Unit of Study PROJ6002 Applied Research Project I (2025)

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Unit Snapshot

Unit type

PG Project/Other Research Unit
Credit points

12
Faculty & College

Faculty of Science and Engineering
Placement

No

Pre-requisites

84 credit points in any SCU units

Unit description

Introduces participants to research related to the real world and opportunities in industry. Participants will learn about the research process, identify a suitable issue for research, and identify suitable research tools to address the issue.

Unit content

What is industry research?
Identifying problems for research
Reviewing literature to inform research approach
Designing a research project
Developing Quantitative Research Tools
Developing Qualitative Research Tools

Availabilities

Location	Domestic	International
Gold Coast	Term1	Term1
Melbourne	N/A	Term1
Online	Term1	N/A
Perth	N/A	Term1
Sydney	N/A	Term1

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:

identify and justify management related industry problems, issues or opportunities worthy of investigation.

create and present an ethical and achievable research design based on justifiable and evidence-based methods

critically review and synthesise literature with regard to relevant research problems, issues or opportunities.

develop, pilot and apply critical research tools that have the potential to solicit required data to analyse a given problem, issue or opportunity.

Teaching and assessment

Teaching method

Workshop 1 hour (Weekly)

Tutorial 2 hours (Weekly)

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Workshop 1 hour (Weekly)

Tutorial 2 hours (Weekly)

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Teaching method

Workshop 1 hour (Weekly)

Tutorial 2 hours (Weekly)

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