MON2500 Research, experimentation and discovery
Office of the DVC Student Experience and Senior VP
MON2500 Research, experimentation and discovery is a level 2, 6-credit-point, undergraduate unit from the Office of the DVC Student Experience and Senior VP, offered in 2025 in Summer A and Winter at Malaysia and Clayton. It has no prerequisites.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2025
- Summer A, Winter
- Malaysia, Clayton
- Assessment
- No exam
- 3 tasks
This is the 2025 handbook entry. See the 2027 entry.
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Requisites
Before MON2500
Prohibitions
You can't enrol if you have passed any of these.
After MON2500
No unit lists MON2500 as a prerequisite in the 2025 handbook.
Enrolment rules
Must have passed at least 36 credit points of study in any discipline.
You must be enrolled in an eligible degree. Click here to see the list of eligible degrees.
Equivalent units
The same content under another code. Only one of them counts.
Overview
Research, Experimentation and Discovery (RED) is an immersive educational experience that invites students to bring diverse disciplinary expertise and perspectives to bear on the challenge of how research is implemented into practice. In RED, you will explore and investigate the cutting edge ‘live’ research happening throughout Monash: from responding to the impacts of climate change, preserving geopolitical security and fostering thriving communities.
In RED, we invite you to step into these real-world research narratives where you will be tasked to investigate how an interdisciplinary research project can make a difference in and for the world. Across an intensive experience based in a range of on and off campus collaboration spaces, you will be asked to respond to a project in collaboration with a Monash research partner and develop a strategy to translate this research into practice, creating change and impact in the world. In doing so, RED aspires to help you as an emerging professional - no matter your degree or background - to create impact, and lead global, generational change.
Offerings in 2025
| Teaching period | Campus | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| Summer semester A | Malaysia | On campus |
| Winter semester | Clayton | On campus |
| Winter semester | Malaysia | On campus |
Assessment
- Assessment Task 1: Critical analysis and reflection (Recorded video reflections submitted to Moodle)30%
- Assessment Task 2: Research Impact Strategy (Class presentation & submission of presentation slides)40%
- Assessment Task 3: Interdisciplinary Research Report (5-6 pages plus unlimited appendices)30%
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
Articulate key principles of interdisciplinary research, while drawing upon perspectives that are both within and outside your own discipline.
- 2
Analyse a complex interdisciplinary research challenge, considering multiple stakeholders and disciplinary perspectives.
- 3
Work collaboratively in interdisciplinary teams to respond to a complex research challenge.
- 4
Develop a strategy that responds to an interdisciplinary research challenge that could create real-world impact within broader society.
- 5
Communicate and disseminate outcomes of interdisciplinary research projects in both traditional and non-traditional formats.
- 6
Critically reflect upon your own individual disciplinary perspectives in an interdisciplinary research setting, and in the context of your individual emerging professional identity.
Workload and teaching
- Seminars16 hours
- Assessments8 hours
- Tutorials36 hours
144 hours, made up of intensive workshops, group work and personal learning.
Contacts
- Chief Examiners
- Nurul Aqilah
- Dr Troy Mcgee
- Unit Coordinators
- Dr Troy Mcgee
- Nurul Aqilah
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for MON2500?
MON2500 has no prerequisites, but enrolment rules apply.
When is MON2500 offered?
In 2025, MON2500 runs in Summer A and Winter at Malaysia and Clayton.
Does MON2500 have an exam?
No. MON2500 has 3 assessment tasks and no exam.