HLN700 Dissertation

To ensure high quality practice, advanced level practitioners are continually required to reflect upon and modify their own practice to incorporate knowledge of the most recent research evidence. This requires advanced skills in the critical evaluation, interpretation and application of research. The dissertation provides advanced skill development in these areas, and enables you to undertake a research project in a specialised area of practice.HLN700 Dissertation is offered in Semester 1, Semester 2 and Summer. No student should enrol in any offering until they have secured a Supervisor who is available during that semester. Note: The Summer offering is not available to Nursing students. Students in the School of Nursing should contact nursing.admin@qut.edu.au in the semester prior to enrolment for further information and guidance on supervision.

Unit information

Unit code: HLN700
Faculty: Faculty of Health
School/Discipline: Faculty of Health
Study area: Health
Credit points: 48

Dates and locations

Teaching period	Dates	Locations
Semester 1, 2025	24 February 2025 - 21 June 2025	Kelvin Grove Kelvin Grove (Online)
Semester 2, 2025	21 July 2025 - 15 November 2025	Kelvin Grove Kelvin Grove (Online)
Summer, 2025	17 November 2025 - 20 February 2026	Kelvin Grove Kelvin Grove (Online)

See all available class timetables for this unit

Fees

Domestic fee-paying student fee: 2025: $12,864
International student fee (excluding study abroad students): 2025: $18,672

Guide to fees

Commonwealth supported place (CSP) student contribution amount

For Australian citizens, permanent visa holders and permanent humanitarian visa holders, and New Zealand citizens who study this unit:

as part of a QUT course and are eligible for a Commonwealth supported place (CSP)
as a cross-institutional student who has a Commonwealth supported place at their home university.

Domestic fee-paying student fee

For Australian citizens, permanent visa holders and permanent humanitarian visa holders, and New Zealand citizens, who study this unit:

as part of a QUT course and are not eligible for a Commonwealth supported place (CSP)
as a cross-institutional student who does not have a Commonwealth supported place at their home university
as a single-unit study student.

International student fee

For international students who study this unit:

as part of a QUT course
as a cross-institutional student.

Previous study requirements

Equivalents: HLZ700, HLQ700, HLN750-1, HLN750-2
Assumed knowledge: Completion of all coursework units is assumed knowledge.

Guide to previous study requirements

Prerequisites: To enrol in this unit, you must have completed these prerequisite units (or have credit, advanced standing or exemption for them), or be able to demonstrate that you have equivalent background knowledge.
Anti-requisites: You can’t enrol in this unit if you have completed any of these anti-requisite units.
Co-requisites: To enrol in this unit, you must have already completed these co-requisite units, or you must enrol in them at the same time.
Equivalents: You can’t enrol in this unit if you have completed any of these equivalent units.
Assumed knowledge: We assume that you have a minimum level of knowledge in certain areas before you start this unit.

Unit outlines

Loading unit outlines...

Offer of some units is subject to viability, and information in these Unit Outlines is subject to change prior to commencement of the teaching period.