Course Title: Major Project 1B
Part A: Course Overview
Course Title: Major Project 1B
Credit Points: 24.00
Terms
Course Code |
Campus |
Career |
School |
Learning Mode |
Teaching Period(s) |
COMM1140 |
City Campus |
Postgraduate |
335H Applied Communication |
Face-to-Face |
Sem 1 2006, Sem 2 2006, Sem 2 2007, Sem 2 2008, Sem 1 2009, Sem 2 2009 |
COMM1140 |
City Campus |
Postgraduate |
345H Media and Communication |
Face-to-Face |
Sem 1 2010, Sem 2 2010, Sem 2 2011, Sem 1 2012, Sem 2 2012, Sem 1 2013, Sem 2 2013 |
Course Coordinator: Judy.Burnside-Lawry@rmit.edu.au
Course Coordinator Phone: 9925 3128
Course Coordinator Email: Judy.Lawry@rmit.edu.au
Course Coordinator Location: 9.5.32
Course Coordinator Availability: By appointment, via email
Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities
Required Prior Study
Successful completion of COMM1096 Intro to Communication Research (or COMM1178 Professional Research and Evaluation) and COMM1138 Major Project 1A
OR
Alternatively you may be able to demonstrate the required skills and knowledge before you start this course. Contact your course coordinator if you think you may be eligible for recognition of prior learning. Further information: http://www.rmit.edu.au/browse;ID=x94or0ccuu7k
Course Description
Major Project 1B (COMM1140) is the second half of the part-time offering to complete their Major Project and the semester in which you submit your final thesis.
You will have already defined your research and prepared a proposal during the Research Strategies course and will have commenced supervision meetings and research of their project during Major Project 1A (COMM1138). You are expected to meet with your supervisor four times over the course of your project to advise and provide guidance during the research project.
Objectives/Learning Outcomes/Capability Development
Project Seminar provides support sessions for students currently writing their minor or major project. It is not a formal class in which you have to enroll or carry out assessment.
Whilst you will have have regular meetings with their individual supervisors it is often the case that completing the project can feel like a rather isolated experience. Because of the predominantly independent nature of this kind of research it is sometimes the case that students get held up by (what seem in retrospect) relatively minor problems or lose confidence: it can be easy to feel that you are the only one experiencing the trials and struggles (and sense of achievement) that are all part and parcel of the process of successfully completing a research project.
A proven way to counter this sense of isolation and to keep on track throughout the semester is to discuss issues you may face on the research journey with your fellow students who are also working on their projects. This semester some of that support will be provided online via Blackboard.
Research projects involve original research and offer an opportunity for students to define and implement independent research in an area of communication of their own interest or of relevance to their own future direction.
Overview of Learning Activities
Regular meetings with individual supervisors.
Overview of Learning Resources
A website of useful resources is available via the Learning Hub.
Please login at http://www.rmit.edu.au/online
Overview of Assessment
Students are required to submit a 16,000 word Major Project
These projects are assessed by an examiner (who is not your supervisor but in most cases an appropriate staff member within the School of Media and Communication).
When the examination process is complete, a copy of the examiner’s report will be sent to you by registered post. This usually takes around three-four weeks from the date of submission.
Assessment Tasks
Students are required to submit a 16,00 word Major Project by 1 November 2013
Other Relevant Information
Please note: All major projects must be completed by the end of 2013.