Overview

Students will develop their academic research techniques and communication skills while exploring a topic in depth.

Requisites

Prerequisites
ICT40005 Research Methods

AND

Admission to Bachelor of Computer Science (Honours)

Teaching periods
Location
Start and end dates
Last self-enrolment date
Census date
Last withdraw without fail date
Results released date
Semester 2
Location
Hawthorn
Start and end dates
29-July-2024
27-October-2024
Last self-enrolment date
11-August-2024
Census date
31-August-2024
Last withdraw without fail date
13-September-2024
Results released date
03-December-2024
Semester 1
Location
Hawthorn
Start and end dates
03-March-2025
01-June-2025
Last self-enrolment date
16-March-2025
Census date
31-March-2025
Last withdraw without fail date
24-April-2025
Results released date
08-July-2025
Semester 2
Location
Hawthorn
Start and end dates
04-August-2025
02-November-2025
Last self-enrolment date
17-August-2025
Census date
31-August-2025
Last withdraw without fail date
19-September-2025
Results released date
09-December-2025

Learning outcomes

Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:

  • Describe the domain and context of research, and relate it to relevant work in the field
  • Appraise existing work in a chosen domain and identify appropriate questions to address through research activities, and to justify their relevance to the domain
  • Analyse, design, prototype and/or evaluate a suitable solution using the chosen methodology in order to generate outcomes for the identified research questions
  • Analyse the results, critically reflect on the relevance and significance of the outcomes to the domain, and identify further areas of investigation
  • Effectively communicate, both orally and in written form, the identified questions, the method developed/chosen, and the achieved outcomes to the relevant community

Teaching methods

Hawthorn

Type Hours per week Number of weeks Total (number of hours)
Face to Face Contact (Phasing out)
Other		1.00 12 weeks 12
Unspecified Learning Activities (Phasing out)
Independent Learning		10.00 12 weeks 120
TOTAL132

Assessment

Type Task Weighting ULO's
Research PresentationIndividual 10% 1,5 
Research ReportIndividual 90% 1,2,3,4,5 

Hurdle

As the minimum requirements of assessment to pass a unit and meet all ULOs to a minimum standard, an undergraduate student must have achieved:

As the minimum requirements of assessment to pass the unit and meet all Unit Learning Outcomes to a minimum standard, a student must achieve:an aggregate mark for the unit of 50% or more.

Content

Written dissertation and progressive presentation of findings in a research seminar.

Study resources

Reading materials

A list of reading materials and/or required textbooks will be available in the Unit Outline on Canvas.