James Cook University Subject Handbook - 2024

LA4058 - Research Skills

Subject Description

Students are required to attend and participate where necessary in a series of workshops and seminars that will assist students to acquire necessary skills to engage in advanced research. Such workshops include, but are not limited to: (1) professional writing and editing; (2) Plagiarism & SafeAssign; (3) Academic and thesis writing; (4) Effective Candidature Management; (4) Research Methods; (5) Managing the Advisory Panel; (6) Critical Thinking; (7) Writing for journals; (8) Information storage and management; (9) communication skills.

Learning Outcomes

• demonstrate and apply the advanced writing, reading and research skills and methods required to complete an Honours thesis
• demonstrate and apply skills to critically evaluate sources of information in a range of academic texts
• demonstrate an understanding of the necessary skills to successfully manage essential components of the process of Honours

Subject Assessment

• Students are required to attend/complete 6 x research modules offered by the Graduate Research School. Upon completion students are to select 4 out of the 6 modules and write a reflection report. Each reflection report is worth 25%

Note that 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.

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