Course Title: Major Independent Study

Part A: Course Overview

Course Title: Major Independent Study

Credit Points: 48


Course Code

Campus

Career

School

Learning Mode

Teaching Period(s)

OTED1078

City Campus

Postgraduate

360H Education

Distance / Correspondence or Face-to-Face or Internet


Course Coordinator: A/Prof. Sandra Martin

Course Coordinator Phone: +61 3 9925 9803

Course Coordinator Email:sandra.martin@rmit.edu.au


Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

None


Course Description

This subject allows students to investigate critically a topic in educational leadership and management (or other related field) approved in consultation with the Course Coordinator. The assessment is to be negotiated with the course coordinator but not exceeding a total of 13,000 words.


Objectives/Learning Outcomes/Capability Development

For this course,students determine their own objectives. An agreement between the supervisor and the student should be reached about student learning outcomes and the project is essentially self-initiated and student-directed.


For this course,students determine their own objectives. An agreement between the supervisor and the student should be reached about student learning outcomes and the project is essentially self-initiated and student-directed.


Overview of Learning Activities

This subject allows students to investigate critically a topic in education approved during the program approval process. Topics may include but are not restricted to: curriculum design and delivery; reviews of contemporary research and theory in education; assessment in education; and reviews of contemporary research and theories of facilitating learning.


Overview of Learning Resources

Not Applicable


Overview of Assessment

Students are to develop a project proposal outlining the scope and sequence of their independent study. The study is to be the equivalent of 13,000 words. The project is to be submitted at the conclusion of the study.

University Plagiarism Statement

Students are reminded that cheating, whether by fabrication, falsification of data, or plagiarism, is an offence subject to University disciplinary procedures. Plagiarism in oral, written or visual presentations is the presentation of the work, idea or creation of another person, without appropriate referencing, as though it is one’s own. Plagiarism is not acceptable. The use of another person’s work or ideas must be acknowledged. Failure to do so may result in charges of academic misconduct which carry a range of penalties including cancellation of results and exclusion from your course.
Students are responsible for ensuring that their work is kept in a secure place. It is also a disciplinary offence for students to allow their work to be plagiarised by another student. Students should be aware of their rights and responsibilities regarding the use of copyright material