Master of Philosophy - Engineering (MR-PHILENG) // Attributes, outcomes and skills
About this course
Coordinator
Associate Dean (Research Training)
Contact
Melbourne School of Engineering
Ground Floor, Old Engineering (Building 173)
Prospective students:
Visit: http://www.eng.unimelb.edu.au/study/degrees
Contact: Enquiry Form
Current Students:
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Contact: rhd-eng@unimelb.edu.au
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of the course students should be able to:
- Demonstrate advanced learning in research skills and mastery of appropriate techniques, such as the use of archival or primary evidence, analysis of data, judgment of conflicting evidence etc;
- Demonstrate specialist knowledge in the area of their research;
- Present the results of their research in publishable quality or work towards incorporating their findings in further research;
- Gain access to certain types of employment through this specialist qualification;
- Demonstrate an understanding of, and commitment to, research ethics or code of practice.
Graduate attributes
Research masters degrees at the University of Melbourne seek to develop graduates who have a capacity for defining and managing a research project characterised by originality and independence. Their training equips them for more sustained and original work at the doctoral level or for applied research positions in a wide variety of contexts.
The University expects its research Masters graduates to have the following qualities and skills:
- An ability to initiate research projects and to formulate viable research questions;
- A demonstrated capacity to design, conduct and report independent and original research on a closely-defined project;
- An ability to manage time to maximise the quality of research;
- An understanding of the major contours of international research in the research area;
- A capacity for critical evaluation of relevant scholarly literature;
- Well-developed and flexible problem-solving abilities appropriate to the discipline;
- The ability to analyse research data within a changing disciplinary environment;
- The capacity to communicate effectively the results of research and scholarship by oral and written communication;
- An understanding of and facility with scholarly conventions in the discipline area;
- A profound respect for truth and intellectual integrity, and for the ethics of research and scholarship;
- A capacity to cooperate with other researchers;
- An ability to manage information effectively, including the application of computer systems and software where appropriate to the student's field of study.
Last updated: 4 June 2022