MASTERS BY RESEARCH
The School of Dental Science offers two masters degrees by research.
Applicants who have completed the Bachelor of Science (Honours) apply for admission to the Master of Science (Dental Science) by research. Information about the Master of Science is available at http://www.science.unimelb.edu.au/courses/MSc.php.
Applicants who have completed the Bachelor of Dental Science apply for admission to the Master of Dental Science by research. Please refer to the following links for further information about this course and how to apply for admission.
Course Name: Master of Dental Science by research
Course Code: 252PT
CRICOS Code: 006669F
Year: 2008
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- English language entry requirements
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COURSE AIMS
The MDSc by research aims to enhance the academic and research skills of dental graduates interested in developing an academic or research career. This course could lead to on a PhD.
COURSE OBJECTIVES
In this course you would define and manage an original, independent research project. This would equip you for more sustained and original work at the doctoral level or for applied research positions in a wide context.
Our research masters graduates should develop:
- 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.