1997 QUT Handbook

markets for products and services. The aim of this unit is to
provide a detailed understanding of the structure of that environment,
its current and important trends. The focus will be
on the economic, social and political factors determining the
contemporary international business structure and its likely
future development.
Courses: GS80 Prerequisites: PG only
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 3 per week
Incompatible with: GSN101
■ BSN409 RESEARCH PROJECT
A major piece of applied research. The research project provides
the opportunity to apply and reinforce the education and
knowledge gained from the course to resolve a complex business
problem in accounting, banking and finance, and accounting
legal studies or related discipline by research report, case
study or application of technology. The final project must demonstrate
an ability to identify and research a complex business
problem in accounting, banking and finance and accounting
legal studies or related discipline.
Courses: BS94 Prerequisites: PG only; BSN500
Credit Points: 24 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ BSN410 SHORT PROJECT
Students undertake an independent investigation of the efficacy
of deployment practices in an organisation or across organisations.
The aim of the unit is for students to integrate
course work theory and specific literature via an analysis of
the practical application of quality in a real world situation.
Project reports will be data based and deal with the relevant
literature in the area.
Courses: BS93 Prerequisites: PG only
Credit Points: 12
Incompatible with: BSN149, BSN150, IFP222, BSN411
■ BSN411 PROJECT
Students undertake an in-depth independent investigation of
the efficacy of deployment practices in an organisation or
across organisations. The aim of the unit is for students to
integrate course work via an analysis of the practical application
of quality in a real world situation. Project reports will be
data based and soundly based on relevant literature.
Courses: BS93 Prerequisites: PG only
Credit Points: 24
Incompatible with: BSN150, BSN149, BSN410
■ BSN500 RESEARCH METHODS
An introduction to the methodology of scientific research. The
course has three components: Scientific Method; Statistical
Designs; and Survey Methods. An examination of different
perspectives for the development of scientific knowledge, an
examination of experimental design issues and the use of statistical
techniques in conducting research in accounting, finance
and economics.
Courses: BS60, BS70, BS87 Prerequisites: PG only
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ BSN501 DISSERTATION
Students undertake a study of an issue as the culmination of
their Honours program. The dissertation must have a welldeveloped
conceptual foundation and include a primary research
component.
Courses: BS63 Prerequisites: PG only
Credit Points: 48
■ BSN502 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
The purpose of this study is to provide students with a range
of ideas and methods that will enable them to analyse, evaluate
and conduct research in discipline areas related to Business.
It provides an essential and basic preparation for the
development of a thesis or dissertation proposal. Areas of study
include: research paradigms; analysis and criticism; research
design; data collection; data manipulation and interpretation;
presentation.
Courses: BS63, BS85, BS61, BS92
Prerequisites: PG only
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 3 per week
Incompatible with: BSB400
632
■ BSN503 RESEARCH SEMINAR
The aim of this unit is for the student to prepare a detailed
review of the literature relevant to the thesis or dissertation
proposal. Students will be required to prepare and present a
detailed seminar paper describing and explaining the results
of their review, and its relevance to the thesis or dissertation
proposal. The unit is structured into two parts: the first provides
a series of lectures from staff advising as to the requirements
of a thorough, well-directed literature search and review;
the second consists of a series of seminars from students
presenting their findings.
Courses: BS63, BS85, BS61, BS92 Prerequisites: PG only
Credit Points: 12 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ BSN600 THESIS
This is the major component of a research Masters and consists
of a substantial study of an applied or theoretical issue.
Students are expected to present a seminar each semester on
their progress to date and, in the final semester, on the outcomes
of their study. The thesis is expected to have a sound
conceptual and theoretical foundation for the exploration of a
significant communication topic using primary research data.
The thesis report should be of approximately 50 000 words.
Courses: BS80 Prerequisites: PG only
Credit Points: 96
■ CEB106 EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN & ANALYSIS
Introduction to designing simple laboratory experimental investigations.
Production of working drawings for manufacture
of testing apparatus. Use of data acquisition software and
hardware, including strain gauges, LVDT’s and load cells. The
role of safety and quality audits in the laboratory.
Courses: CE31
Credit Points: 8 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ CEB108 APPLIED PHYSICS
Allows students without senior high school physics to obtain
a basic grounding in areas such as electricity, magnetism,
kinematics and mechanics and their practical applications in
civil engineering.
Courses: CE31
Credit Points: 8 Contact Hours: 4 per week
■ CEB170 ENGINEERING SCIENCE
Introduction to material science including bonding, crystal
structure, lattice defects and mechanical properties of solids.
Investigating the macro behaviour of engineering materials
applied to loads. The principles of heating and insulation in
civil works. Measurement and evaluation of noise. Physical
optics. Environmental degradation of civil engineering materials.
Chemical reactions in corrosion processes. Impact of
chemical processes on the natural environment.
Courses: CE31
Credit Points: 8 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ CEB184 ENGINEERING MECHANICS 1
Introduction to statics, forces, moments and couples; resolution
and resultant of forces acting on a particle or rigid body;
equilibrium of particle or rigid body under forces and/or
moments;analytical and graphical methods for plane truss
analysis; shear force and bending moment in beams; the properties
of sections.
Courses: CE42
Credit Points: 8 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ CEB185 ENGINEERING MECHANICS 2
Principles of structural mechanics, stress, strain and elasticity;
indeterminate structures and compatibility; simple beam
theory including the flexure formula and the shear stress formula;
torsion of circular sections; stresses in thin-walled pressure
vessels; shear force and bending moment diagrams; hydrostatics.
Courses: CE42 Prerequisites: CEB184
Credit Points: 8 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ CEB192 INDUSTRIAL EXPERIENCE 1
Students should engage in at least five weeks’ employment,
approved by the Head of School. For details see the School’s