Professional Doctorate (Research), Torrens University Australia

What is a Professional Doctorate?

The Professional Doctorate (Research) embeds research training through coursework and practice in a reflective manner, resulting in new discipline knowledge through research.

Graduates at this level require a systematic and critical understanding of a complex field of learning and specialised research skills for the advancement of new knowledge. Graduates will also have systemic and critical understanding of a substantial and complex body of knowledge at the frontier of a discipline.

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Learning outcomes

• Demonstrate systematic and critical understanding in the profession by planning and generating a substantial and original contribution that advances scholarship for professional practice.
• Synthesise, apply, and analyse existing and new knowledge using critical thinking, digital literacy and problem solving to develop new concepts for advanced professional practice.
• Critically evaluate wide variety of research approaches and methodologies and select an appropriate research methodology and method(s) to conduct your research project.
• Plan and execute ethical research that demonstrate the capacity to scope, design and conduct research projects independently.
• Use appropriate and coherent communication skills to report, present, publish and disseminate research data and findings to peers and the community.
• Exhibit autonomy, authoritative judgement and leadership in workplace research and advanced professional practice.

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