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HL30110: Research project

[Page last updated: 04 August 2021]

Academic Year: 2021/2
Owning Department/School: Department for Health
Credits: 24 [equivalent to 48 CATS credits]
Notional Study Hours: 480
Level: Honours (FHEQ level 6)
Period:
Academic Year
Assessment Summary: CW 0%, OR 20%, OT 80%
Assessment Detail:
  • Progress Report (CW 0%)
  • Final Report (OT 80% - Qualifying Mark: 1)
  • Viva Voce Examination (OR 20% - Qualifying Mark: 1)
Supplementary Assessment:
Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations)
Requisites: Before taking this module you must take HL20107
Aims: To develop a research project proposal and collect data to support the proposal as part of a group, and to independently complete data analysis and interpretation and produce a final research project report.

Learning Outcomes: On successful completion of this unit students should be able to:
* Plan and produce a research project proposal
* Discuss and agree the overall project design
* Plan and collect data
* Write an appropriate review of literature
* Produce a final research project report
* Defend 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 and as part of a group (facilitated and assessed)

Content:
* Development of research ideas and writing a research proposal (students will prepare a research proposal for a group project in a chosen topic of study)
* Collection of group project data
* Individual presentation of research project in written format
* 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 its conclusions at a 'viva-voce' examination. (Maximum project size 25 pages).

Programme availability:

HL30110 is a Designated Essential Unit on the following programmes:

Department for Health
  • UHHL-AFB18 : BSc(Hons) Health and Exercise Science (Year 3)
  • UHHL-AKB18 : BSc(Hons) Health and Exercise Science with Professional Placement (Year 4)
  • UHHL-AFB01 : BSc(Hons) Sport and Exercise Science (Year 3)
  • UHHL-ACB04 : BSc(Hons) Sport and Exercise Science with Combined Professional Placement and Study Abroad (Year 4)
  • UHHL-AAB02 : BSc(Hons) Sport and Exercise Science with Study year abroad (Year 4)
  • UHHL-AKB04 : BSc(Hons) Sport and Exercise Science with Professional Placement (Year 4)

Notes:

  • This unit catalogue is applicable for the 2021/22 academic year only. Students continuing their studies into 2022/23 and beyond should not assume that this unit will be available in future years in the format displayed here for 2021/22.
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