Masters (Research)
Enhance your professional practice and advance your veterinary career with the Master of Veterinary Studies (Research) from Charles Sturt University. This degree gives you the opportunity to develop substantial knowledge and skills in your selected discipline, and it will contribute to meeting the requirements for professional recognition in Australia and overseas.
Enhance your professional practice and advance your veterinary career with the Master of Veterinary Studies (Research) from Charles Sturt University. This degree gives you the opportunity to develop substantial knowledge and skills in your selected discipline, and it will contribute to meeting the requirements for professional recognition in Australia and overseas.
This course can be completed in 1.5 years of full-time study, either online or at Charles Sturt University's Wagga Wagga campus.
This course is part of an articulated program of study. Articulated programs allow you to build on your study to achieve the right level of qualification for you.
Applicants must demonstrate that they hold a Veterinary Science degree to enable registration by the Veterinary Practitioners Board of New South Wales.
Standard English Language Proficiency (ELP) requirements apply. Click here to view the specific international course entry requirements.
For each 8-point subject you are enrolled in, you should expect to spend 10 to 12 hours per week working on assignments and assigned readings, tutorial assistance, individual or group research/study, forum activity, workplace learning, and attending lectures, intensive schools, or examinations. If you are studying four subjects per session, this is equivalent to a full-time job. The workload for some subjects may vary as a result of approved course design.
Each subject within the Master or Veterinary Studies (Research) must be passed to be able to complete the course.
Students will undertake two subjects, Master's Research and Clinical Research Internship, in their first year and will be unable to progress without having successfully completed these subjects.
You may need to attend an online or on-campus intensive school for certain subjects in this course. These schools usually involve lectures, tutorials and practicals that will give you a deeper understanding of your subject.
Select one (1) subject from the following:
VSC511Veterinary Clinical Skills32 credit ptsVSC515Integration of Theory, Knowledge and Practice32 credit ptsStandard enrolment patternsFor Full time delivery, In Session 1, VSC612 and VSC614 are undertaken to develop clinical research skills and plan the research project in the context of professional practice, while in Part time delivery, VSC612 is undertaken in Session 1 and VSC614 is undertaken in Session 2. Concurrent exposure to professional workplace settings is integral to the subject for students to acquire knowledge, understanding and skills required for research, identify areas for the research and planning for the development of new knowledge and advancement of professional practice. Research skills and experience are developed and increased as students progress throughout the course.
In Session 2 (Full time delivery) or Sessions 3 and 4 (Part time delivery), development of knowledge and skills in professional practice, including integration of evidence for research-led practice, is undertaken by completion of VSC511 or VSC515. For full time delivery, the research project is completed in the dissertation subject (VSC615) during Session 3, while for Part time delivery, VSC615 is completed in sessions 5 and 6. The progression through the course and assumed development of knowledge and skills requires students to complete the subjects in chronological order.
For the research project and VSC615, students, under the direction of supervisors, identify gaps in the existing knowledge relevant to the selected veterinary discipline, formulate research questions and hypotheses and develop a proposal and planning for the project to address the identified problem confronting professional veterinary practice. Students develop advanced understanding of a complex field of learning in their chosen discipline and advanced cognitive, technical, and communication skills to generate new knowledge for the advancement of professional practice through original contribution to discipline knowledge. Students apply knowledge and skills to progress and finalise the research project. Students will produce a body of significant and original research outcomes in the form of a dissertation for independent examination by external examiners.
Full TimeSession 1 VSC612 Masters Research (16)VSC614 Clinical Research Internship (16)
Session 2 VSC511 Veterinary Clinical Skills (32)or VSC515 Integration of Theory, Knowledge and Practice (32)
Session 3 VSC615 Veterinary Masters Dissertation (32)
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Part TimeSession 1 VSC612 Masters Research (16)
Session 2 VSC614 Clinical Research Internship (16)
Session 3 & 4VSC511 Veterinary Clinical Skills (32)or VSC515 Integration of Theory, Knowledge and Practice (32)
Session 5 & 6VSC615 Veterinary Masters Dissertation (32)
The pattern above reflects minimum candidature time. For students requiring a further session of enrolment in the Veterinary Masters Dissertation, re-enrolment for an additional session (Full time delivery) or an additional 2 sessions (Part time delivery) would occur in VSC615.