THE EMERGING RESEARCHER

HMK1TER

2014

Credit points: 15

Subject outline

How do you start a research project? And where do top researchers get their ideas? How do they go about researching them in a rigorous, yet ethical manner? Students enrolled in The Emerging Research will be introduced to the practices of academic research, including formulating their own research question that has relevance to their own life and interests, searching for and critically assessing information and ethical considerations. Throughout the subject, students will have opportunities to meet and work with top researchers from La Trobe's research priority areas and learn more about the research being undertaken at La Trobe.

Faculty: DVC & VP (Academic)

Credit points: 15

Subject Co-ordinator: Rachael Pitt

Available to Study Abroad Students: No

Subject year level: Year Level 1 - UG

Exchange Students: No

Subject particulars

Subject rules

Prerequisites: Students must be enrolled in the Hallmark Program.

Co-requisites: N/A

Incompatible subjects: N/A

Equivalent subjects: N/A

Special conditions: N/A

Melbourne, 2014, Week 08-22, Day

Overview

Online enrolment: No

Maximum enrolment size: N/A

Enrolment information:

Subject Instance Co-ordinator: Rachael Pitt

Class requirements

Seminar
One 2.0 hours seminar per week and delivered via face-to-face.

Tutorial
One 1.0 hours tutorial per week and delivered via online.

Assessments

Assessment element	Comments	%
Four Group Feedback Reports		15
One 1000-word annoted bibliography		25
One 2000-word Final Report		40
One 500-word research idea		20