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John Curtin School of Medical Research · ANU College of Science and Medicine
Course first offered: 2027. Only available to students in the Bachelor of Philosophy, Neuroscience, and Psychology. This course is specially designed to give students the opportunity to engage with active researchers and engage in substantial research tasks. Students will be integrated in a research team and get direct experience in core components of research activities, including literature review, project design, data collection, or analysis. Students will learn to take a transdisciplinary approach to real research problems, including critical assessment and evaluation in the context of current knowledge and frameworks. Students will take substantial steps from learning about research to becoming active, engaged participants with peers in a research community. This course is designed to be flexible and allows for a broad range of research experiences for students. Research topics and groupings will vary year to year; BPNP convenors will make available a list of projects at the start of each semester.
Assessments and their weighting will vary depending on the nature of the topic but will minimally have three components:
Formative task/s
Learning outcomes 1, 2, 3
Group presentation on project
Learning outcomes 1, 4, 5
Summative Project Report
Learning outcomes 4, 5
The expected workload will consist of approximately 130 hours throughout the session. This will include : - regular meetings with the group, supervisor, and larger class, and - self-directed study which will include research and preparation for presentations and other assessment tasks.
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