Program Overview
The Master of Research program equips individuals with advanced knowledge and skills in their chosen discipline, enabling them to conduct independent research and contribute to scholarship. It offers expertise in various areas of pharmacy, including pharmaceutics, pharmacology, and clinical pharmacy. Graduates are prepared for careers in research, academia, the pharmaceutical industry, and other sectors where research and innovation are essential.
Program Outline
Degree Overview:
The Master of Research qualifies individuals who apply an advanced body of knowledge in a range of contexts for research and scholarships and as a pathway for further research.
Objectives:
- Enables individuals to expand their breadth of knowledge and expertise in their chosen discipline.
- Provides candidates with advanced skills to carry out independent and sustained research.
- Candidates will be able to demonstrate specialist knowledge in the area of their research, present the results of their research in a publishable quality and demonstrate an understanding of, and commitment to, research ethics and codes of practice.
Areas of research expertise:
- Pharmaceutics and pharmaceutical sciences
- Experimental or clinical pharmacology
- Pharmacokinetics
- Drug analysis
- Clinical pharmacy
- Pharmacy practice
Learning Outcomes:
Cognitive skills to demonstrate mastery of theoretical knowledge and to reflect critically on theory and its application. Cognitive, technical and creative skills to investigate, analyze and synthesize complex information, problems, concepts and theories and to apply established theories to different bodies of knowledge or practice. Cognitive, technical and creative skills to generate and evaluate complex ideas and concepts at an abstract level. Cognitive and technical skills to design, use and evaluate research and research methods. Communication and technical skills to present a coherent and sustained argument and to disseminate research results to specialist and non-specialist audiences. Technical and communication skills to design, evaluate, implement, analyze, theorize and disseminate research that makes a contribution to knowledge.
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Careers:
Master of Research degrees are internationally recognized research degrees.
Potential career paths:
- Research and academia
- Pharmaceutical industry
- Pharmacy practice
- Public and private sector professions
