BMS5008 · Research project and thesis

Overview

This unit is the research project component of the Master of Biomedical and Health Sciences. The Masters course provides rigorous training and preparation for research. You will have undertaken rigorous advanced preparatory training prior to commencing this research project unit. You will undertake a supervised research project involving research of a publishable standard which forms the basis of a thesis presented at the end of the project period. In this unit you will present seminars on your research and will be trained in advanced scientific techniques. You will also take part in an oral review of the thesis report.

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 their discipline;
2. Identify the processes involved in the design, development and implementation of a research project;
3. Design, execute and analyse an appropriate set of studies;
4. Perform the variety of scientific procedures and techniques essential to the satisfactory completion and reporting of their specific research project;
5. Proficiently acquire skills in data collection using computers or high-end biomedical devices
6. Competently acquire the critical thinking and reasoning to analyse data from computers or high-end biomedical devices
7. Critically evaluate, using appropriate statistical analyses, data from a scientific project to deduce appropriate interpretations
8. Investigate, evaluate and select appropriate graphical and other formats for presentation of data
9. Effectively communicate research outcomes in verbal and written form using appropriate tools to a scientific audience, including writing up scientific work in a potentially publishable way;
10. Assemble from the breadth and diversity of the biomedical sciences thoughtful reasonings and interpretations of research findings to formulate a discussion

Workload

On-campus: 36 hours per week in a research lab.

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