Unit of Study ENVR6006 Research Project I (2025)

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Unit Snapshot

Unit type

PG Coursework Unit
Credit points

24
Faculty & College

Faculty of Science and Engineering
Placement

No

Enrolment restriction

All students must have an academic supervisor from Southern Cross University prior to enrolling in this unit. Please submit a Unit Approval Request in MyEnrolment. You must also enrol in ENVR6007 Research Project II for the following term before you can be approved for this unit.

Unit description

Allows Masters students to undertake a major individual investigation that involves the application of multidisciplinary skills, and to prepare a report with a research focus or integrated management focus. Masters students are encouraged to submit an article to a refereed journal if they complete this unit and the following unit Research Project II. Research Project I is a double weighted unit.

Unit content

This is an independent research unit and there is no formal syllabus. On completion of Research Project I students should be able to develop a research proposal, conduct an independent research study and present a seminar on a research topic.

Availabilities

Location	Domestic	International
National Marine Science Centre Coffs Harbour	Term1,2,3,4,5	Term1,2,3,4,5

Learning outcomes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

frame a research question, understanding aims and hypotheses

plan and design an experimental research project

critically evaluate and apply considerations needed when experimenting with live animals including applying animal ethics in research

select and apply appropriate statistics for analyses of specific datasets

organise and manage resource and time priorities and work as a team with fellow scholars

demonstrate the ability to interpret the results of field work/experiments with special consideration to the scientific literature.

Teaching and assessment

Teaching method

Project 43 hours (Weekly)

Assessment
Proposal	10%
Presentation	10%
Report	80%
Practical	SR