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Part Three – Postgraduate Units of Studyresearch study to be completed in EPG935 EducationProject Stage 2.EPG935 Education Project Stage 24 pg cpCandidates complete the research project begun inEPG934 and write a report of 10,000 to 12,000 words.Students may be permitted to re-enrol in this unit withoutacademic penalty once only.SPED801*/**/*** Key Research Issues andMethods in Special Education4 pg cpPrerequisite: PASS or above in all previously completedSPED units (if any) or Permission of Head of Centre(PHC)This unit examines the key principles and practices ofresearch generally, and as it relates to special education.Students will gain both an understanding of a range ofresearch methodologies and an ability to write academicallyand critically evaluate literature and research at anintroductory level.SPED802*/**/*** Instructional Technology I4 pg cpPrerequisite: PASS or above in all previously completedSPED units (if any) or Permission of Head of Centre(PHC)This unit provides an overview of instructional technologyin special education. It focuses on empirically verifiedgeneric instructional methods and approaches that havebroad application and may be seen to provide the foundationfor contemporary special education.SPED803*/**/*** Instructional TechnologyII (High Support Needs)4 pg cpPrerequisite: PASS or above in all previously completedSPED units or Permission of Head of Centre (PHC)Corequisite: SPED802Not to Count for Credit With (NCCW): EPG803 for1997-1998 and SPED803 for 1999-2001.This unit focuses on students with high support needs andexamines curriculum issues and instructional technologies.It provides a practical introduction and guide todeveloping relevant and meaningful educational programsfor students with high support needs.SPED804*/**/*** Effective LiteracyInstruction4 pg cpPrerequisite: PASS or above in all previously completedSPED units or Permission of Head of Centre (PHC)Corequisite: SPED802This unit is designed to provide students with the informationand skills necessary to guide their instruction ofstudents at risk of failure in the area of literacy. SPED804focuses on current research-based theoretical, conceptualand pedagogical components of literacy.SPED805*/**/*** Effective NumeracyInstruction4 pg cpPrerequisite: PASS or above in all previously completedSPED units or Permission of Head of Centre (PHC)Corequisite: SPED802This unit is designed to provide students with the informationand skills necessary to guide their instruction ofstudents at risk of failure in the area of numeracy.SPED805 focuses on current research-based theoretical,conceptual and pedagogical components of numeracy.SPED806*/**/*** Behaviour Problems andClassroom Management4 pg cpPrerequisite: PASS or above in all previously completedSPED units or Permission of Head of Centre (PHC)Corequisite: SPED802This unit provides a comprehensive introduction to themanagement of students with significant communicationproblems and/or challenging behaviour, as well as studentswho are generally described as behaviour disordered.This unit focuses upon identification and assessmentissues, with a strong practical emphasis on programdevelopment and intervention.SPED807*/**/*** Communication Problems4 pg cpPrerequisite: PASS or above in all previously completedSPED units or Permission of Head of Centre (PHC)Corequisite: SPED802This unit addresses communication in personswith high support needs. Specifically considered are theoreticaland conceptual issues related to communication,communication options, assessment approaches andintervention strategies.SPED808*/**/*** Early Intervention4 pg cpPrerequisite: PASS or above in all previously completedSPED units or Permission of Head of Centre (PHC)Corequisite: SPED802This unit examines the theoretical and practical aspectsof providing early intervention programs for infants andyoung children in need of special education services, andtheir families. General topics covered will be models ofservice delivery, approaches to assessment and programdevelopment, early intervention research, transitions,integration, and collaborating with families and professionals.239
Handbook of Postgraduate Studies – 2004SPED901*** Special Education ProjectStage I4 pg cpPrerequisite: Credit or above in minimum of 6 units(SPED801–808)In consultation with a MUSEC academic staff member,students will undertake a major review of the research literatureon a selected topic of interest and write an academicreview article in a form suitable for submission to arefereed journal.SPED902*** Special Education ProjectStage II4 pg cpPrerequisite: Credit or above in minimum of 6 units(SPED801–808)Following consultation with the academic supervisor forSPED901, students will implement a small scale researchproject. Projects will normally involve an intervention,but surveys, policy analysis and program evaluation mayalso be appropriate. This stage will be an extension toSPED901, using as the foundation for the project theinformation arising from the literature review.The following is an indication of general areas ofresearch interest which may be considered for theresearch project:• Augmentative and alternativecommunication• Classroom behaviour and its management• Curriculum-based measurement of reading• Defining and assessing number sense• Development with disabilities• Early intervention• Early mathematics instruction for youngchildren with disabilities/learningdifficulties• High Support Needs• Learning and behaviour difficulties• Literacy instruction• Older low-progress readers• Reading assessment• Reading fluency• Transition from early intervention tokindergarten• Young children with disabilities/learningdifficultiesThis is a full-year unit which requires students to attendthe first and second semester seminars in the ResearchSeminar Series of the Accounting and FinanceDepartment. The seminars range over a variety of areasand topics, and are presented by a variety of local, interstateand overseas academics and researchers.240Division of Economic andFinancial StudiesACCG805 Research Methodology inFinance4 pg cpThis unit commences with an overview and criticalanalysis of the methodology of contemporary research infinance. The balance of the unit examines theoretical andempirical issues related to the pricing of securities infinancial markets.ACCG806 Risk Management andDerivatives4 pg cpThis unit examines current techniques for measuring andmanaging the financial risk faced by corporates andfinancial institutions, with an emphasis on the practicaluse of derivative financial products such as forwards,futures, swaps and options to manage risk.ACCG807 Research Seminar inAccounting and Finance4 pg cpACCG812 Information TechnologyManagement4 pg cpThis unit examines issues affecting information systemsin modern organisations and how to manage those issueswithin a technology-based environment. The unit coversthe structure of an information technology unit within anorganisation and its relationship with the entire organisation.ACCG818 Investments4 pg cpThis unit provides an understanding of the theory, empiricalevidence and practice of security selection and portfoliomanagement. Models of security pricing arereviewed during the first weeks of the semester. The latterpart of the unit concentrates on elements of portfoliomanagement.ACCG822 Information Systems inBusiness4 pg cpThe objective of this unit is to increase the student’s abilityto recognise, describe, analyse and design informationsystems from a business professional’s viewpoint.Achievement of this objective will make the studentmore able to play an effective part in information systemdevelopment, management and use, and more able tocommunicate effectively with information system professionals.
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