Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Kathryn Korbel
Caitlin Kordis
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Credit points |
Credit points
3
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
(39cp at 100 level or above) and permission by special approval
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Corequisites |
Corequisites
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Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
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Unit description |
Unit description
High achieving students with a special interest in an area of biological research may be permitted to undertake a research project under the supervision of one of biology's research staff. Prior to admission it is necessary for the student to contact the unit coordinator and to have developed a suitable research project with a supervisor. Although there are no formal classes, students are expected to undertake 120 hours of research in the laboratory and/or field depending on the research project. Assessment is based on research performance, team participation, research paper preparation and a seminar.
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Name | Weighting | Hurdle | Due |
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Work Health and Safety summary | 5% | No | week 4 |
Research Checklist | 5% | No | Week 4 |
Student proposal seminar | 15% | No | Week 6- Monday |
Scientific Research Report | 30% | No | Week 12 |
Draft introduction and methods | 15% | No | Week 7 |
Supervisor report | 30% | No | Week 13 |
Due: week 4
Weighting: 5%
Provided documentation verifying you have completed all required inductions/ risk assessments / ethics / training for the project
Due: Week 4
Weighting: 5%
For this assessment you will prepare a checklist of skills that you wish to develop under this project.
Due: Week 6- Monday
Weighting: 15%
You are to present a research proposal seminar of 10 minutes duration outlining background to your research project, your research question/idea, and the experimental approach you intend to use..
Due: Week 12
Weighting: 30%
You are to submit a scientific paper based on the research project. The overall word limit is 5000 words (excluding references).
Due: Week 7
Weighting: 15%
This assessment tasks requires a draft version of both the introduction and the methods section of the paper, written in the format of a scientific journal of choice. Word count is 1000 words
Due: Week 13
Weighting: 30%
Your placement supervisors will provide a report to the unit convenors.
Workshop/Tutorial #1: Week 2 Monday 6th August 14:00-15:00 (location to be advised). In this session we will explain unit requirements for students and supervisors for BIOL326 and discuss WHS and other assessment requirements.
Workshop/student presentations #2: Week 6 Monday 3rd September 14:00-16:00 – location to be advised. In this session students will present their research proposal seminars to supervisors and other students. At the end of these there will be a short tutorial on writing.
Optional drop-in tutorial. Week 10, Monday: This gives students additional information on how to write scientific reports and also an opportunity to trouble shoot any issues that have occurred with the projects. Please contact the course convener to make an appointment for this.
Workshop #4; Week 13. This tutorial is designed to engage the student’s reflective learning and enable the provision of feedback to the course convenor,
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