FIT3153 - Research-based learning - 2019

Students participate full time in a research and development placement over a 22-week period. Students are required to apply their knowledge, skills, professional attitudes and ethical behaviour in a research context. They develop their communication, time management, self-reflection and teamwork skills, experience a professional research and development environment and obtain feedback from supervisors on their performance.

Students will be supervised by a supervisor and will be visited by the CE or academic nominees.

At the completion of this unit, students should be able to:

1. participate as an interested, active member of a possibly multi-disciplinary research team;
2. design, organise and conduct innovative information technology research projects;
3. communicate research findings orally and in writing;
4. demonstrate ethical behaviour, professional practice and initiative in research;
5. critically analyse and assess information technology literature.

In-semester assessment: 100%

Students are deployed full-time for 22 weeks in a research and development placement.

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