Course Coordinator: Jaklin Eliott
Email: jaklin.eliott@adelaide.edu.au

Learning and Teaching Team
Phone: +61 8313 2128
Email: postgrad_enq@adelaide.edu.au
Location: Level 7, 178 North Terrace

1	Conduct independent research including critical review of an evidence base, and formulation of a research question
2	Use qualitative and/or quantitative research methods to formulate a research design as appropriate for the context of the research
3	Identify relevant ethical aspects of a research project and ethically justifiable approaches to these
4	Describe and enact collaborative working relationships with key stakeholders in a research project (including but not limited to the supervisor)
5	Prepare and present an analysis of collected data using appropriate terminology and referencing

Access to bibliographic databases, peer-reviewed journals, and relevant soft-ware for the analysis.

3.3.1 MyUni
All students enrolled in a postgraduate coursework program have access to a Postgraduate Coursework Student Centre on MyUni. This course is available on MyUni at www.adelaide.edu.au/myuni/.
Please check the website regularly as it may contain announcements that are relevant to your study in
the course. If you would like the opportunity to network with other students, you can use the
Communication features in the site:

Discussion Board – Users can post discussion items and reply to other posts. Note: If you would like to have a specific Discussion Board Forum created, please send your request to jaklin.elliott@adelaide.edu.au

Send Email – This feature enables users to send email to fellow students.
Group Pages – Groups enable Users to collaborate with each other. Groups usually consist of a smaller group of Users in a course or organisation, such as study groups or project groups. From a Group Page, users may send email, exchange files, enter discussion forums or enter collaboration sessions.

Note: Only members of a particular Group can access the Group communication features (discussion
forums, email, etc.). If you would like to have a specific Group Page created, please send your request to
jaklin.elliott@adelaide.edu.au. For example, Group Pages can be created to include students living in
the same geographical area or students working for the same organisation.

Please note that you also have access to individual MyUni sites for EACH course you are enrolled in.
Please check the sites regularly as they may contain important announcements that are relevant to your
study in the course.

3.3.2 Access Adelaide
Access Adelaide is the name of the online service that allows you to access and, in some cases, amend your records. It can be found at: https://access.adelaide.edu.au/sa/login.asp.
You can log into Access Adelaide to view:
your enrolment details for any term
your academic results
your unofficial academic transcript
your personal details
the fees, charges and payments on your University account
your exam schedule
your graduation eligibility details.

As a student you can:
change your address and telephone details (please inform the Discipline as well) change your password
set a password clue to help you remember your password.

3.3.3 Student email
It is important that you set up your student email and check it regularly. Information from your course
coordinator and student administration will be sent to you at your University of Adelaide email address.
It is your responsibility to check your email. You will need your student number located on your student
card to log in. http://webmail.adelaide.edu.au/

3.3.4 Computers
Where can I use a computer in the University?
Computing facilities are provided to students by the University, and there are several suites of computers available, including at the Barr Smith Library and in Hub Central. The University web site has a list of computer labs at: http://www.adelaide.edu.au/its/student_support/labs/

3.3.5 Internet access
The University provides a free dial-up service to students without the need for a commercial ISP account. This service is available at the cost of a local call to students residing within Adelaide (please refer to your telecommunications provider for confirmation of call costs). Students residing outside these numbers can dial into the University at STD call rates (www.adelaide.edu.au/its/desktop/dialup/ ).
Postgraduate Coursework students will receive a University Funded Quota of 500Mb.

The course entails independent research undertaken under the guidance of a supervisor, with whom the student meets weekly.
Where a student has not previously acquired specific skills that support efficient research (e.g., search strategies, organising data), they will participate in appropriate workshops or on-line learning.

Contact hours: Up to one hour per week of supervision, plus skills development seminar or on-line learning of up to 5 hours. This course represents a full-time learning load (12 units) for students during their final semester of their Masters degree (research pathway).

The student will, under the guidance of their supervisor, develop an individual work plan and a schedule of meetings for supervision. The supervisor will also offer guidance regarding additional training or skills-development to be undertaken.

Assessment Task	Assessment Type	Weighting	Learning Outcome(s) being addressed
Research Proposal	Summative	10%	1-4
Seminar presentation	Formative	0%	1, 2, 5
Literature review	Summative	30%	1-3
Research dissertation	Summative	60%	1-5

Research proposal
A dissertation proposal (750-1000 words) is to be lodged by four weeks prior to the start of the semester. It will describe the research question, the chief scholarly elements in the field of study, and nominate a principal supervisor.

Seminar Presentation
Between Week 4 and 6, students will present a seminar (up to 15 minutes plus questions) regarding proposed research, demonstrating awareness of the relevant literature and ability to justify the proposed research.

Literature Review
Feedback from the seminar may be useful in preparation of the Literature Review (approximately 4,000 words) for the Research Dissertation.

Research Dissertation
By the end of enrolment students are required to submit a research thesis in the form of a paper suitable for submission to a peer-reviewed journal plus a candidate statement which includes a contribution statement, the instructions to authors for the targeted journal (including stipulated word limits), a short statement locating the study in the field of counselling and psychotherapy, and description of preceding work if this is part of a larger study. Subject to the targeted journal, the word count for the dissertation itself should be between 2,500 and 7,000 words. Guidance regarding the preparation of a manuscript for submission to a journal will be provided during the regularly scheduled supervision sessions and standards for assessment will be provided.

The dissertation will be examined by two examiners, who will normally be members of academic staff of the University, or affiliated academic titleholders, and who are most likely to be familiar with your research topic and/or methodology. The grading matrix will be provided via MyUni.

Please submit the following to the Administrative Officer (note that templates for items 3 & 4 will be made available via MyUni and/or in the Dissertation Handbook):
Two hardcopies of the research thesis
One digital copy (via email)
the certification by your supervisor
the candidate statement
any required additional material, including the journal’s Instructions for Authors