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Unit Synopsis
Prepare for Confirmation has been designed specifically for students enrolled in a Research Higher Degree at either Masters or Doctoral level. This unit will provide you with the knowledge and skills necessary to clarify the research design of your proposed research project regardless of your discipline area. You will be guided through research terminology, writing at a thesis level and the steps required in the construction of a research project. The unit has four assessments that will scaffold you through the process of writing Section A of the Confirmation of Candidature submission.
Details
| Level | Postgraduate |
|---|---|
| Unit Level | Not Applicable |
| Credit Points | 6 |
| Student Contribution Band | SCA Band 2 |
| Fraction of Full-Time Student Load | 0.125 |
| 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). |
| Class Timetable | View Unit Timetable |
| Residential School | No Residential School |
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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. Written Assessment | 5% |
| 2. Annotated bibliography | 10% |
| 3. Report | 15% |
| 4. Research Proposal | 70% |
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.
Past Exams
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No previous feedback available
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: Student feedback
A few science based exemplars would be good
Include more examples of quantitative and science based research within the teaching materials.
Teaching materials were updated to include a more equal focus between qualitative and quantitative research methods and data analysis.
Source: Student comments
More examples of quantitative-based research.
RSCH20001 was offered for the last time in Term 1, 2024. Recommendations were not included here due to the termination of this unit.
In Progress
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
- Write using the language of research
- Construct a Literature Review by critically analysing and synthesising references that have been located manually and/or electronically from a variety of sources
- Critique a range of research approaches and paradigms that guide the systematic approach to conducting a research project
- Integrate theory into the design of a research project
- Apply critical and analytical skills and academic standards to research project design and thesis writing
- Evaluate data collection and analysis methods
- Create a research proposal.
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | ||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | |
| 1 - Written Assessment | • | ||||||
| 2 - Annotated bibliography | • | • | |||||
| 3 - Report | • | • | • | ||||
| 4 - Research Proposal | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | ||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | |
| 1 - Knowledge | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| 2 - Communication | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| 3 - Cognitive, technical and creative skills | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| 4 - Research | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| 5 - Self-management | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| 6 - Ethical and Professional Responsibility | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| 7 - Leadership | • | • | • | • | • | • | |
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | |
| 1 - Written Assessment | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | ||
| 2 - Annotated bibliography | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | ||
| 3 - Report | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | ||
| 4 - Research Proposal | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | ||