This is a research degree for students who have an excellent academic record in health sciences, who have developed expertise in a substantive area of health and who have proven research skills. Candidates are required to develop a research proposal and to concentrate on research for their entire program.
The course offers students the opportunity to undertake a thesis by research in Nursing.
Enrolment through
Bathurst campus
Wagga Wagga campus
Study mode
On campus
Distance education
Normal course duration
3 years full-time internal
6 years part-time internal
3-6 years distance education
Admission criteria
An applicant to the Doctor of Philosophy degree must hold:
· an undergraduate degree with honours in the health sciences
or a related field;
or
· hold a Masters degree with honours, or equivalent, in the health sciences or a related field.
Applicants must have already completed appropriate research methods subjects, show evidence of research experience in the health sciences and have been engaged in appropriate professional experience in the health sciences or a related field for the equivalent of at least two full-time years.
Course requirements
Under guidance from their supervisors, students are required to determine an area of study apposite to the Faculty's designated fields of research, prepare a research proposal and, where appropriate, obtain ethics approval(s), conduct a research investigation, write a thesis and submit the thesis for examination.
Students should consult the Faculty Office to discuss possible topics.
Inquiries
Faculty of Health Studies
Wagga Wagga campus
Telephone (069) 33 2726
Facsimile (069) 33 2912
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Last revised: 3 January 1996
