Building Dissertation 2

• • As this unit is an individual research project - there are no set topics and students will be provided assistance each week through a supervisor.

• Study resources

  • Instructional methods

    • Discussion forum/Discussion Board
    • Online assignment submission

  • Online materials

    • Online Assessment

You must have successfully completed the following subject(s) before starting this subject:

CUR-CME408-Building Dissertation 1

Others

You need to leave a Study Period between completing the prerequisite CME408 and this subject. This subject should be the final subject (or at least 1 of the final subjects) that you undertake in this Degree.

Special requirements

• OtherDetails -

  As Students will be taking on a major research project it is essential that contact has been made with the Course Coordinator prior to enrolling in this subject. Individual arrangements will be made for such requirements as nominating a suitable supervisor and beginning the ethics process. Contact dbeoua@curtin.edu.au for further information.

Students will be engaged in an independent research process under a supervision. They will think critically as they handle a research problem, and as they further develop the research proposal they have presented prior. Students will explore scholarly materials and develop conceptual solutions through intellectual reasoning and critiquing. They will develop and use clear methodologies to collect and analyse data quantitatively and qualitatively. Students will construct new knowledge and discuss the place of their new constructs in existing knowledge. Students will write a dissertation and present their research findings orally.

*** In order to enrol in this subject, you must have been invited and accepted into the Honours Stream of the Bachelor of Applied Science (Construction Management) degree. ***

Please Note: If it’s your first time studying a Curtin University subject you’ll need to complete their compulsory ‘Academic Integrity Program’. It only takes two hours to complete online, and provides you with vital information about studying with Curtin University. The Academic Integrity Program is compulsory, so if it’s not completed your subject grades will be withheld.

Find out more about the Academic Integrity module.

• Dissertation (80%)
• Presentation (20%)