12 points, SCA Band 1, 0.250 EFTSL
Undergraduate - Unit
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Faculty
Coordinator(s)
Refer to school honours coordinator
Unit guides
Synopsis
Under the supervision of an academic staff member, students will develop, and commence the implementation and reporting of, a research project on an approved topic of their own devising. This unit is followed by Arts honours thesis B (ATS4232), under which the project and thesis will be completed.
Outcomes
Students will:
- Commence planning, conducting and reporting on research in their Honours discipline;
- Demonstrate satisfactory progress in the planning, implementation and reporting of their research;
- Demonstrate satisfactory progress in their command of the research literature relating to their research project.
Assessment
Satisfactory progress towards a 15,000 - 18,000 words research thesis: 100%
Workload requirements
Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 288 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. A 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.
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Chief examiner(s)
This unit applies to the following area(s) of study
Communications and media studies
Indigenous cultures and histories
Spanish and Latin American studies
Theatre and performance
Co-requisites
Prohibitions
ATS4230, ATS4003, ATS4004, ATS4371, ATS4460, ATS4462, ATS4923, ATS4925, ATS4767, ATS4911, ATS4370, ATS4371, ATS4715, ATS4725, ATS4763, ATS4773, ATS4778, ATS4866, APG4033