794-364 Horticultural Project I

Research Methodology and Analysis.

Human Resource Management.

The objective of this subject is to extend participants' ability to:

• work as part of a group to investigate a problem;

• identify the important components of a horticultural problem;

• collect information relevant to the problem and write a literature review related to the problem;

• plan an investigation to test hypotheses related to the problem; and

• initiate a program of investigation into the problem.

Groups of students will select a problem to be studied during the course of this subject and Horticultural Project II. Appropriate literature and other resources will be consulted to provide a background to the problem and a plan of action will be formulated to begin investigating the problem.

Literature review of 4000 words (50%); seminar (10%); project management (40%).