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BMSC13013 Research Project
Research Project
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General Information

Overview

This unit provides opportunity for students to complete discipline specific research activities during the 3rd year of their course of study. This involves application of scientific research methodologies to a research problem.

Details

Career Level: Undergraduate
Unit Level: Level 3
Credit Points: 6
Student Contribution Band: 8
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load: 0.125

Pre-requisites or Co-requisites

Pre-requisite: BMSC12010 Clinical Biochemistry or BIOL12105 Scientific Analysis and Statistics or ALLH12006 Evidence Based Practice for Health Professionals

Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).

Offerings For Term 2 - 2025

Online

Attendance Requirements

All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes - in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).

Website

This unit has a website, within the Moodle system, which is available two weeks before the start of term. It is important that you visit your Moodle site throughout the term. Please visit Moodle for more information.

Class and Assessment Overview

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This information will be available on Monday 19 May 2025
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Previous Student Feedback

Feedback, Recommendations and Responses

Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.

Feedback from SUTE Unit Comments Report

Feedback

Allowing to select a research topic in the student's chosen field will help with the engagement of students.

Recommendation

It is not possible to allow students to choose any topics of research they wish, given the structure of this unit, time restrictions, and requirements of different topics. This unit aims to provide students with the introductory knowledge and skills required for research and understanding the process of research. The unit is not designed to or has the potential to accommodate all research interests students have. This should be communicated more clearly to students. Each term additional projects are added to the list. Additional discipline-specific research project offerings will require the involvement of researchers/mentors from the disciplines.

Feedback from SUTE Unit Comments and Teacher Reports

Feedback

Additional assessment-specific tutorial videos just before each assessment and tutorials on times/days suitable to different students can help clarify the requirements.

Recommendation

A separate tutorial recording for each assessment was provided in the assessment tile of the unit. Each tutorial focused on activities relevant to assessments, with templates, suggestions, and guidelines to complete each assessment. In addition, students had trouble-shooting tutorials in which they could ask any question related to the assessments. These tutorials were offered on a set time/day but also on-demand with the potential to be offered at a time/day suitable to students. Unit Coordinator will communicate these more clearly in the next offering of the unit.

Feedback from SUTE Unit Comments and Teacher Reports

Feedback

The structure of the unit and lectures, and the support offered by the unit coordinator were appreciated.

Recommendation

Continue with the scaffolded structure of the unit and support for students.

Unit Learning Outcomes

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This information will be available on Monday 19 May 2025
Alignment of Learning Outcomes, Assessment and Graduate Attributes

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Textbooks and Resources

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This information will be available on Monday 23 June 2025
Academic Integrity Statement

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