Undergraduate - UnitBND4121 - Honours research project 1

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18 points, SCA Band 2, 0.375 EFTSL

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Level	Undergraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
Organisational Unit	Department of Nutrition and Dietetics
Offered	Clayton First semester 2014 (Day) Clayton Second semester 2014 (Day)
Coordinator(s)	Professor Helen Truby and Dr Kate Huggins

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

Assessment from BND4121 will contribute 20% to the final mark for BND3865 Bachelor of Nutrition Honours degree comprising:
Evidenced-based literature review (100%)*
Oral research proposal
Draft methods chapter

*note that full quantitative assessment of this task will be undertaken at the end of Semester 2 in conjunction with Thesis examination.