School: Arts and Humanities

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Masters Project 2
  • Unit Code

    CCA6250
  • Year

    2019
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    2
  • Credit Points

    30
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Christopher KUEH

Description

This project unit will provide students with the opportunity for guided independent study leading to the submission of a report, documenting and reflecting on the final project. Students will develop and demonstrate critical thinking skills and awareness of and sensitivity towards social, environmental and economic theories and challenges, relevant to their final project.

Prerequisite Rule

Students need to complete and pass CCA6150 Project Preparation or DES6020 Project Development and Management to be able to be enrolled in CCA6250

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Plan and execute a professional project with the application of theories and enquiry methods.
  2. Research, plan, apply and defend ideas, creativity and innovative practice within a sustained body of work.
  3. Research, interpret, communicate and present complex work and ideas to specialists and non-specialist audiences using professional conventions.
  4. Develop a high level of interdependence and individual accountability through the critical evaluation of collaborative and individual processes or roles.
  5. Apply, defend and evaluate sustainability principles in complex and professionally relevant problem solving.

Unit Content

  1. Implementation of the project proposal.
  2. Analysis and evaluation of the results of the project.
  3. Structuring the project report.
  4. Preparation and submission of the report.

Learning Experience

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU Blackboard.

For more information see the Semester Timetable

Additional Learning Experience Information

Under the close supervision of the supervisor the student will carry out the project, analyse and evaluate the results, prepare and submit the project. In these units the student will implement, and prepare for submission of the project. The study, and its progress, will be closely supervised by the appointed supervisor. The preparation of the project will be done with the support of the supervisor, and with instruction from the course co-ordinator. The student and supervisor will mutually agree on progress review dates, and on draft submission dates.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
ReportProject Report100%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
ReportProject Report100%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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School: Arts and Humanities

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Masters Project 2
  • Unit Code

    CCA6250
  • Year

    2019
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    2
  • Credit Points

    30
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Christopher KUEH

Description

This project unit will provide students with the opportunity for guided independent study leading to the submission of a report, documenting and reflecting on the final project. Students will develop and demonstrate critical thinking skills and awareness of and sensitivity towards social, environmental and economic theories and challenges, relevant to their final project.

Prerequisite Rule

Students need to complete and pass CCA6150 Project Preparation or DES6020 Project Development and Management to be able to be enrolled in CCA6250

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Plan and execute a professional project with the application of theories and enquiry methods.
  2. Research, plan, apply and defend ideas, creativity and innovative practice within a sustained body of work.
  3. Research, interpret, communicate and present complex work and ideas to specialists and non-specialist audiences using professional conventions.
  4. Develop a high level of interdependence and individual accountability through the critical evaluation of collaborative and individual processes or roles.
  5. Apply, defend and evaluate sustainability principles in complex and professionally relevant problem solving.

Unit Content

  1. Implementation of the project proposal.
  2. Analysis and evaluation of the results of the project.
  3. Structuring the project report.
  4. Preparation and submission of the report.

Learning Experience

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU Blackboard.

For more information see the Semester Timetable

Additional Learning Experience Information

Under the close supervision of the supervisor the student will carry out the project, analyse and evaluate the results, prepare and submit the project. In these units the student will implement, and prepare for submission of the project. The study, and its progress, will be closely supervised by the appointed supervisor. The preparation of the project will be done with the support of the supervisor, and with instruction from the course co-ordinator. The student and supervisor will mutually agree on progress review dates, and on draft submission dates.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
ReportProject Report100%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
ReportProject Report100%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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