SC3003 - Science Research Internship

Credit points:	03
Year:	2018
Student Contribution Band:	Band 2
Administered by:	College of Science and Engineering

This subject is only available to student currently enrolled in the Bachelor of Science Advanced.

This subject is available to students in the Bachelor of Advanced Science students only. Students will be placed within research teams, where they will complete a small research project. The research may be field or laboratory based. A member of the academic staff within the College of Science and Engineering will assume overall responsibility for the student, although a PhD student, research fellow or a collaborating researcher at an external organisation may supervise the day-to-day activities of the student. The work will be of a size and scope that can be completed in 120 hours of work and introduces the student to methods and techniques that have current relevance to their discipline

Learning Outcomes

• Students will gain hands-on experience of working in a real research environment and will develop an appreciation of the challenges of scientific rigour;
• Students will develop an understanding of how members of a research team interact on day-to-day and longer-term basis;
• Students will gain experience in the application of techniques and approaches to real and current research problems;
• Students will gain understanding of the ethics and workplace health and safety responsibilities and requirements of all research workers.

Prerequisites:

15 credit points of AQ, BC, BZ, CH, EV, EA, MA, MB or PH science level 2 subjects

Availabilities
Townsville, Internal, Study Period 1
Census Date 22-Mar-2018
Coordinator:	Assoc. Professor Emma Gyuris
Contact hours:	120 hours - hours practicals
Assessment:	seminar presentation of internship experience (% - 40%); internship proposal (1-2 pages) (% - 10%); internship supervisor's feedback (% - 10%); final paper-formal write up of research (% - 40%).
Townsville, Internal, Study Period 2
Census Date 23-Aug-2018
Coordinator:	Assoc. Professor Emma Gyuris
Contact hours:	120 hours - hours practicals
Assessment:	seminar presentation of internship experience (% - 40%); internship proposal (1-2 pages) (% - 10%); internship supervisor's feedback (% - 10%); final paper-formal write up of research (% - 40%).
Townsville, Internal, Study Period 3
Census Date 01-Feb-2018
Coordinator:	Assoc. Professor Emma Gyuris
Contact hours:	120 hours - hours practicals
Assessment:	seminar presentation of internship experience (% - 40%); internship proposal (1-2 pages) (% - 10%); internship supervisor's feedback (% - 10%); final paper-formal write up of research (% - 40%).
Townsville, Internal, Study Period 7
Census Date 05-Jul-2018
Coordinator:	Assoc. Professor Emma Gyuris
Contact hours:	120 hours - hours practicals
Assessment:	seminar presentation of internship experience (% - 40%); internship proposal (1-2 pages) (% - 10%); internship supervisor's feedback (% - 10%); final paper-formal write up of research (% - 40%).
Townsville, Internal, Study Period 11
Census Date 06-Dec-2018
Coordinator:	Assoc. Professor Emma Gyuris
Contact hours:	120 hours - hours practicals
Assessment:	seminar presentation of internship experience (% - 40%); internship proposal (1-2 pages) (% - 10%); internship supervisor's feedback (% - 10%); final paper-formal write up of research (% - 40%).
Cairns, Internal, Study Period 1
Census Date 22-Mar-2018
Coordinator:	Assoc. Professor Emma Gyuris
Contact hours:	120 hours - hours practicals
Assessment:	seminar presentation of internship experience (% - 40%); internship proposal (1-2 pages) (% - 10%); internship supervisor's feedback (% - 10%); final paper-formal write up of research (% - 40%).
Cairns, Internal, Study Period 2
Census Date 23-Aug-2018
Coordinator:	Assoc. Professor Emma Gyuris
Contact hours:	120 hours practicals - hours
Assessment:	seminar/presentation of internship experience (% - 40%); internal proposal (1-2 pages) (% - 10%); final paper-formal write up of research (% - 40%); internship sueprvisor's feedback (% - 10%).
Cairns, Internal, Study Period 3
Census Date 01-Feb-2018
Coordinator:	Assoc. Professor Emma Gyuris
Contact hours:	120 hours - hours practicals
Assessment:	seminar presentation of internship experience (% - 40%); internship proposal (1-2 pages) (% - 10%); internship supervisor's feedback (% - 10%); final paper-formal write up of research (% - 40%).
Cairns, Internal, Study Period 7
Census Date 05-Jul-2018
Coordinator:	Assoc. Professor Emma Gyuris
Contact hours:	120 hours - hours practicals
Assessment:	seminar presentation of internship experience (% - 40%); internship proposal (1-2 pages) (% - 10%); internship supervisor's feedback (% - 10%); final paper-formal write up of research (% - 40%).
Cairns, Internal, Study Period 11
Census Date 06-Dec-2018
Coordinator:	Assoc. Professor Emma Gyuris
Contact hours:	120 hours - hours practicals
Assessment:	seminar presentation of internship experience (% - 40%); internship proposal (1-2 pages) (% - 10%); internship supervisor's feedback (% - 10%); final paper-formal write up of research (% - 40%).

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