Major Project Part A

About this subject

• What you'll learn

  On successful completion of this subject, students will be able to:

  1. Generate questions/aims/hypotheses based on experience, expertise and literature.
  2. Collect and record information/ data from self-selected sources, choosing or devising an appropriate methodology with self-structured guidelines.
  3. Evaluate information/data and inquiry process rigorously using self-generated criteria based on experience, expertise and the literature, and reflect insightfully to renew others’ processes.
  4. Organise information/data using self-determined structures and management of processes (including team function).
  5. Analyse and synthesise information/data to generalise or abstract knowledge that addresses self-or-group-identified gaps in understanding.
  6. Select appropriate language and genre to extend the knowledge of a range of audiences and apply innovatively the knowledge developed to multiple contexts.

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• About University of Tasmania

Entry requirements

Part of a degree

To enrol in this subject you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:

Elective

• TAS-AQS-MAS-2026 - Master of Advanced Practice ( Applied Quality and Safety)
• TAS-CDP-MAS-2026 - Master of Advanced Practice (Communicable Disease Prevention)
• TAS-CUC-MAS-2026 - Master of Advanced Practice (Community and Urgent Care)
• TAS-CCR-MAS-2026 - Master of Advanced Practice (Critical Care and Retrieval)
• TAS-APD-MAS-2026 - Master of Advanced Practice (Dementia)
• TAS-ADH-MAS-2026 - Master of Advanced Practice (Digital Health)
• TAS-APG-MAS-2026 - Master of Advanced Practice (Governance)
• TAS-HSI-MAS-2026 - Master of Advanced Practice (Health Service Improvement)
• TAS-APH-MAS-2026 - Master of Advanced Practice (Healthcare Education)
• TAS-AMS-MAS-2026 - Master of Advanced Practice (Medication Safety)
• TAS-AOP-MAS-2026 - Master of Advanced Practice (Organisational Performance)
• TAS-AOR-MAS-2026 - Master of Advanced Practice (Organisational Resilience)
• TAS-SCL-MAS-2026 - Master of Advanced Practice (Supply Chain and Logistics)
• TAS-AWP-MAS-2026 - Master of Advanced Practice (Workplace Psychology)

Prior study

You must either have successfully completed the following subject(s) before starting this subject, or currently be enrolled in the following subject(s) in a prior study period; or enrol in the following subject(s) to study prior to this subject:

• TAS-CAM720-Health Research Methods

Please note that your enrolment in this subject is conditional on successful completion of these prerequisite subject(s). If you study the prerequisite subject(s) in the study period immediately prior to studying this subject, your result for the prerequisite subject(s) will not be finalised prior to the close of enrolment. In this situation, should you not complete your prerequisite subject(s) successfully you should not continue with your enrolment in this subject. If you are currently enrolled in the prerequisite subject(s) and believe you may not complete these all successfully, it is your responsibility to reschedule your study of this subject to give you time to re-attempt the prerequisite subject(s).

Others

Conditional Requisite: At least 100 credit points of study at 400 level or above including CAM720

Additional requirements

• Other requirements - Teaching Arrangement: Independent Learning 8 hours weekly; Supervision meetings 1 hour fortnightly, Online Tutorial 2 hour weekly.

Study load

0.125 EFTSL

This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.

Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.

Find out more information on Commonwealth Loans to understand what this means to your eligibility for financial support.