Jason Hartley is lecturer in criminology at Griffith University in Brisbane, Australia. He is a former police officer with 23 years of experience, and has trained personnel for deployment in Timor Leste, the Solomon Islands, Iraq and Afghanistan. Jason specializes in, and has published on engagement with Muslim communities, Indigenous Polynesian approaches to rehabilitation and reducing recidivism, and Asian Organised Crime. Jason also completed a community internship in Hebron on the West Bank.
RES520 Capstone Project
The purpose of this capstone unit is to provide students with the opportunity to integrate the knowledge gained throughout their course of study and to apply this to an authentic, work-based problem. This unit provides students with an opportunity to think holistically and critically whilst researching and formulating a feasible solution to a contemporary complex problem relating directly to their area of specialisation. Throughout this unit students will use advanced cognitive skills to think critically and apply research methods to plan and undertake a research-based project, analyse this situation faced, and present proposed solutions and/or recommendations. Students are expected to draw extensively on the knowledge and skills they have gained throughout the course.
RELEVANT COURSES
* Core
CREDIT POINTS
10
STUDY MODES
On campus, online, hybrid
PREREQUISITE OR CO-REQUISITE
Minimum of 70 cps and RES505 Applied Research Methods
UNIT LEARNING OUTCOMES
- Identify a complex contemporary emerging leadership issue or challenge within the area of specialisation.
- Develop and independently execute the research proposal on the chosen leadership issue or challenge.
- Undertake research data collection and data analysis as described in the research proposal on the identified emerging issue or challenge.
- Demonstrate the application of advanced knowledge to the emerging issue or challenge within the area of specialisation through the formulation of practical and ethical solutions and/or recommendations.
- Effectively disseminate findings and outcomes to a variety of audiences using highly developed communication skills.
CONTENT
As determined with supervisor
ASSESSMENT METHODS
- Supervisory Portfolio – 20%
- Oral Presentation – 20%
- Research Project – 60%
PRESCRIBED READINGS
Nil