Handbook

In this course, you will contribute to an in-depth study of a relevant health science issue. You will apply the research skills you have acquired throughout your program to: identify a specific issue that requires investigation, formulate a research question, ethically and systematically collect relevant data, analyse, interpret and discuss your findings, draw conclusions, articulate the implications of your results, and disseminate the findings to the target audience.

The research project may be a negotiated student-led proposal or be a proposal offered by an academic supervisor. Projects may be in a cross-disciplinary partnership with another School or Faculty at UNSW, or with an external stakeholder. You will be expected to carry out the research project independently, with the support of academic supervisor(s).

To fulfill the research project requirements of your degree:

• 9066 Dietetic and Food Innovation students must additionally enrol in HLTH5003 Health Research Project B in Term 2.
• 9067 Pharmacy students must additionally enrol in HLTH5003 Health Research Project B in Term 3.

The assessment tasks for your research project are spread over two terms. You will receive an ‘EC’ (enrolment continuing) on your academic transcript at the end of Term 2. Once all the assessment tasks have been marked and graded at the end of Term 3, you will receive a numeric grade. The grade you receive in Term 3 will be duplicated for your Term 2 course retrospectively in your academic transcript. Further details on the UNSW grade definitions can be found here: https://www.student.unsw.edu.au/grade