This is the first of two courses that will culminate in the development of your Thesis.? Your thesis, a representation of your research project constitutes the major piece of work undertaken during the Honours year.

During this course, you will build upon a topic, or research plan, and make significant progress towards the completion of your thesis. Through regular meetings with your course coordinator and supervisor and drawing upon materials from your other courses (Research Strategies (Honours)), you will develop a strong research design to inform your research.

Please note that if you take this course for a bachelor honours program, your overall mark in this course will be one of the course marks that will be used to calculate the weighted average mark (WAM) that will determine your award level. (This applies to students who commence enrolment in a bachelor honours program from 1 January 2016 onwards. See the?WAM information web page?for more information.)