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HSCI 591 Health Sciences Research: Design and Methods Units: 3.00
This course will allow students to carry out components of a research project in the Health Sciences. Students will gain experience searching relevant literature, developing research questions, establishing and testing hypotheses (where appropriate), designing a research plan and methods. (Note: The primary difference between HSCI 591 (120 hours) and HSCI 598 (240 hours) is the number of hours the student is expected to spend on the project, which corresponds to a lesser scope of the research project in HSCI 591).
Requirements: Minimum 3rd year (Level 3) standing and registration in the BHSc program.
Exclusion Max 12.0 units Research Courses (See Acad. Cal).
Offering Faculty: Faculty of Health Sciences
Course Learning Outcomes:
- Conduct a literature search in the health sciences to develop and rationalize research questions, hypothesis, and/or a phenomenon
- Develop a research plan to address and/or test a research question, hypothesis, and/or phenomenon
- ustify and defend the research question, hypothesis, phenomenon, and/or experimental plan (as appropriate to the specific project)
- Demonstrate skills in research methods related to the proposed research project