HONS28001 - Research Proposal

General Information

Unit Synopsis

Research Proposal is the first of two coursework units in the BA Honours course. The unit will assist you to articulate a research focus and an answerable research question in a specific Humanities or Arts discipline. The unit provides discipline-context research training for the two subsequent dissertation units. You will acquire advanced research skills in your chosen discipline. Specifics of the learning materials and assessment will be negotiated with your supervisor in the academic discipline. The research training includes the formation of research aims, questions, conceptual models and applicable research methodologies as well as research administration processes such as ethics applications, risk management and project milestone planning.

Details

Level Postgraduate
Unit Level 8
Credit Points 12
Student Contribution Band
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load 0.25
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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Residential School No Residential School

Unit Availabilities from Term 1 - 2024

Term 1 - 2024 Profile
Online
Term 2 - 2024 Profile
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).

Assessment Overview

Recommended Student Time Commitment

Each 12-credit Postgraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 25 hours of study per week, making a total of 300 hours for the unit.

Assessment Tasks

Assessment Task Weighting
1. Written Assessment 0%
2. Presentation 0%

This is a pass/fail (non-graded) unit. To pass the unit, you must pass all of the individual assessment tasks shown in the table above.

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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.

Source: BA(Hons) supervisor.
Feedback
Supervisory staff asked if BA(Hons) students could be allocated some funds to support research activity (in one case, qualitative methods survey engagement).
Recommendation
BA(Hons) Course Coordinator to discuss the budget process with SEduA Associate Dean Operations.
Action Taken
None - CA44 is an ongoing subject of College of Arts Course Committee planning.
Source: BA(Hons) supervisor.
Feedback
Supervisory staff asked if BA(Hons) students could be allowed to download and use Nvivo qualitative data management and analysis software as RHD and staff of CQU can.
Recommendation
BA(Hons) Course Coordinator to discuss with SEduA Associate Dean Operations.
Action Taken
None - CA44 is an ongoing subject of College of Arts Course Committee planning.
Unit learning Outcomes

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

  1. Develop an honours level thesis proposal according to a discipline-specific framework, taking into account ethical requirements
  2. Present an honours level thesis proposal that showcases student acquired research training according to a discipline-specific framework.

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Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
Assessment Tasks Learning Outcomes
1 2
1 - Written Assessment •
2 - Presentation •
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
• Advanced Level
• Professional Level
Graduate Attributes Learning Outcomes
1 2
1 - Knowledge • •
2 - Communication •
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
• Advanced Level
• Professional Level
Assessment Tasks Graduate Attributes
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
1 - Written Assessment •
2 - Presentation • •