Doctor of Philosophy (Integrated)

Course Description

The Doctor of Philosophy (Integrated) is a four-year research degree which incorporates a traditional three-year PhD thesis with one year of coursework subjects, combining generic research training and discipline-specific content into a single degree.

The coursework, which is undertaken in the first year of the degree, comprises research training skills and individual coursework subjects. Research skills are tailored for each faculty, but typically include: research methodology; literature review, critical analysis, or laboratory projects; and advanced topics or a minor research project. The individual subjects are normally chosen from options within the Masters by Coursework degrees within the relevant faculty, thereby allowing students to obtain deeper content knowledge in a specific discipline area.

International students intending to become university researchers and teachers in their home country will benefit from exposure to Australian teaching methods through these subjects.

The research component is the same as for the three-year PhD program and leads to the production of a written thesis. The thesis, which involves a significant contribution to a field of knowledge, must be no longer than 100,000 words in length. Each PhD candidate has two supervisors.

In order to progress to the research component, PhD Integrated students must complete the first year with an average of 65%, including 65% in each research training skills subject. Students progressing to the research component will have developed their specific research topic before commencing the research component.

Entry Requirements

Applicants will have a minimum of four years of study at a degree level, either a four year Bachelor degree, or a Bachelor degree plus Masters by Coursework, with a minimum Credit average (65% or 3.0GPA out of 4.0), or equivalent.

Applications must be accompanied by a 2,000 word proposal which should outline the main focus of the applicant's research interest, a commentary on important and recent literature in this area, and a discussion of why this is an important area of research. All proposals must acknowledge sources correctly. Proposals may be checked using a plagiarism checking system. Research interests should be related to topics listed on the Staff Research Interests webpage.

Academic requirements, English requirements and credit transfer information are available from the Course Finder.

Course structure

Students will be required to complete one year of coursework, comprising research training skills and individual coursework subjects. Students who successfully complete their first year, with an average of 65%, including 65% in each research training skills subject, will be required to complete three years of research. The research component is the same as for the three year PhD program and leads to production of a written thesis. Students not meeting progression requirement into Year 2, may be offered an alternative of transferring into a Masters program.

Sydney Business School:

Candidates also enrol in THES924 (24 cp, full time) or THES912 (12cp, part time) which represents three years of study for full time students, or part time equivalent.

Note *TBS972 and *TBS993 may be substituted with other suitable subjects with approval from the candidate's Supervisor.

Students will be required to travel to both Innovation Campus and Sydney Campus to attend classes for coursework subjects.

Important Note for International Students

#RESH900 / RESH901 Fundamentals for HDR Writing is designed to help international Higher Degree Research (HDR) students with their thesis writing skills in the early stages of their degree.  Enrolment in this subject is compulsory for all PhD Integrated international students who are from a Non English Speaking Background (NESB).

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WORK INTEGRATED LEARNING/INTERNSHIP SUBJECTS

GLOBAL WORKPLACE PRACTICE (GWP800) 

An informative and intensive subject designed to meet the employment aspirations of international students to undertake work in Australia. This subject crosses boundaries between theory and practice and will maximise the student's potential to access workplace experiences leading to formal post-university employment options. Students will acquire and develop work-based learning skillsets; will critically examine the discourses and theories of intercultural competence, as well as develop cultural awareness and business communication skills that are fit-for-purpose regardless of students' career aspirations. It also provides an opportunity for students to integrate and apply their university knowledge in an industry context. 

Trimester 2 and Spring 2014 applications for GWP800 on Wollongong Campus are now OPEN.

For more information on GWP800, visit the Work Integrated Learning website.

OTHER Information

Further information is available at:
UOW Course Finder
Email business-enquiries@uow.edu.au