SCI1020

The design of science

(SCI)

Coordinator: Dr Tony Patti

6 points + First and Second semester, Clayton + Second Semester, Gippsland, Berwick, Distance + Two 1-hour lectures and one 2-hour workshop per week

Synopsis: SCI1020 provides students with a framework for how we acquire knowledge, how people learn and think and basic problem solving strategies. Principles of experimental design, data acquisition and appraisal issues and some basic statistics. Presentation of data, storage or repositories of scientific information, ways of communicating scientific information and examples of use and misuse of scientific information.

Assessment: Written examination: 50% + Assignments: 50%