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ENG721 - Honours Thesis Part A

2025

Sector

Higher Education

Discipline

Engineering

Credit Points

Equivalent Units

Prerequisites

Must have passed 1 unit in (PMO201) AND Must have passed 2 units in (ENG515, ENG569) OR
Must have passed 1 unit in (ENG571) AND Must have passed 1 unit in (ENG573, ENG574) OR
Must have passed 1 unit in (ENG586) AND Must have passed 1 unit in (ENG581, ENG582) OR
Must have passed 2 units in (HIT237, PRT581)

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Unit Description

The knowledge and skills acquired in the design, experimentation, analysis, management and communications aspects of an honours course are brought together in an individual research project undertaken by the student under the guidance of supervisors. The research project can be carried out within a university, industry or government setting.

The unit includes mandatory research skills training workshops and exercises and weekly meetings with supervisors.

The Honours Thesis is completed over two semesters by completing ENG721 Honours Thesis Part A (first enrolment) and ENG722 Honours Thesis Part B (second enrolment).

Unit Learning Outcomes

1.	Design a research proposal that articulates an appropriate strategy to investigate a selected research problem.
2.	Conduct a literature review and critique of previous research related to the research problem.
3.	Formulate and justify an appropriate methodology to investigate the research problem.
4.	Commence research procedures, including the design and construction of equipment as relevant.
5.	Commence preliminary data collection, analyse preliminary data and evaluate preliminary research results.
6.	Disseminate preliminary research findings and recommendations.

Assessment Overview

	Assessment Task	Value (of total mark)	Related Learning Outcome/s
1.	Research plan (indicative number of pages is 10)	20%	1
2.	Poster Presentation (1 Page A0 size)	30%	2,3,4,5,6'
3.	Interim Report (indicative length is 12 pages of the paper section and 5,000 words of the literature review)	50%	2,3,4,5,6'
4.	Weekly progress report forms (80% or more satisfactorily completed) - Hurdle	P/F	2,3,4,5,6'
5.	Weekly research skills activities (80% or more satisfactorily completed) - Hurdle	P/F	2,3,4,5,6'

Unit Availability

Year	Semester	Att Mode	Location	Learning Method	Timetable*
2025	Semester 1	Internal	Casuarina Campus	OLR	View
2025	Semester 1	External	External Studies	OLR	View
2025	Semester 2	Internal	Casuarina Campus	OLR	View
2025	Semester 2	External	External Studies	OLR	View

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