Integrated Natural Sciences Research Project Y3

INS Modules

Integrated Science Research Project

The Year 3 research project is a key module, in which students bring together all the research and practical skills they have been taught in Year 1 and 2 laboratories and the tutorial program. Students select a project, keep a laboratory notebook, give an oral presentation and write a 6000-8000 word thesis.

After completing the module, you will be able to:

• Plan and engage in an independent and sustained investigation and evaluation of a chosen research topic.

• Identify and appraise relevant scientific literature using on-line literature search engines, relate this to appropriate methodologies and draw appropriate conclusions.

• Maintain a research record detailing experimental procedures, observations and quantitative data from experiments.

• Effectively construct scientific results and arguments, using multiple sources.

• Apply an integrated science approach to a research question drawing from tools of different disciplines to acquire, analyse and interpret research data.

• Critically review relevant research papers.

• Communicate research findings orally and in writing.