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COIS20075 - Dissertation Part A

General Information

Unit Synopsis

A major research project is carried out and reported. The dissertation topic must be approved by the Course Coordinator. (Dissertation Part A and Dissertation Part B must be studied consecutively. Students are unable to study either course individually. Marks will not be awarded until both Projects are completed.)

Details

Level Postgraduate
Unit Level Not Applicable
Credit Points 16
Student Contribution Band SCA Band 2
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load 0.33333333333333
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites There are no pre-requisites for the unit.

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).

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Attendance Requirements

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Assessment Overview

Recommended Student Time Commitment

Each 16-credit Postgraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 33.333333333333 hours of study per week, making a total of 400 hours for the unit.

Assessment Tasks

Assessment Task Weighting

This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of ‘pass’ in order to pass the unit. If any ‘pass/fail’ tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully (‘pass’ grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the ‘assessment task’ section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%).

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Unit learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:

  1. produce work that has not previously been submitted in part or in total for any other qualification
  2. demonstrate knowledge of the research methods adopted and the discipline(s) it embraces
  3. provide evidence of the critical use of published work in the topic area
  4. produce work that shows clarity of purpose, rational thought and the application of analytical skills
  5. provide evidence of mastery of analytical techniques appropriate to the research
  6. demonstrate evidence of independent judgement
  7. demonstrate competence in the application of an appropriate research design
  8. demonstrate high quality written presentation
  9. be judged worthy, in the opinion of the examiners, of publication in a refereed journal with suitable modifications.

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