Program Overview
The Ph.D. in Management Science and Analytics program at Illinois Institute of Technology prepares graduates to identify pressing issues facing the business community, structure problems and gather data, and create innovative, impactful analysis and solutions. Emphasizing both analysis and synthesis, the program delivers a comprehensive, advanced education in how to apply quantitative methods, analytical tools, and computer models to complex decision-making in business, finance, and other disciplines.
Program Outline
Degree Overview: The Advanced Practice Master's program focuses on developing autonomous, reflective practitioners within various organizational and professional settings. Students gain critical appraisal skills by applying relevant professional practices. This leads to improved professional practice through:
- Advanced knowledge development
- Skill application expansion
- Self-directing learning approaches
- It also provides participants with critical thinking & scientific comprehension, enhancing their effectiveness and reflection skills.
Objectives:
The primary program objective is to:
Empower autonomous practitioners within diverse organizational and professional settings, by enabling them to:
- Critically review their professional practices and application.
- Enhance their professional expertise strategically with advanced knowledge and practical skill-sets.
- Implement independent, self-directed learning techniques in professional advancement pursuits.
Structure:
The program utilizes a generic design with eight distinct pathways leading to a specifically named Master's degree in:
Audiology
Musculoskeletal Studies
Dietetics
Speech and Language Therapy
(other pathways available)
Outline:
Program Content:
Compulsory Courses (for PgD):
- Evidence-Based Practice (20 credits)
- Applied Research Design & Methods (20 credits)
Master's Dissertation (MSc):
- (60 credits)
Optional Generic Modules (all worth 20 credits each):
- Work Based Learning 1
- Work Based Learning 2
- Changing Health Behavior
- Clinical Decision Making
Audiology:
- Advanced Diagnostic Audiology & Rehabilitation
- Industrial and Environmental Audiology
- Paediatric Hearing Impairment
- Sports Biomechanics and Injury Management
- Work Based Learning 1 & 2
- Objectives:
- Deepen professional understanding in specific clinical audiology areas via theoretical knowledge and training.
- Offer post-registration education and inclusion in relevant professional body's accredited CPD list.
Musculoskeletal Studies:
- Work Based Learning Modules 1 & 2
- Pathological Foundations of Musculoskeletal Disorders
- Pathological Foundation of Musculoskeletal Disease
- Science of Footwear
- Objectives:
- Equip HCPC-registered practitioners for lower limb MSK management within diverse patient groups (including Podiatrists, Physiotherapists, etc.)
- Emphasis on evidence-based practices and critical analysis of MSK facets.
Assessment: Assessments for each module vary: they could take forms like:
- Portfolio completion
- Presentations
- Reflective essays
- Reports or Case Studies
- All modules use external moderation, with formative assessments and feedback options wherever possible.
Careers: Students attain advanced skill-sets to contribute meaningfully within their professions via proactive, critical, and reflective approaches.
They become change agents, leaders, professional advocates:
- Professionals using modules for
- CPD enhance their
- employability, and NHS-based professionals can leverage it toward Advanced Practitioner recognition.
Other:
- Teaching approaches :
- Blocks of instruction
- Online Resources
- Moodle (University's VLE)
- Applicants must typically provide:
- Proof of having two years in an appropriate, contemporary professional background.
