Postgraduate - UnitMKF5301 - Minor thesis

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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12 points, SCA Band 3, 0.250 EFTSL

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Level	Postgraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Business and Economics
Organisational Unit	Department of Marketing
Offered	Caulfield First semester 2015 (Off-campus Day) Caulfield Second semester 2015 (Off-campus Day) Caulfield Full year 2015 (Day)
Coordinator(s)	Dr Mauricio Palmeira

Synopsis

A research report in an advanced area of interest applying the knowledge, concepts, tools and techniques acquired in other units in the program to a business-oriented research project.

Outcomes

The learning goals associated with this unit are to:

identify and conduct supervised independent research in an appropriate area of interest to academic marketers
critically evaluate the literature relevant to the selected area of interest
broaden and deepen understanding of research methods in marketing
contribute to marketing knowledge.

Assessment

Within semester assessment: 100%

Workload requirements

Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. Independent study may include associated readings, assessment and preparation for scheduled activities. The unit requires on average three/four hours of scheduled activities per week. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Margaret Matanda

Prerequisites

Permission required