ENV523: Environmental Science Research Methods

Research in environmental science is broadly based and utilises a range of methods. Students are introduced to a spectrum of research methods used in preparing for, doing and communicating the outcomes of research. Areas covered include preparing research proposals, using the literature in devising and evaluating research, statistical analysis, library facilities and research ethics. Writing literature reviews, writing the methods chapter of a thesis and presenting research at conferences and other meetings are also covered.

Points	4
Enrolment Options	Murdoch: S1-internal, S1-external
Contact Time	Lectures/workshops: 2 hours per week for 12 weeks.
Prerequisites	Enrolment in fourth year of BEnvSc, BSc (Environmental Science) (Honours), BSc (Environmental Management) (Honours), BSc (Environmental Restoration) (Honours), BSc (Environmental Technology) (Honours), BSc (Marine Science) (Honours), BSc (Ecotourism) (Honours), MSc (Environmental Science), MPhil, PhD. This unit should be taken at the beginning of enrolment in the prerequisite majors/courses. Co-requisite: Internet access if studying externally.
School	School of Environmental Science
Unit Coordinator	Professor Nick Costa Position: Acting Fac. Dean of MandE E-mail: N.Costa@murdoch.edu.au Location: Murdoch Campus Science and Computing Room 2.007 Phone: Prefix: +618 9360 2485
Unit Contacts	Contact Phone Prefix: +618 Location Explanation of Location Codes Teaching Period(s) Professor Nick Costa Acting Fac. Dean of MandE (N.Costa@murdoch.edu.au) 9360 2485 Murdoch Campus Science and Computing Room 2.007 MURDOCH S1: Internal (15/02/2010 - 11/06/2010)   MURDOCH S1: External (15/02/2010 - 11/06/2010)

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Key to Offshore Campus Location abbreviations: APMISIN Asia Pacific Management Institute (Singapore) CEJTOKYO Chiropractic Education Japan (Tokyo) JKURASHIKI NET Corporation (Kurashiki, Japan) KDUPG KDU College (Penang, Malaysia) KDUPJ KDU College (Petaling Jaya, Malaysia) SGP-REPOLY Republic Polytechnic (Singapore) SMANUFED Singapore Manufacturing Federation ZHENGZHOU Zhengzhou University (China)