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ZO423: Final Year Project in Zoology
Semester 1 | Credits: 15
This is an independent project in which the student conducts an experiment or series of experiments to investigate and test a scientific hypothesis under the supervision of a member of staff in Zoology. The project may be field or laboratory-based (or a combination of the two) but will culminate in a written thesis, which incorporates a literature review and an experimental write-up following scientific convention
Learning Outcomes
- read and critically appraise scientific literature and place their own work within the context of previously conducted scientific research
- devise hypotheses and design experiments which are repeatable and fully test the hypotheses under investigation
- conduct experimental work in a diligent fashion to obtain high quality data
- analyse data using statistical analyses and display data appropriately within a thesis
- draw conclusions and make recommendations for future research in the study area
- present their data orally in a short seminar justifying the work conducted, detailing the methodologies used, and presenting and discussing results
Assessments
- Continuous Assessment (30%)
- Research (70%)
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- LOUISE ALLCOCK:
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- URI FRANK:
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- MARK PETER JOHNSON:
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- ROBERT KENNEDY:
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- COLIN LAWTON:
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- GRACE PATRICIA MCCORMACK:
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- ANNE MARIE POWER:
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- GERHARD SCHLOSSER:
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- ANNE CRYAN:
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- ELAINE O'RIORDAN:
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- Kevin Healy:
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