Undergraduate - UnitBND4122 - Honours research project 2

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24 points, SCA Band 2, 0.500 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 from the Nutrition and Dietetic unit. The research project will constitute the major portion of the students' work and will be conducted over a full year. This unit will include a systematic review, results and discussion of the research project. Students will present their research results in a seminar format.

Outcomes

On completion of the unit, students will:

be able to execute and analyse a research project, or set of studies;
be proficient in computer based data manipulation, analysis, presentation and word processing;
be able to write up scientific work in a report suitable for publication;
demonstrate communication skills in both oral and written presentation to specialist scientific audience;
have refined or acquired a range of technical skills appropriate for their project; and
have gained insight into the research process in an area relating to the health sciences.

Assessment

Assessment from BND4122 will contribute to 65% to the final mark for BND3865 Bachelor of Nutrition Honours comprising:
Written thesis of not more than 20,000 words (100%)
Oral thesis presentation