This unit is the second of two in the Safety Science Thesis suite of units. Throughout this unit students learn about the process of research including conducting research, exploring a safety science topic in depth through an extensive literature review and presenting research findings to a wider audience. Assessment is based around the completion of a research project which was commenced in Safety Science Thesis 1. Students will also be able to engage with their peer researchers as they progress on their research journey. Assessment items are tailored to ensure the proposed research from Thesis 1 is conducted (after Ethics approval) and that students complete their research by writing up their findings and presenting their findings to a wider audience through appropriate means such as presenting conference papers, journal papers or other negotiated outcomes.
Level | Postgraduate |
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Unit Level | Not Applicable |
Credit Points | 24 |
Student Contribution Band | SCA Band 2 |
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load | 0.5 |
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites |
Prerequisite: SAFE20020 Safety Science Thesis 1 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 |
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Each 24-credit Postgraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 50 hours of study per week, making a total of 600 hours for the unit.
Assessment Task | Weighting |
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1. Written Assessment | 40% |
2. Written Assessment | 60% |
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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This is the second unit of two research thesis units and is designed to complete the foundational work that students carried out in Thesis 1. The two Thesis units are designed to introduce students to the process of conducting research, enabling them to carry out an independent research study. In Thesis 2 the students will continue to work with their allocated supervisor who will support them in the conduct of their research, the undertaking of an extensive literature review and assist in the preparation of a final piece of work which can deliver the student's research findings to a wider audience. Students will also be able to continue to discuss the unit content and their research progress with their fellow peer researchers through Moodle site discussion groups.
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2 - Written Assessment | • | • | • |
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2 - Communication | • | • | • | • |
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4 - Research | • | • | • | • |
5 - Self-management | • | • | • | |
6 - Ethical and Professional Responsibility | • | • | • | |
7 - Leadership | • | • |
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