The term systematic review is occurring more frequently in relation to longer student assignments at undergraduate and taught postgraduate level. Whilst chiefly in Medical, Health and Life Sciences subjects, this has extended to areas such as Education and Business Studies (Zawacki-Richter et al.; EPPI Centre).
However, are you actually being required to undertake a formal Systematic Review along the lines of Cochrane or other groups?
Elements may include:
It is essential to clarify with the Programme Lead or Module Tutor the precise requirements of the assignment.
Boland, Cherry and Dickson (2017) provide an excellent, detailed but accessible introduction to the Systematic Review process, aimed as Masters' students carrying out a review for their dissertations. This includes a brief survey of other types of review (p 10). Wormald and Evans (2018) produced a concise Editorial on the importance and limits of Systematic Reviews.
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Boland, A., Cherry, G. and Dickson, R. (2017) Doing a systematic review. 2nd edn. London: Sage.