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Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics · ANU College of Science and Medicine
Students will learn about the process of designing a research project within the broad context of existing astronomy and astrophysics knowledge. A selection of research projects from within the Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics (RSAA) will be on offer for students to base their research proposal on. Students will design an individual project within one of the many cutting edge research groups in the Research School. Project areas range from planetary science to cosmology, instrumentation to theory. More detail is available from https://rsaa.anu.edu.au/research/research-projects
Referee an astrophysics pre-print paper (1500 words)
Learning outcomes 1, 2, 3, 4
Literature Review (3000 words)
Learning outcomes 1, 2, 4
Research Proposal (3000 words)
Learning outcomes 2, 3, 4
Research Proposal Talk
Learning outcomes 2, 3, 4
Whole class contact hours will occur only intermittently throughout the semester for, approximately 10 hours. Additionally, students will have the opportunity for 6 hours of individual mentoring by a researcher in formulating the research proposal. The rest of the 130 hours of workload will be composed of individual work.
No prescribed texts. Students will be directed to relevant readings or provided them via the course LMS page throughout semester.