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PSIO400 Honours in Physiology

Credit Points 48
Offering
Responsible Campus Teaching Period Mode of Study Online Level
Armidale Year Long Off Campus A- Internet access required
Armidale Year Long On Campus A- Internet access required
Intensive School(s) None
Supervised Exam There is no UNE Supervised Examination.
Pre-requisites permission of head of school
Co-requisites None
Restrictions None
Notes

Honours candidates only
Combined Units None
Coordinator(s) Jim McFarlane (jmcfarla@une.edu.au)
Unit Description

A full-time honours year will encompass the conduct and reporting of a specific research project agreed upon between the student and supervisor. On the completion of the honours year students should have achieved the ability to undertake a research project from conception to design. Candidates will also be expected to critically evaluate the scientific literature, and to convey the outcome of experimental results both verbally and in writing concisely and with clarity. The honours program consists of a review of the literature in a specified field, a component of course work in statistics or animal surgery and the submission of a minor research thesis which is to be undertaken under the supervision of a nominated academic staff member. Candidates must consult the Physiology honours coordinator in October concerning enrolments and areas of study.
Materials No text required
Disclaimer Unit information may be subject to change prior to commencement of the teaching period.
Assessment
Title Exam Length Weight Mode No. Words
Assignment 5%
Assessment Notes
Methods/Statistics/Essay
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1 GA: 1, 2, 3, 4
Laboratory Work 10%
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 3 GA: 1, 4, 6
Seminar 15%
Assessment Notes
Seminars
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1, 2 GA: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6
Thesis 70%
Assessment Notes
Thesis/Literature Review
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1-4 GA: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

Learning Outcomes (LO) Upon completion of this unit, students will be able to:
  1. critically evaluate discuss the literature on an aspect of human or animal physiology;
  2. present a concise but detailed summary of their research work to a peer group audience;
  3. demonstrate a range experimental skills as applied to their topic area;
  4. demonstrate an understanding of how their experimental results adds to the body of knowledge on the topic.

Graduate Attributes (GA)
Attribute Taught Assessed Practised
1 Knowledge of a Discipline
Students will be assessed on their knowledge of the discipline by seminars, thesis examination and supervisor assessment of their experimental work. 		True True True
2 Communication Skills
Oral and written communication will be refined through interaction with their supervisor and other staff. Oral skills at presenting scientific findings will be assessed through seminars and written skills will be assed through an essay and a thesis. 		True True True
3 Global Perspectives
Through their study and research work the students will gain a global perspective on where their works sits within a worldwide body of knowledge 		True True
4 Information Literacy
Information literacy is assessed within seminars and written work (essay & thesis) as a though knowledge of the current up to date information on the research topic is essential. 		True True
5 Life-Long Learning
The scientific method approaches learned within this unit will give students the lifelong skills. These skills will be practiced and assessed in all assessment tasks. 		True True True
6 Problem Solving
The overall goal of the research project is to develop a hypothesis based on current knowledge and then using problem solving skills to attempt to disprove it. This will be practiced and assessed in all assessment tasks. 		True True True
   

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