Directed Study
Duration
- One Semester or equivalent
Contact hours
- 12 hours
On-campus unit delivery combines face-to-face and digital learning.
2023 teaching periods
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Dates: Results: Last self enrolment: Census: Last withdraw without fail: |
Prerequisites
Enrolment inBH-INTHAS Bachelor of Research (Honours)
OR
MR-INTHAS Master of Research
OR
DR-INTHAS Doctor of Philosophy
Aims and objectives
1. Demonstrate familiarity with and understanding of the work of key scholars in a chosen area of study including competing and complementary theoretical frameworks;
2. Critically analyse and synthesise relevant sources in the field in written form;
3. Present a succinct oral summary of their investigation to supervisor and peers.
Unit information in detail
- Teaching methods, assessment and content.
Teaching methods
Type | Hours per week | Number of Weeks | Total |
On-campus Various | 12 | 1 | 12 |
Unspecified Learning Activities Individual Study | 11.5 | 12 | 138 |
TOTAL | 150 hours |
Assessment
| Types | Individual or Group task | Weighting | Assesses attainment of these ULOs |
| Annotated bibliography | Individual | 20% | 1, 2 |
| Oral presentation | Individual | 30% | 3 |
| Written Assignment | Individual | 50% | 1, 2 |
Content
Students will agree with a Supervisor, and by approval of the Discipline Convener, on a topic or issue for a directed study. Topics will typically include investigating a substantive content area or methodological approach that is not offered by any other available elective and does not replicate a unit of study completed in the student’s undergraduate or postgraduate program.
Approved topics will include:
- Extended study in an area of particular interest to the student, provided no other suitable unit of study is available
- Preliminary investigation that may lay groundwork for the student's thesis or other further project that is beyond the scope of what can be accomplished in the core units of study in the program. Such an investigation must, in itself, produce results in an assessable format
Study resources
- Reading materials.