Course Title: Research Project Part B
Part A: Course Overview
Course Title: Research Project Part B
Credit Points: 12.00
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Course Coordinator: Leo Ruschena
Course Coordinator Phone: +61 3 99247472
Course Coordinator Email: leo.ruschena@rmit.edu.au
Course Coordinator Location: 13D18
Course Coordinator Availability: any time if available
Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities
Completion of a Grad Dip in OHS Management or equivalent with Distinction average or better in the Grad Dip (documentation required)
Clear idea about the research topic that the candidate wants to undertake and Availability of a supervisor with experience in the research topic
If appropriate, a letter from the candidate’s employer recognising that the candidate wants to commence the degree, and will be sympathetic to time requirements to complete the research.
Course Description
Each student will undertake an Occupational Health and Safety research project under the supervision of an academic member of the OHS Unit. The project will often be directly relevant to Occupational Health and Safety so the results obtained could well help solve real OHS problems or advance knowledge in Occupational Health and Safety Management. It is expected that the successful outcome will expand the current OHS understanding in the area of research.
PUBH1339 is the second half of the research and would require completing the research and writing up the minor thesis.
Objectives/Learning Outcomes/Capability Development
At the completion of this course, the students will have an understanding on the application of OHS management principles as applied to a real OHS problem. This will include the issues of interaction with people and systems within organisations, prioritisation of resources, consultation, research, analysis and reporting.
At the completion of this course, the students will have an understanding on the application of OHS management principles as applied to a real OHS problem. This will include the issues of interaction with people and systems within organisations, prioritisation of resources, consultation, research, analysis and reporting.
Overview of Learning Activities
By the end semester 2, it would be expected that data collection will have started. Depending on progress, data analysis may have commenced. By the commencement Semester 3 most data collection should have been completed, and the student should be commencing the analysis and preliminary drafts of their thesis.
The thesis should have been completed by the end of semester 3
Students will be expected to provide their information as technical papers or at conferences.
Overview of Learning Resources
Library resources
Overview of Assessment
Thesis Writing
The Harvard referencing system should be followed rigorously. Sections within the thesis should be numbered to facilitate referencing between sections. The structure of the thesis should be as follows (or adjusted suitably for the context):
Title Page
Statement of authorship
Acknowledgements
Tables of contents, figures, etc
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1. Synopsis – gives overview of the research, why, what, how,
2. Introduction
o clearly set out the aim/objectives
o clearly pose the research question(s)
o Describe the methodology
3. Comprehensive literature analysis relevant to the topic, and conclusions arising from this in relation to how this research fits into the current literature.
4. Description of current project
5. Intervention/data
6. Results
7. Conclusions
o Implications for industry and further research
References
Appendices
The thesis draft will be initially reviewed by your supervisor. When he/she is satisfied that the thesis is at an appropriate standard, he/she will mark a final draft, a copy of which (unmarked) will be forwarded to another supervisor, who may be inside or outside the School, for confirmatory marking. If this second examiner identifies significant problems, rewriting may be required.