PTY4030 · Honours thesis

Overview

This unit serves the important role of providing dedicated opportunities for you to document the research undertaken during your honours candidature. You are supported through individualised supervision and the course coordinator to complete either a 10,000 - 12,000 word thesis or (at least 2) manuscripts in publication format.

Areas of study: Physiotherapy

Offerings

Assessment

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

Assessment in this unit includes hurdle assessment tasks. Failure of any hurdle assessment task may result in failure of the unit.

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

Requisites

Learning outcomes

1. Sustain collaboration with an academic supervisor
2. Develop, implement and document a focused research project
3. Apply appropriate analysis methods to data collected during the course of the research
4. Logically interpret results of data analysis
5. Present the research findings to staff and students and modify the report with consideration of feedback
6. Prepare and submit the report of the research outcomes either in a 10,000-12,000 word thesis or in publication format
7. Adhere to project timelines
8. Archive all relevant documents arising from the conduct of research
9. Write a final report to the approving ethics committee describing completion of the project.

Workload

This 24 credit point unit requires supervisor contact and private study totally of 48 hours per week over 12 weeks.

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