18 points, SCA Band 2, 0.375 EFTSL
Undergraduate - Unit
Refer to the specific census and withdrawal dates for the semester(s) in which this unit is offered.
Faculty
Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
Organisational Unit
Department of Nutrition, Dietetics and Food
Chief examiner(s)
Coordinator(s)
Unit guides
Offered
- First semester 2019 (On-campus)
- Second semester 2019 (On-campus)
- Full year 2019 (On-campus)
Co-requisites
Must be enrolled in one of the following course codes: M3703, M5021
Notes
Please note: The teaching dates for this unit vary from the standard teaching datesstandard teaching dates (http://www.monash.edu/enrolments/dates/census) for this teaching period.
Unit discontinuation and penalty dates for these units are different to other units taught in the same teaching period.
Please refer to the information available on the Faculty non standard teaching dates pageFaculty non standard teaching dates page (https://www.monash.edu/medicine/study/student-services/non-standard-dates) to avoid academic and financial penaltiesacademic and financial penalties (https://www.monash.edu/enrolments/change/add-or-discontinue-units).
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 for the Nutrition and Dietetics 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 the components of literature review and description of methods. Students will present their research proposal in a seminar format.
Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this unit, students should be able to:
- gain experience in undertaking an evidenced-based review of the scientific literature in their discipline;
- discuss the strengths and weaknesses of the proposed study design for their research project;
- describe the methodology required for their research project and summarise the logistical process involved in data collection;
- outline the main statistical methods that will be used in their research project and demonstrate competency in using the software programs required for these analyses; and
- demonstrate a high level of competency in oral communication skills to a specialist scientific audience.
Assessment
Assessment from NUT4121 will contribute 20% to the final mark for Bachelor of Nutrition (Honours) comprising:
- Evidenced-based literature review (100%)*
- Oral research proposal
- Draft methods chapter
*Note that full quantitative assessment of this task will be undertaken at the end of Semester 2 in conjunction with Thesis examination.
Workload requirements
Research project related work: 36 hours per week.
See also Unit timetable information