Part A: Course Overview
Course Title: Applied Science Project (Extended): Implementation
Credit Points: 12.00
Course Coordinator: Tahnee Manning
Course Coordinator Phone: -
Course Coordinator Email: tahnee.manning@rmit.edu.au
Course Coordinator Location: -
Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities
Enforced Pre-Requisite Courses
Successful completion of the following course/s:
- ONPS2768 Applied Science Project (Extended): Planning (Course ID 056550)
Note: it is a condition of enrolment at RMIT that you accept responsibility for ensuring that you have completed the prerequisite/s and agree to concurrently enrol in co-requisite courses before enrolling in a course.
For information go to RMIT Course Requisites webpage.
Course Description
This course extends your capstone experience from Applied Science Project (Extended): Planning, further building your skills to integrate, critically reflect on and consolidate what you have learnt in your program. This course gives you an opportunity to engage in scientific research, while extending your knowledge and practical skills in a particular area of interest.
With the assistance of your supervisor, you will evaluate your progress on the project begun in Applied Science Project (Extended): Planning, refine your research approaches if needed, complete the research on your project, give an oral presentation of your findings, and write a report in the style of a scientific journal article. Collaboration with an external organisation may occur in some projects.
This course offers a challenge to final-year students, and allows innovation by the student with respect to both method and research direction. You are required to make a presentation regarding your project to your peers.
This course will include a Work Integrated Learning (WIL) experience in which your knowledge and skills are applied and assessed in a real or simulated workplace context and where feedback from one or more of active researchers, government, industry and/or community is integral to your experience.
To undertake this course, you will be required to sign either a 2-way WIL agreement with the University or a 3-way agreement with RMIT and an external partner if your project involves collaboration with an external organisation. This course includes a work integrated learning experience in which your knowledge and skills will be applied and assessed in a real or simulated workplace context and where feedback from industry and/ or community is integral to your experience.
Objectives/Learning Outcomes/Capability Development
This course contributes to the program learning outcomes for the following program(s):
PLO 1 Apply a broad and coherent knowledge of scientific theories, principles, concepts and practice in one or more scientific disciplines.
PLO 2 Analyse and critically examine scientific evidence using methods, technical skills, tools and emerging technologies in a range of scientific activities.
PLO 3 Analyse and apply principles of scientific inquiry and critical evaluation to address real-world scientific challenges and inform evidence based decision making.
PLO 4 Communicate, report and reflect on scientific findings, to diverse audiences utilising a variety of formats employing integrity and culturally safe practices.
PLO 5 Work independently, with agility, safety, and accountability for own learning and professional future.
PLO 6 Collaborate and contribute within diverse, multi-disciplinary teams, with commitment to diversity, equity and globally inclusive perspectives and practices including First Nations knowledges and input.
Upon successful completion of this course, you will be able to:
- Coordinate and manage a scientific investigation to address research questions.
- Implement effective data collection strategies and techniques to investigate research questions.
- Critically evaluate the results and their reliability to draw conclusions about the implications of the research findings.
- Articulate research findings in a clear, concise, and scholarly manner, adhering to the conventions of academic writing and oral presentation.
- Exhibit responsible, safe, legal, and ethical work conduct within the framework of an individual or collaborative applied science research.
Overview of Learning Activities
Despite the differences between individual projects, each aims to provide you with the opportunities to gain expertise in project design, management and reporting. Any or all of the following learning activities are involved:
• Completion of laboratory, library, field or industry project designed to give you further practice in the application of theory and procedures in your field.
• Private study, working through the requirements of the project with the assistance of a supervisor, and gaining practice at solving conceptual and numerical problems.
• Communication of the results of your project to an appropriate audience.
You are expected to develop skills in:
• locating and synthesising information available in scientific (and in some cases other) literature in order to establish the need for, and potential scope and context of, the research project;
• developing creative ways of solving unfamiliar problems by devising a methodological approach to address the research question being raised;
• managing the time allocated to completing specific tasks;
• collecting and analysing data (qualitative and/or quantitative) including an assessment of the validity of the research results; and
• communicating the results in written form, requiring critical analysis, synthesis and organisation of knowledge, and the construction of a rational and lucid scientific argument.
Depending on the project, you may also find you learn other important skills such as how to work effectively in teams and how to take into consideration ethical issues associated with research.
You will be actively engaged in a range of learning activities such as lectorials, tutorials, practicals, laboratories, seminars, project work, class discussion, individual and group activities. Delivery may be face to face, online or a mix of both.
You are encouraged to be proactive and self-directed in your learning, asking questions of your lecturer and/or peers and seeking out information as required, especially from the numerous sources available through the RMIT library, and through links and material specific to this course that is available through myRMIT Studies Course Site.
Overview of Learning Resources
RMIT will provide you with resources and tools for learning in this course through myRMIT Studies Course. Relevant textbooks are available in the RMIT library, and library and will be referred to in teaching materials. Pre- and post-class activities will be provided in electronic format on the Canvas site, including case-based patient scenarios for interpretation, supporting you to propose the use of advancing therapies and technologies to improve patient outcomes.
There are services available to support your learning through the University Library. The Library provides guides on academic referencing and subject specialist help as well as a range of study support services. For further information, please visit the Library page on the RMIT University website and the myRMIT student portal.
Overview of Assessment
Assessment Tasks
Assessment Task 1: Progress Report (written)
Weighting 20%
This assessment task supports CLOs 1, 2 & 3
Assessment Task 2: Lab/Field Performance
Weighting 20%
This assessment task supports CLOs 1, 2 & 5
Assessment Task 3: Oral Presentation
Weighting 20%
This assessment task supports CLOs 3 & 4
Assessment Task 4: Final Report (written)
Weighting 40%
This assessment task supports CLOs 1, 2, 3 & 4
If you have a long term medical condition and/or disability it may be possible to negotiate to vary aspects of the learning or assessment methods. You can contact the program coordinator or Equitable Learning Services if you would like to find out more.