Nursing Minor Thesis 1

Course aim

Students will refine and extend competence in scholarly inquiry, critique and reflection through applying the research process to investigate an area related to nursing, midwifery or health care practice.

Course content

Each student will: identify a topic for independent research investigation, supervised by a suitably qualified member of staff; maintain progress in accordance with the stages and time lines agreed with the supervisor; and complete required assessment tasks.

Textbook(s)

Nil

Prerequisite(s)

Common to all relevant programs
Subject Area & Catalogue Number	Course Name
NURS 5151	Qualitative Design for Nursing and Health Research
NURS 5152	Quantitative Design for Nursing and Health Research

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
INTERNAL, CITY EAST
Directed Study	13 weeks x N/A
EXTERNAL, CITY EAST, DISTANCE EDUCATION
External (Online Delivery)	13 weeks x N/A
EXTERNAL, OFFSHORE, ONLINE
External (Online Delivery)	13 weeks x -

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Assessment

Literature review, Progress report, Research Proposal

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.250
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 1A)
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* Equivalent Full Time Study Load. Please note: all EFTSL values are published and calculated at ten decimal places. Values are displayed to three decimal places for ease of interpretation.