MSI5921 · Sustainability project A

Overview

This unit enables you to undertake an applied sustainability project on a real-world problem identified by practitioners. You will develop a project scope, plan, and research questions in collaboration with other students. You will then independently conduct an in-depth literature review to understand, integrate and apply existing knowledge and evidence to the practical challenge of the real-world problem. This unit will allow you to build upon the research skills and experiences developed in earlier units and includes scheduled activities and tasks alongside the project work to enhance and develop professional skills. Project work in this unit continues in MSI5922.

Offerings

The Handbook publishes no offerings for this unit.

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. Thoroughly research, critically analyse, and synthesise the literature relevant to the project;
4. Collaborate effectively to scope a major project.

Workload

This unit will be delivered over a period of 6 weeks. This will include independent self-paced work on online materials and assignments across the teaching period. It will also include synchronous (live) classes. These will be four 2-hour online evening workshops, and one 2-day on-campus intensive (16 hours in total). The combination of classes and independent work will total 144 hours.

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