School for Health, Unit Catalogue 2008/09 |
FH30110 Research project |
| Credits: 24 |
| Level: Honours |
| Academic Year |
| Assessment: OT75OR15CW10 |
| Requisites: |
| Before taking this unit you must take FH20107 |
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Aims: To develop a research project proposal, collect data to support the proposal, complete data analysis and interpretation and to produce a final research project report.
Learning Outcomes: At the completion of this unit students should have: * Planned and produced a research project proposal. * Discussed and agreed the overall project design. * Written an appropriate review of literature. * Planned and collected data. * Made a short Progress Presentation. * Produced a final research project report. * Defended their project work in a viva-voce examination. Skills: Knowledge and Understanding - facilitated and assessed Intellectual Skills - facilitated and assessed Professional Practical Skills - facilitated and assessed Written Communication - facilitated and assessed Spoken Communication - facilitated and assessed Numeracy - facilitated and assessed Data Acquisition, Handling, and Analysis - facilitated and assessed Information Technology - facilitated and assessed Problem Solving - facilitated and assessed Working Independently - facilitated and assessed Content: Development of research ideas - Each student will prepare a research proposal for the project in a chosen topic of study. Each student will have an individual project but may be required to produce plans for co-operative work with other students in some areas of data acquisition. Writing a research proposal - Each students will develop an appropriate experimental design and statistical analysis. Presentation of research project in written and oral formats. Collection of project data. Production of a final report including an abstract, introduction and review, methods, results, discussion, references and appendices sections. The report should contain evidence of (a) Application of knowledge and skills acquired during the course and (b) Further study of current research positions in the field of the project. The student will defend the report and it's conclusions at a 'viva-voce' examination. (Maximum project size 25 pages). |