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Sustainability Dissertation 2
Postgraduate | CUR-SCP691 | 2023
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Continue to develop your dissertation into a key area of sustainability theory. Emphasise the themes and sub-themes that you uncover through your research. Frame a hypothesis and argue your point. Incorporate primary and secondary research sources.
- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 13 weeks
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Sustainability Dissertation 2
About this subject
At the completion of this subject students will be able to:
- assess and prioritise research themes or sub-themes and approaches
- argue and hypothesise the research problem
- assemble, hypothesise, revise, produce and communicate the findings of the research.
- Framing a substantial original research project that is appropriate in scope and scale, including explicit research question(s)
- Developing an in-depth, critical understanding of a topic
- Backgrounding a project with conceptual development and literature analysis
- Conducting primary research (new knowledge) and secondary research (derived/desk-top/text-based)
- Research methods for qualitative and quantitative research
- Writing up research findings into a dissertation
This subject was previously known as Advanced Individual Project 2.
Further development of project determined in consultation with supervisor(s) relating to the student’s field of specialisation.
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- Dissertation (80%)
- Presentation of dissertation (20%)
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Entry requirements
Part of a degree
To enrol in this subject you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:
Core
- CUR-SCP-MAS-2023 - Master of Environment and Climate Emergency
Elective
- UNE-PRO-GCE-2023 - Graduate Certificate in Professional Practice
Prior study
You must either have successfully completed the following subject(s) before starting this subject, or enrol in the following subject(s) to study at the same time or prior to this subject:
one of
CUR-SCP690-Sustainability Dissertation 1 (no longer available)
- CUR-SCP680-Sustainability Dissertation 1
Additional requirements
- Software requirements - Access to the Internet
- Other requirements - Provide an email address. Must be enrolled in Masters of Environment and Climate Emergency.
Study load
- 0.25 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 20 to 24 hours of study each week.
Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.
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Related degrees
Once you’ve completed this subject it can be credited towards one of the following courses
PostgraduateCUR-SCP-MAS
PostgraduateUNE-PRO-GCE