BIO4180 · Tropical environmental biology research project

Overview

You will undertake a supervised research project. You will carry out a research project and present the results of your study in both written and oral form. Information about research projects will be available from the course coordinator towards the end of the preceding semester.

Areas of study: Tropical environmental biology

Offerings

Assessment

The Handbook does not list a final examination among the assessment items. That is not a guarantee there is none.

Assessment details may change. Please refer to the assessment information in Moodle closer to the start of the teaching period.

Requisites

The Handbook lists no prerequisite, corequisite or prohibition for this unit.

Learning outcomes

1. Critically review the scientific literature in the discipline;
2. Understand, discuss and actively participate in the design, development and implementation of a research project;
3. Demonstrate skills in experimental design and in specialised techniques for laboratory and/or fieldwork in tropical biology;
4. Synthesise and present in a format suitable for the discipline, experimental results and statistical data analysis associated with the research project;
5. Present the scientific research findings orally to an appropriate expert audience;
6. Integrate the research findings from the project into the larger context of research in that particular field, primarily through completion of the required thesis;
7. Demonstrate the capability to learn new technical skills in the laboratory and/or the field and use these proficiently and safely.

Workload

You are required to present and attend Honours proposals and final presentations. You must also attend a two-day Honours induction program during orientation week.

Student experience, not official rules. Nothing here changes what the Handbook says.