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UQU Programs
Environmental Sciences

Graduation Project

BIOE4102
3 hours English

Graduation Project

Graduation Project CS
1 Introduction to research project
2 Where and how I start?: Thinking of research ideas, Purpose of research, Research questions or hypothesis, Are these questions/hypothesis feasible to achieve?, Problems with research questions/hypothesis, research title
3 Project preparing: Project management, project timeline, project ethics
4 The literature review: Primary and secondary sources, quality of sources, Your literature review should tell a story, how to make it a story?, Speed reading and taking notes, Critical awareness while reading, How to search for information, Managing references, Various style of referencing systems
5 Research methodology I: Research design, Research approach, building your way from research purpose, to question, to approach, to data gathering
6 Methodology II: Types of research methods: experimental, Case studies, Cross-sectional studies, Longitudinal studies, surveys, Comparative studies, How to structure and write up your methodology?
7 Results analysis: Types of results, comparative analysis, statistical analysis, results presentation (tables, graphs, figures)
8 Concluding and writing up: Writing a discussion, writing a conclusion, writing an abstract and finalizing the title, general points about writing a research/review article and presentation coda
1.1 Mapped to: K1, K2

Gaining practical and theoretical knowledge about a particular area of biology.

Teaching Strategy -The collection and presentation of information through the Internet connection. -Open meetings, served research articles and discussions
Assessment Methods Home business to assess and discuss the students. -Assess the skills of preparing research.
1.2 Mapped to: K3

Work independently on the research project under academic staff members' supervision and should be able to design experiments to answer the question posed and critically analyze the results. There will be scope for initiative in this element of the project.

Teaching Strategy -The collection and presentation of information through the Internet connection. -Open meetings, served research articles and discussions
Assessment Methods Home business to assess and discuss the students. -Assess the skills of preparing research.
1.3 Mapped to: K4

Be able to set the work in the context of work done by other experimentalists and provide a concise summary of relevant literature.

Teaching Strategy -The collection and presentation of information through the Internet connection. -Open meetings, served research articles and discussions
Assessment Methods Home business to assess and discuss the students. -Assess the skills of preparing research.
2.1 Mapped to: S3

Displaying and organizing diverse types of data. Representing the data.

Teaching Strategy The use of computers and the internet. -Research submitted by students.
Assessment Methods Home business to assess and discuss the students. -Assess the skills of preparing research.
2.2 Mapped to: S2, S4

Reading relevant research and review articles.

Teaching Strategy The use of computers and the internet. -Research submitted by students.
Assessment Methods Home business to assess and discuss the students. -Assess the skills of preparing research.
3.1 Mapped to: V1

Gaining the ability to introduce oral presentations.

Teaching Strategy Oral presentations. - Internet search assignments and essays. - Incorporating the use and utilization of computer in the course requirements. - Students will be asked for delivering a summary regarding certain topics related to the course.
Assessment Methods Evaluation of student essays and assignments. - Evaluating the laboratory written reports. -Evaluating during the discussion in lecture and reports. Part of the grad is put for student’s written participation
3.2 Mapped to: V3

Acquiring the skills for Communicating personal ideas and thoughts.

Teaching Strategy Oral presentations. - Internet search assignments and essays. - Incorporating the use and utilization of computer in the course requirements. - Students will be asked for delivering a summary regarding certain topics related to the course.
Assessment Methods Evaluation of student essays and assignments. - Evaluating the laboratory written reports. -Evaluating during the discussion in lecture and reports. Part of the grad is put for student’s written participation
3.3 Mapped to: V2

Gaining the ability to work independently and as part of a team to finish some assignments.

Teaching Strategy Oral presentations. - Internet search assignments and essays. - Incorporating the use and utilization of computer in the course requirements. - Students will be asked for delivering a summary regarding certain topics related to the course.
Assessment Methods Evaluation of student essays and assignments. - Evaluating the laboratory written reports. -Evaluating during the discussion in lecture and reports. Part of the grad is put for student’s written participation
Assessment
Weight
Writing a literature review, and a proposal for research
30%
Participation / discussion/ set up of small research project
25%
Writing a brief assay for a graduation project
45%
Total
100%