Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Convenor (First contact)
A/Prof. Shujuan Huang
Contact via Email
50 Waterloo Road, Room 112
By appointment
Co-convenor (Interim queries)
Dr. Ann Lee
Contact via E-mail
44 Waterloo Road, Room 132
By appointment
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Credit points |
Credit points
32
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
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Corequisites |
Corequisites
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Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
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Unit description |
Unit description
The 800-level components of the Master of Research are not designed around units. The thesis together with four core research activities form a single coherent research unit based on individual research plans and will consists of the followings:
1. Research Frontiers 2: you will attend a number of department or faculty-run sessions and engage in a program of activities developing your knowledge of the sub-disciplinary field in which you want to situate your own research
2. Literature Review: you will attend sessions explaining how researchers in your field engage with previous research literature, and produce a draft of your own literature review for your thesis
3. Research Methods: with other students and led by academic staff, you will develop the research methods you will use in your research project
4. Research Planning: through a combination of group sessions and individual work with your supervision team, you will develop a plan for a large scale research project, part of which will be completed in the MRes
5. Thesis: you will complete a small research project, and write it up in a short thesis of about 20,000 words.
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Information about important academic dates including deadlines for withdrawing from units are available at https://www.mq.edu.au/study/calendar-of-dates
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
Grading and passing requirement for unit
In order to pass this unit a student must obtain a mark of 50 or more for the unit, added up from Research Frontiers and Master Thesis weighted at 10% and 90%, respectively.
Hurdle Requirements
All assessment tasks are hurdle requirement. Student must complete all assessment tasks to pass this unit.
Late submissions and Resubmissions
There are two mechanisms that can be used to delay the due date of an MRes submission. "Leave of absence" can be lodged through the faculty but it mean that scholarships and access to the university will be paused during the period. "MRes extension form" is only acceptable in the most severe of circumstances and only towards the end of the thesis submission.
Name | Weighting | Hurdle | Due |
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Literature Review of Topic | 0% | Yes | 23 Aug 2019 |
Research Frontiers 2 | 10% | Yes | 20 Oct 2019 |
Research planning | 0% | Yes | 28 Sep 2019 |
Master Thesis | 90% | Yes | EWS April 2020 |
Due: 23 Aug 2019
Weighting: 0%
This is a hurdle assessment task (see assessment policy for more information on hurdle assessment tasks)
Literature review of their specific topic. The students will submit a literature review to their supervisor and will upload the document to iLearn. The review is between 3,000 and 5,000 words of text. The literature review is a hurdle task and has a requirement of being marked as passed by the research supervisor.
Due: 20 Oct 2019
Weighting: 10%
This is a hurdle assessment task (see assessment policy for more information on hurdle assessment tasks)
Student shall produce a reading list of recent (last 5 years) publications in the general discipline which contains their research topic.
The list of publications is developed in consultation with their specific research supervisor. The reading list will be presented in a general essay (3000 words) which outlines the ground-breaking developments in their research field. The essay is submitted to the research supervisor and uploaded to iLearn. The essay also describes how the specific research topic fits into the structure of ground-breaking developments in the research field. The essay is assessed both by the research supervisor and one additional assessor nominated by the research supervisor.
Due: 28 Sep 2019
Weighting: 0%
This is a hurdle assessment task (see assessment policy for more information on hurdle assessment tasks)
The student will work with their supervisor to produce a detailed research plan. The plan is submitted to their supervisor for approval. The report is 2 pages in written form and shall contain an Gantt chart of research activities.
Due: EWS April 2020
Weighting: 90%
This is a hurdle assessment task (see assessment policy for more information on hurdle assessment tasks)
The master's thesis will be assessed by two (or three) external assessors. The text has a maximum of 50 A4 pages in 12 point font, 2 cm margins, 1.5 line spaced, and text in references in 12 point font, 2 cm margins, single-spaced.
The delivery is individual work and collaboration with research supervisors obtained from meetings with the supervisors.
There are 3 hurdle tasks. Only one task has non-zero assessment weighting and has a 10% weighting.
90% of the weighting is obtained from marks from external assessors. The thesis is submitted for assessment in semester 1, 2019.
Students enrolled in MRes Y2 S2 2019 are required to attend the following workshops:
Research Planning Workshop
Facilitator: A/Prof Bridget Mabbutt
Date: Tuesday, 16th July 2019
Time: 10am - 12pm
Venue: 09WW - 102 Theatrette (E6A 102)
Writing Workshop
Facilitator: Dr Adele Thomas
Date: Tuesday, 16th July 2019
Time: 1.30pm - 3.30pm
Venue: 09WW - 102 Theatrette (E6A 102)
Resilience & Motivation Workshop
Facilitator: Dr Benjamin Wilkes
Date: Thursday 18th July 2019
Time: 10am - 11am
Venue: 09WW - 102 Theatrette (E6A 102)
Research Integrity Workshop
Facilitator: Dr Shannon Smith
Date: Wednesday, 24th July 2019
Time: 10am - 12pm
Venue: 07WW - 149 Briefing Room (E6B 149)
Any change to the above workshop schedules will be notified through iLearn announcement.
Macquarie University policies and procedures are accessible from Policy Central (https://staff.mq.edu.au/work/strategy-planning-and-governance/university-policies-and-procedures/policy-central). Students should be aware of the following policies in particular with regard to Learning and Teaching:
Undergraduate students seeking more policy resources can visit the Student Policy Gateway (https://students.mq.edu.au/support/study/student-policy-gateway). It is your one-stop-shop for the key policies you need to know about throughout your undergraduate student journey.
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Macquarie University students have a responsibility to be familiar with the Student Code of Conduct: https://students.mq.edu.au/study/getting-started/student-conduct
Results published on platform other than eStudent, (eg. iLearn, Coursera etc.) or released directly by your Unit Convenor, are not confirmed as they are subject to final approval by the University. Once approved, final results will be sent to your student email address and will be made available in eStudent. For more information visit ask.mq.edu.au or if you are a Global MBA student contact globalmba.support@mq.edu.au
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