BC5312 - Research and Dissertation in Biochemistry

Credit points:	12
Year:	2016
Student Contribution Band:	Band 2
Administered by:	College of Public Health, Medical & Vet Sciences

The student carries out an extensive review of the world literature and pursues a program of original research on a selected topic. The literature review and results of the research project are incorporated into a dissertation.

Learning Outcomes

• Carry out a research project and analyse and interpret the results;
• Prepare a dissertation on the topic and compare and contrast the results obtained with those reported in the literature;
• Review the scientific literature on a particular topic and devise a research program to answer questions raised on that topic.

Availabilities
Townsville, Internal, Study Period 1
Census Date 24-Mar-2016
Coordinator:	Dr Margaret Jordan, Professor Andreas Lopata
Lecturers:	Assoc. Professor Bill Warren, Professor Alan Baxter, Dr Margaret Jordan, Assoc. Professor Bill Leggat, Assoc. Professor Patrick Schaeffer, Professor Andreas Lopata, jc242002, Professor Norelle Daly, Dr Fiona Baird, Professor David Miller, Professor James Burnell.
Contact hours:	900 hours - Literature review and supervised laboratory experiments.
Assessment:	thesis (70%); assignments (30%).
Townsville, Internal, Study Period 2
Census Date 25-Aug-2016
Coordinator:	Dr Margaret Jordan, Professor Andreas Lopata
Lecturers:	Assoc. Professor Bill Warren, Professor Alan Baxter, Dr Margaret Jordan, Assoc. Professor Bill Leggat, Assoc. Professor Patrick Schaeffer, Professor Andreas Lopata, jc242002, Professor Norelle Daly, Dr Fiona Baird, Professor David Miller, Professor James Burnell.
Contact hours:	900 hours - Literature review and supervised laboratory experiments.
Assessment:	thesis (70%); assignments (30%).

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