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Courses Handbook 2015

This handbook contains information on courses and components (majors, minors, streams and units) at Curtin in 2015.
Information for the previous year's courses and units is available at Courses Handbook 2014.

HEAL6028 (v.1) Health Sciences Research Project

Area: School of Public Health
Credits: 50.0
Contact Hours: 8.0
TUITION PATTERNS: The tuition pattern provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. Precise information is included in the unit outline.
Individual Study: 1 x 16 Hours Weekly
Equivalent(s): 13179 (v.3) Research Project 650 or any previous version
OR
312797 (v.1) MPH600 Research Project or any previous version
OR
HEAL6025 (v.1) MPH600 Health Sciences Research Project or any previous version
Prerequisite(s):     13152 (v.3) Health Research Methods 681 or any previous version
    OR
    STAT6000 (v.1) Health Research Methods or any previous version
AND
    6103 (v.9) Epidemiology and Biostatistics 682 or any previous version
    OR
    309585 (v.1) Epidemiology and Biostatistics 481 or any previous version
    OR
    309582 (v.1) Epidemiology and Biostatistics 482 or any previous version
    OR
    Admission into 195604 (v.6) Master of Health Administration or any previous version
    OR
    Admission into 150004 (v.4) Master of Health Services Management or any previous version
    OR
    Admission into 312202 (v.1) Doctor of Clinical Physiotherapy or any previous version
    OR
    Admission into 150604 (v.4) Master of Occupational Health and Safety or any previous version
    OR
    Admission into 313455 (v.1) Master of Health Information Management or any previous version
    OR
    Admission into 314807 (v.1) Master of Dietetics or any previous version
    OR
    EPID6001 (v.1) Epidemiology and Biostatistics or any previous version
    OR
    MEDS4003 (v.1) Principles of Epidemiology and Biostatistics or any previous version
    OR
    MEDS4002 (v.1) Epidemiology and Biostatistics Practice or any previous version
    OR
    Admission into MC-HLADMN (v.1) Master of Health Administration or any previous version
    OR
    Admission into MC-OCHLSF (v.1) Master of Occupational Health and Safety or any previous version
    OR
    Admission into MG-DIETS (v.1) Master of Dietetics or any previous version
UNIT REFERENCES, TEXTS, OUTCOMES AND ASSESSMENT DETAILS: The most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes, will be provided in the unit outline.
Additional Tuition Pattern Information: Conducted independently under direction of supervisor; weekly meetings after completion of proposal
Syllabus: Students undertake an independent research project. Topics could include a critical review of literature and recommendations, a research grant application, an article for submission to a peer reviewed journal with an in-depth review of literature, collection of data and its analyses, analysis of existing data set.
Field of Education: 069999 Health not elsewhere classified
Result Type: Pass/Fail


Availability

Year Location Period Internal Partially Online Internal Area External Central External Fully Online
2015 Bentley Campus Semester 1 Y        
2015 Bentley Campus Semester 1         Y
2015 Bentley Campus Semester 2         Y
2015 Bentley Campus Semester 2 Y        

Area External refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.

Central External refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area

Partially Online Internal refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External

Fully Online refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External


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