UPP Project B
UndergraduateTAS-UPP0182024
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- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 14 weeks
- Start dates
- 26 Feb 2024,
- 22 July 2024
- Loan available
- HECS-HELP and FEE-HELP available
UPP Project B
About this subject
Upon completion of this subject, the student should be able to:
- Locate, evaluate and employ evidence from a range of academic sources.
- Reflect on learning associated with project development.
- Frame and present an academic argument through the analysis of competing views.
- Communicate research outcomes to an academic audience..
- Introduction to the research inquiry model
- Developing a research question
- Pitching your research question
- Refining your pitch
- Investigation phase
- Literature research
- Making evaluations and conclusions
- Communicating your research
- Reflective writing
- Presenting to your peers
- Peer presentation
In this subject, you will be provided the opportunity to employ skills developed across a range of University Preparation Subjects to complete a guided research project. Using techniques in research, analysis, problem-solving, reflection, and academic communication, you will investigate a topic of your choosing, undertake an academic investigation of the key issues or challenges involved and, finally, produce an evidence-based analysis and argument expressing your perspective. The research and communication skills developed and practiced in this subject apply to a diverse range of disciplinary environments.
- Research Pitch (25%)
- Literature Research Task (30%)
- Research Project (45%)
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Entry requirements
Part of a degree
To enrol in this subject you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:
Core
- TAS-UPP-DEG-2024 - University Preparation Program
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:
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).
Additional requirements
- Other requirements - Teaching Arrangement: 1-hour online Workshop 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.
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Related degrees
Once you’ve completed this subject it can be credited towards one of the following courses
University Preparation Program
UndergraduateTAS-UPP-DEG