FSC5090 · Food science and agribusiness research project

Overview

This unit is the advanced practice unit (Part D) within the Master of Food Science and Agribusiness, and representing a capstone of the overall Master’s program. You select one of the two advanced practice units (FSC5090 or FSC5091) based on your preference. This unit, in line with the other science units, provides the practical experience of how scientific knowledge is applied into researching food with outcomes that influence innovation and industrial practices. This unit allows you to devote yourself to a substantial laboratory project as part of your final year of study in the Master of Food Science and Agribusiness. The project may be carried out within a supportive Faculty in which your preferred supervisor is aligned. Allied with the practical focus of the project is tutorial materials and discussion on formal matters relating to OH&S, database searching, data analysis and presentation and report presentation.

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. Design and select sound research questions and methodological approaches and frameworks;
2. Develop a project proposal, including a clear model or conceptualisation of the project;
3. Investigate and use established professional practice relevant to the project;
4. Critically analyse outcomes, using appropriate data analysis and established theory and practice related to the project;
5. Communicate the findings, implications and limitations of the project in a clear and professional manner, in written and verbal forms;
6. Collaborate with supervisor and the research team effectively to deliver a major project;
7. Reflect and participate constructively in strategic and outcome-aware decision making consistent with impact areas relevant to food science and agribusiness.

Workload

576 hours over the course of one semester

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