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Area/Catalogue
INFT 4017

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Course Level
Undergraduate

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Offered Externally
Yes

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

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Course ID
100934

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Unit Value
4.5

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University-wide elective course
No

Course owner

Course owner
School of Information Technology and Mathematical Sciences

Course aim

To develop students skills to participate in a research project.

Course content

  • Introduction to research
  • Literature search and review
  • Research organisation (select topic, formulate research question, design research project, critical results evaluation and summary)
  • Bibliometrics
  • Research methodologies (qualitative and quantitative)
  • Experimental design
  • Data analysis
  • Research ethics.

Textbook(s)

Nil

Prerequisite(s)

Admission to an honours or postgraduate program

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component Duration
INTERNAL, CITY WEST
Lecture 1 hour x 13 weeks
Workshop 2 hours x 13 weeks
INTERNAL, MAWSON LAKES
Lecture 1 hour x 13 weeks
Workshop 2 hours x 13 weeks
EXTERNAL, MAWSON LAKES, ONLINE
External (On-line materials, lecure recordings, and moderated discussion board) N/A x 13 weeks

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


Assessment

Assignment

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 2)
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Fee-paying program for domestic and international students
International students and students undertaking this course as part of a postgraduate fee paying program must refer to the relevant program home page to determine the cost for undertaking this course.

Non-award enrolment
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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.

Course Coordinators

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