Program Overview
The Master of Pathology from the University of Western Australia is a research-intensive program designed to equip students with the knowledge and skills to investigate, analyze, and communicate complex biomedical information. Through a year-long research project and core units in research proposal development and communication, graduates develop the autonomy and accountability necessary for careers in research and academia. The program also provides a foundation for further study, including the Masters by Research or Doctor of Philosophy (PhD).
Program Outline
Master of Pathology - University of Western Australia
Degree Overview:
This program offers students with a Graduate Diploma in a cognate field the opportunity to design, conduct, analyze, and write up a year-long research project relevant to the School of Biomedical Sciences. The program aims to:
- Develop students' understanding of the research process.
- Demonstrate competence at each stage of the research process.
- Provide students with the skills needed to investigate, analyze, and synthesize complex information, problems, concepts, and theories.
- Communicate complex information in a coherent and sustained argument.
- Deliver a substantial piece of research, developing personal autonomy and accountability.
Outline:
- Course Structure: Postgraduate research degrees are identified by an intensive research component.
- Core Units (48 points):
- PATH5113 Research Project Proposal (6 points): This unit focuses on the development of a research project proposal.
- PATH5114 Research Communication (6 points): This unit focuses on the communication of research findings.
- PATH5117 Research Project Part 1 (18 points): This unit focuses on the implementation of the research project.
Careers:
- Career Pathways: Research laboratory assistant, biopharmaceutical research, government research.
- Further Study: Masters by Research, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD).
Other:
- About the Course: The Master of Pathology initially focuses on a student-designed and developed research project proposal. Students present their research findings to a forum of scientific peers or at scientific meetings. Students then proceed to implement their proposed research project, carrying out, evaluating, and presenting a discrete body of applied research relevant to pathology.
- Why Study a Master of Pathology?
- Be on the pulse of recent developments in several disciplines of pathology and laboratory medicine.
- Acquire skills needed to investigate, analyze, and synthesize complex information, problems, concepts, and theories, and communicate them in a coherent and sustained argument.
- Deliver a substantial piece of research, developing personal autonomy and accountability.
- Weekly Contact Time: The estimated time commitment for a standard full-time enrolment is approximately 46 hours per week (over 13 weeks) which includes contact hours, personal study, and examinations.
