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HHSC400 Human Biology Honours

Credit Points 36
Offering
Responsible Campus Teaching Period Mode of Study
Armidale Year Long 1 Off Campus
Armidale Year Long 1 On Campus
Intensive School(s) None
Supervised Exam There is no UNE Supervised Examination.
Pre-requisites candidature in BSc(Hons)
Co-requisites None
Restrictions None
Notes

Honours candidates only. After consultation, approval must be granted for enrolment in this unit as some projects cannot be undertaken off campus.
Combined Units None
Coordinator(s) Jim McFarlane (jmcfarla@une.edu.au)
Unit Description

This honours year is designed to provide professional scientific development. Honours units within the various disciplines of the School of Science and Technology are coordinated to ensure that work loads are consistent. All honours units in the school focus on a substantial research project allied to an ongoing program. A short thesis is required describing the research and the results obtained. In addition, it is expected that students maintain their general competence in theoretical aspects of the discipline apart from their specific research area. To this end specific areas of reading are assigned as the basis for the preparation of a review and a seminar. Students are also expected to present seminars at the beginning and end of their project. A viva voce examination is held for each student at the end of the unit.
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 12.5%
Assessment Notes
Methods/Statistics
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1 GA: 1, 2, 3, 4
Laboratory Work 5%
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 3 GA: 1, 4, 6
Review 12.5% 6000-8000
Assessment Notes
Literature review
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1 GA: 1, 2, 3, 4
Seminar 10%
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1, 2 GA: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6
Thesis 60% 10000-20000
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 health science;
  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 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 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
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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