Course Title: Thesis Project 4

Part A: Course Overview

Course Title: Thesis Project 4

Credit Points: 24


Course Code

Campus

Career

School

Learning Mode

Teaching Period(s)

BUSM3874

City Campus

Research

150H Health Sciences

Face-to-Face

Sem 1 2008,
Sem 1 2009

Course Coordinator: Dr Wendy Harding

Course Coordinator Phone: +61 3 9925 1492

Course Coordinator Email:wendy.harding@rmit.edu.au


Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

Thesis 3


Course Description

This course aids the student in conducting their research.


Objectives/Learning Outcomes/Capability Development

The outcomes of a project include a more knowledgeable and skilled practitioner, a contribution to professional and scholarly knowledge, and some body of work or change in practice (p.16, Policy and Procedures for the Degree of Professional Doctorate approved February 2002).


Enabling Knowledge and Skills for Capabilities

Applied qualitative research skills
In-depth knowledge of theory and practice in the systems psychodynamic or complexity science and quality approaches to organisations.


Overview of Learning Activities

The project will be undertaken as per the University regulations for the Professional Doctorate thesis (Policy and Procedures for the Degree of Professional Doctorate approved February 2002).

  • The student is required to undertake an independent thesis project.
  • The student will be supervised in his or her thesis project. A senior supervisor and secondary supervisor will be appointed for the student. (pp. 12 - 14).
  • Students will attend a regular fortnightly seminar
  • Regular reports will be submitted as per the regulations (p.14)


Overview of Learning Resources

A mix of text, journal and web based material


Overview of Assessment

Assessment

  • An updated annotated bibliography of readings
  • Paper presentation to the doctoral seminar, written-up post presentation (in this course or in Thesis 5)
    Satisfactory progress in research/thesis