Undergraduate - UnitBND4121 - Honours research project 1

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Synopsis

Each student will undertake a research project under the supervision of an approved member of the academic or research staff of Monash University. The choice of project and supervisor will be the responsibility of the student, in consultation with an academic advisor for the Nutrition and Dietetics unit. The research project will constitute the major portion of the students' work and will be conducted over a full year. For the purpose of unitisation, this unit will include the components of literature review and description of methods. Students will present their research proposal in a seminar format.

Outcomes

On completion of the unit, students will:

• gain experience in undertaking an evidenced-based review of the scientific literature in their discipline;
• discuss the strengths and weaknesses of the proposed study design for their research project
• describe the methodology required for their research project and summarise the logistical process involved in data collection
• outline the main statistical methods that will be used in the research project and demonstrate competency in using the software programs required for these analyses
• demonstrate a high level of competency in oral communication skills to a specialist scientific audience.

Assessment

Formative assessment of an oral presentation of the research proposal to academic staff members.
An evidence-based literature review and draft methods chapter which will be judged satisfactory/unsatisfactory. A satisfactory score will be required before progress to BND4122

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Karen Walker

Contact hours

Research project related work: 36 hours per week

Co-requisites

BND4111