courses - Research Courses

What can good research skills do for you? Good research skills will enable you identify emerging trends and changes that affect horticulture, and to help formulate better strategies, practices and uses for horticulture. Your ability to conduct and present research can lead to innovations that address crucial local and global issues, or to the provision of cutting-edge horticultural services. This... more

With more advanced research skills, you will be able to contribute new insights into the field of horticulture, and our understanding of issues that affect it. This course will further develop your ability to research and present a critical, written and numerical assessment of information related to social, technological, environmental and economic issues that impact on Horticulture today.Acquire... more

Learn to plan and conduct research into the current status of an aspect of an industry relating to their area of study, and to complete a descriptive report based on that research.Learn to plan and conduct research into the current status of an aspect of an industry relating to their area of study, and to complete a descriptive report based on that research. Develop your ability to collect,... more

To further develop the student’s ability to monitor, analyse and evaluate a common process (or processes) relevant to their stream studies. (For the purpose of this unit, a "process" is defined as any distinct series of events or changes over a period of time, and which is directly related to the area of study). Prerequisite: Research Project I or equivalentLearn to monitor, analyse and... more

Develop innovative approaches to workplace activities through systematic research in an industry relating to their stream studies.Apply and build on skills and competencies gained throughout previously studied modules developing initiative and innovation.Take your research skills to the next level. Develop innovative approaches to workplace activities through systematic research in an industry... more

Develop skills in undertaking research and preparing your own thesis.Pre-requisite: Research Project IIIDevelop skills in undertaking research and preparing your own thesis.Pre-requisite: Research Project III Construct a problem statement Identify related literature resources which correspond to ‘the problem statement’ Understand nature of hypotheses and methods of hypothesis development ... more