Faculty of Business and Law

School: Business

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

    Marketing Research Project 1
  • Unit Code

    MKT6320
  • Year

    2015
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    2
  • Credit Points

    20
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery


Description

This unit will enable students to investigate a specific and relevant marketing research topic. The student will select the topic through negotiation with the supervisor. The topic may be applied within an organisation of their choice. The student will then conduct a research investigation including undertaking a literature review, collecting and analysing data and preparing a research report. It enables students to select a topic of interest and relevance and to investigate this more deeply. Students can prepare for their research unit through studying MKT6310 Marketing Research. This unit will provide them with the necessary understanding and skills of the research process to undertake their project within the time span of the semester.

Non Standard Timetable Requirements

Series of scheduled meetings between student and supervisor.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must pass 1 units from MKT6310

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Demonstrate knowledge of the scope and role of research.
  2. Demonstrate skills in design and implementation of a research project.
  3. Identify an appropriate conceptually and professionally significant topic.
  4. Identify and evaluate research needs and priorities.

Unit Content

  1. This unit is an individual research-based project that allows students to undertake research on a specified topoic within an organisation of their choosing.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Students will attend a series of scheduled meetings with the supervisor. Students should negotiate a research topic and context with the supervisor and present a proposal for approval. Students will then undertake the research and prepare a report. The report will be assessed on a range of criteria including communication skills, critical analysis skills, research skills and industry relevance.

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
Literature ReviewResearch Project Literature Review50%
ProjectResearch Project Design and Proposal50%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
Literature ReviewResearch Project Literature Review50%
ProjectResearch Project Design and Proposal50%

Text References

  • ^ Neumann, W.L. (2011). Social research methods: qualitative and quantitative approaches (7th ed.). Boston: Allyn & Bacon.

^ Mandatory reference


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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Faculty of Business and Law

School: Business

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

    Marketing Research Project 1
  • Unit Code

    MKT6320
  • Year

    2015
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    2
  • Credit Points

    20
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus

Description

This unit will enable students to investigate a specific and relevant marketing research topic. The student will select the topic through negotiation with the supervisor. The topic may be applied within an organisation of their choice. The student will then conduct a research investigation including undertaking a literature review, collecting and analysing data and preparing a research report. It enables students to select a topic of interest and relevance and to investigate this more deeply. Students can prepare for their research unit through studying MKT6310 Marketing Research. This unit will provide them with the necessary understanding and skills of the research process to undertake their project within the time span of the semester.

Non Standard Timetable Requirements

Series of scheduled meetings between student and supervisor.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must pass 1 units from MKT6310

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Demonstrate knowledge of the scope and role of research.
  2. Demonstrate skills in design and implementation of a research project.
  3. Identify an appropriate conceptually and professionally significant topic.
  4. Identify and evaluate research needs and priorities.

Unit Content

  1. This unit is an individual research-based project that allows students to undertake research on a specified topoic within an organisation of their choosing.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Students will attend a series of scheduled meetings with the supervisor. Students should negotiate a research topic and context with the supervisor and present a proposal for approval. Students will then undertake the research and prepare a report. The report will be assessed on a range of criteria including communication skills, critical analysis skills, research skills and industry relevance.

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
Literature ReviewResearch Project Literature Review50%
ProjectResearch Project Design and Proposal50%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
Literature ReviewResearch Project Literature Review50%
ProjectResearch Project Design and Proposal50%

Text References

  • ^ Neumann, W.L. (2011). Social research methods: qualitative and quantitative approaches (7th ed.). Boston: Allyn & Bacon.

^ Mandatory reference


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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