Honours Study in Speech Pathology 1

Credit points:	03
Year:	2015
Student Contribution Band:	Band 2
Administered by:	College of Healthcare Sciences

Enrolment in this subject is restricted to all students enrolled in the Bachelor of Speech Pathology with Honours (including students from IHCAP stream who undertake Honours).

Students in this subject will make progress with the Honours Research Project developed and commenced in the previous year. Students will complete a comprehensive literature review and complete data analysis.

Learning Outcomes

• students will demonstrate the ability to review and critically appraise the literature relevant to the chosen research topic;
• students will demonstrate the ability to design communicate information clearly in a manner appropriate to the field of study and in a form suitable for publication in an appropriate scientific journal;
• students will demonstrate the ability to analyse research data in order to evaluate a hypothesis or answer a research question.

Prerequisites:	HS2401 AND SL3001 AND SL3002 AND SL3004 AND SL3005 AND SL3106
Inadmissible Subject Combinations:	SL4005

Availabilities
Townsville, Internal, Study Period 1
Census Date 26-Mar-2015
Coordinator:	Dr Renee Speyer
Lecturers:	Ms Louise Brown, Dr Renee Speyer, Mr Roger Newman.
Contact hours:	13 hours - Supervision meetings
Assessment:	thesis.
Special Assessment Requirements:	Total weightings for the honours project are described in the Speech Pathology Honours handbook.

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.