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Overview

This subject code caters to Honours students who wish to complete their 4th year honours program part-time, over 18 months. In all other respects this subject is equivalent to BOT4HNA and BOT4HNB. Honours students are required to undertake a research project under supervision, complete assessment tasks, attend and give seminars. … For more content click the Read more button below.

Portfolio

Office of the Provost

School

Agriculture, Biomedicine and Environment

Subject coordinator

Kim Plummer

Subject type

Honours

Year level

Year Level 4 - UG/Hons/1st Yr PG

AQF level

Level 8 – Bachelor Degree Honours

Available as elective

No

Available to study abroad / exchange students

No

Capstone subject

Yes

Academic progress review - Schedule A subject

No

Subject instances

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Career ready

Work based learning (placement):No

Graduate capabilities

COMMUNICATION - Communicating and Influencing
DISCIPLINE KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS
INQUIRY AND ANALYSIS - Creativity and Innovation
INQUIRY AND ANALYSIS - Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
INQUIRY AND ANALYSIS - Research and Evidence-Based Inquiry
PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL - Adaptability and Self-Management
PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL - Ethical and Social Responsibility

Subject intended learning outcomes

On successful completion you will be able to:
1.
Research, analyse and evaluate published and acquired scientific information and communicate this to a scientific audience in written form.
2.
Present and discuss research information to/with a scientific audience using effective oral communication skills.
3.
Critically analyse and interpret scientific information and data, assess their relevance and validity and justify the conclusions drawn.
4.
Set up experiments independently and evaluate the techniques used and the data collected in order to make necessary modifications.
5.
Propose an experimental hypothesis and design for an investigation and analyse experimental data using statistical tests relevant for discipline-specific research.
6.
Apply knowledge in discipline-relevant research when designing experiments, analysing results and drawing conclusions.

Enrolment rules

Special conditions

Requisite rules

Prerequisites: Must be admitted in SHBIS or SHS or SHMES or SHSWCB.

Requisites

Incompatible

Equivalent