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NURS5080: Capstone
2025 unit information
This unit of study provides students with the opportunity to further develop their research knowledge and skills and conduct an in depth exploration of a topic that you have identified as being of personal or professional relevance and/or research interest. To complete this unit you will be expected to work independently selecting, locating and analysing the relevant literature to prepare a scholarly piece of work reviewing current knowledge on your identified topic. While you will be expected to pursue your investigation as an independent scholar you will be assisted in your work by regular meetings with the unit coordinator and student colleagues. Your work may be presented in either minor thesis or journal manuscript formats and will be assessed in a manner appropriate for determining suitability for further research higher degree work.
Unit details and rules
Managing faculty or University school:
Medicine and Health
| Study level | Postgraduate |
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| Academic unit | Nursing and Midwifery |
| Credit points | 12 |
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Prerequisites:
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42 credit points and NURS5069 |
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Corequisites:
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None |
| Prohibitions:
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None |
| Assumed knowledge:
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None |
At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. work with academic staff and student colleagues to develop a rigorous framework for conducting a systematic search and writing an integrative literature review and/or minor thesis on a topic of current professional relevance or future research directions
- LO2. develop a broader understanding of the current approaches to conducting a literature review and/or minor thesis
- LO3. work with peers to develop collegial approaches to academic writing and critique
- LO4. have completed a major piece of work that is presented as either an integrative literature review manuscript of publishable standard or a minor thesis that argues for the conduct of future research in an identified topic area based on the findings of an integrative literature review.
Unit availability
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Important enrolment information
Departmental permission requirements
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