Unit Synopsis
This unit will provide you with the opportunity to construct a research proposal to answer a question related to your professional practice. It is anticipated that the research proposed will be able to be conducted in your professional practice setting in the future. The research proposal you will develop will consolidate the theoretical learning you have undertaken in NURS20167, NURS20168, and NURS20173.
Details
| Level | Postgraduate |
|---|---|
| Unit Level | 9 |
| Credit Points | 6 |
| Student Contribution Band | SCA Band 1 |
| Fraction of Full-Time Student Load | 0.125 |
| Pre-requisites or Co-requisites |
Students must be enrolled in CL22 Master of Clinical Nursing to undertake this unit. Pre-requisites: NURS20167, NURS20168, and NURS20173. 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). |
| Class Timetable | View Unit Timetable |
| Residential School | No Residential School |
Unit Availabilities from Term 1 - 2026
Term 2 - 2026 Profile
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).
Recommended Student Time Commitment
Each 6-credit Postgraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.
Assessment Tasks
| Assessment Task | Weighting |
|---|---|
| 1. Presentation | 20% |
| 2. Written Assessment | 80% |
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%).
Past Exams
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In Progress
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
- Design a research proposal to answer a research question related to your professional practice.
- Justify your research question and proposed methodology to your peers.
There are no learning outcomes linked to external accreditation for this unit.
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | |
| 1 - Presentation | • | |
| 2 - Written Assessment | • | |
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | |
| 1 - Knowledge | • | • |
| 2 - Communication | • | • |
| 3 - Cognitive, technical and creative skills | • | • |
| 4 - Research | • | • |
| 5 - Self-management | • | |
| 6 - Ethical and Professional Responsibility | • | • |
| 7 - Leadership | • | • |
| 8 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultures | • | |
| Assessment Tasks | Graduate Attributes | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | |