BPS1041 Scientific Inquiry
Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
BPS1041 Scientific Inquiry is a level 1, 6-credit-point, undergraduate unit from the Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, offered in 2020 in Semester 1 at Parkville. It has no prerequisites.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2020
- Semester 1
- Parkville
This is the 2020 handbook entry. See the 2027 entry.
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Requisites
Before BPS1041
Prohibitions
You can't enrol if you have passed any of these.
After BPS1041
No unit lists BPS1041 as a prerequisite in the 2020 handbook.
Equivalent units
The same content under another code. Only one of them counts.
Overview
Students will acquire basic skills in applying and interpreting the scientific method of inquiry, and interpreting scientific data. Students will: i) evaluate scientific literature; and, ii) plan, conduct and interpret a simple scientific experiment. A knowledge of hypothesis testing, ethical principles of scientific practice, examples of poor and elite pharmaceutical science, and the skills to perform inferential statistics will be developed.
Offerings in 2020
| Teaching period | Campus | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| First semester | Parkville | On campus |
| First semester (Fully flex) | Parkville | Flexible |
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
Explain the principles of scientific inquiry
- 2
Identify safe and ethical practices in scientific research
- 3
Develop a conceptual model for scientific inquiry and evaluate two real-world examples using this model
- 4
Plan and conduct a simple scientific experiment using a learner defined conceptual model of hypothesis testing
- 5
Identify and employ an appropriate statistical test for the empirically obtained data
- 6
Re-evaluate a tested hypothesis on the basis of the research findings.
Workload and teaching
Contact hours for on-campus students:
- A minimum of twenty four 1-hour lectures
- A minimum of nine hours of applieds
Contacts
- Unit Coordinators
- Dr Angus Johnston
- Chief Examiners
- Dr Angus Johnston
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for BPS1041?
BPS1041 has no prerequisites.
When is BPS1041 offered?
In 2020, BPS1041 runs in Semester 1 at Parkville.