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Master of Philosophy - Science (MR-PHILSCI) // Attributes, outcomes and skills
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About this course
Contact
Currently enrolled students:
- General information: https://ask.unimelb.edu.au
- Email: rhd-science@unimelb.edu.au
Future students:
- Further information: http://courses.science.unimelb.edu.au/study/degrees/master-of-philosophy-science/overview
- Email: rhd-science@unimelb.edu.au
Principal Coordinator
Andy Martin
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of the degree 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 and judgment of conflicting evidence;
- 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;
- 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 masters by research graduates to have the following attributes:
- 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