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Internet Communications Project
Undergraduate | CUR-NET390 | 2018
Course information for 2018 intake
Undertake your own research project into online communications. Key in on an interesting element of web studies. Explore effective research and development techniques. Produce a proposal, conduct in-depth investigation and write a scholarly paper.
- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Entry requirements
- Prior study needed
- Duration
- -
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Internet Communications Project
About this subject
At the completion of this subject students will be able to:
- prepare and present scholarly research proposals
- conduct advanced scholarly bibliographic research
- prepare and present a scholarly research paper or equivalent
- demonstrate understanding of the internet as a social technology of communication and information at an advanced level.
- Planning and managing a scholarly project
- Research, analysis and synthesis of published material, both primary and secondary
- Formulating and reviewing arguments and explanations
- Reflection on scholarly work for improved future performance
This subject was previously known as Internet Studies Project.
In this subject, you will plan for and undertake an individual research project. Under supervision, you will prepare a research proposal, complete a literature review and research and write a paper suitable for presentation at a conference or publication in a scholarly journal. You will not be required to originate primary data, but will be expected to conduct advanced research using existing primary research data available from other sources and also utilise and explore the analysis already published by other scholars. Students may be permitted to present the final outcome of projects using elements of online design or production; students may be permitted to link their project to tasks or duties within their employment or community.
Further Information: Entry to this subject is at the discretion of the degree coordinator depending on results achieved in other subjects of study. You must contact internetstudies@curtin.edu.au before registering.
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- Project proposal (10%)
- Literature review (20%)
- Author Response (10%)
- Project outcome (60%)
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Entry requirements
Prior study
You must have successfully completed the following subject(s) before starting this subject:
one of
- CUR-NET102-Digital Culture and Everyday Life
CUR-NET12 (Not currently available)
To help set you up for success before you start this subject, we suggest completing or having equivalent knowledge in:
one of
- CUR-NET303-Power, Politics and the Internet
- CUR-NET308-Internet Collaboration and Innovation
CUR-NET23 (Not currently available)
Equivalent subjects
You should not enrol in this subject if you have successfully completed any of the following subject(s) because they are considered academically equivalent:
CUR-NET38 (Not currently available)
CUR-NET39 (Not currently available)
Others
You may not enrol in this subject without permission of degree coordinator (internetstudies@curtin.edu.au).
Additional requirements
No additional requirements
Study load
- 0.25 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 20 to 24 hours of study each week.
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