Postgraduate - UnitFIT5000 - Minor thesis extension

This unit entry is for students who completed this unit in 2015 only. For students planning to study the unit, please refer to the unit indexes in the the current edition of the Handbook. If you have any queries contact the managing faculty for your course or area of study.

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6 points, SCA Band 2, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Postgraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Information Technology
Offered	Caulfield First semester 2015 (Day) Caulfield Second semester 2015 (Day) Caulfield Summer semester B 2015 (Day)

Synopsis

FIT5000 is an extension unit for all FIT coursework masters minor thesis degrees, where appropriate. Entry only available on approval by the Associate Dean (Education) where exceptional circumstances have been determined.

Outcomes

On completion of thw Msters thesis, students will be able to:

design a rigorous Masters level research project and develop project proposal;
critically review research literature, research design and reported findings;
evaluate and select research methods and techniques of data collection and analysis appropriate to particular research designs, projects and disciplines;
conduct ethical research;
communicate research findings in written and oral form in research and industry settings.

Assessment

Presentation and final thesis (normally 15,000 - 20,000 words): 100%

Workload requirements

Varies according to remaining requirements. To be determined by the Supervisor/Co-ordinator.

Chief examiner(s)

Dr David Albrecht

Prerequisites

Associate Dean (Education) approval required.

Prerequisite Knowledge: Research methods and a sound understanding of the research topic area.

Prohibitions

Students are not permitted to enrol in this unit more than once.