Handbook 1996 : Faculty of Agriculture, Forestry and Horticulture (Volume 4 page 20)
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Year 4 Agriculture.
Credit points: 16.0
Coordinator: Assoc. Prof. P E Hughes
Contact: A supervised project equivalent in weight to a fourth year elective in Agricultural Science (i. e. 36 hours of lectures and 36 of hours practicals).
Timetable: First or second semester
Objectives:
To provide undergraduate students with experience in research in the following ways: nomination of a research problem; reviewing relevant published literature on the research topic and developing a rationale for the proposed research; devising feasible sound experimental approaches to conducting research on the proposed topic; the reporting of research findings, both by way of a written report (in the form of a research paper) and a seminar with emphasis on critical and sound scientific judgment.
Content:
A project designed and conducted under direct supervision of an academic staff member. The project comprises a review of the literature, a research task and the preparation of a report on the task.
Assessment:
A written report of approximately 5,000 words which may include a project proposal, literature review and report on the research task; a seminar given by the student.
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Handbook 1996 : Faculty of Agriculture, Forestry and Horticulture (Volume 4 page 20)
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