Entry Requirements
The Research Committee of the University holds the delegated authority to approve admission to a research higher degree programs.
Basis of Approval for Admission to the Doctor of Philosophy
The Research Committee shall base its decision on admission to a proposed Doctor of Philosophy candidature upon the following evidence, that:
- the proposed program of study and research is at a level appropriate to the degree being sought;
- the proposed area of research falls within an approved University field of research for admission to a higher degree by research;
- the proposed supervisors are sufficiently expert in the area of research, and have the time and commitment to be able to provide appropriate supervision, and that adequate physical resources are available;
- the applicant has the appropriate background and ability to undertake the proposed course (refer also to Entry Qualifications, below); and
- the applicant has given the necessary commitment to work regularly on the approved program of study and research and maintain regular contact with the supervisor(s).
Entry Qualifications for Doctor of Philosophy Degree
The entry qualifications required for admission to a Doctor of Philosophy program are:
- qualified for the award of a Master by Research at an acceptable level; or
- an appropriate Bachelor degree with class 1 or class 2(i) honours from another Australian university or an equivalent overseas tertiary institution, taken over a minimum of four years (full-time equivalent); or
- qualified for entry into a Charles Sturt University Master by Research program and duly enrolled and shown exceptional ability in the conduct of a research project which is clearly capable of being extended to a doctoral level; or
- qualified for the award of a coursework Master’s degree with a research component. It is normally expected that a grade equivalent to the appropriate class of Honours will have been obtained; or
- some other appropriate combination of undergraduate and postgraduate qualifications (such as relevant graduate diplomas) and research experience that demonstrate capacity to undertake research at a Doctoral level.
Field of Research (FOR) The following field of research (FOR) areas are approved categories of research supervision in the Faculty of Business, Justice & Behavioural Sciences:
Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Financial Accounting
Management Accounting
Applied Mathematics Applied Mathematics not elsewhere classified
Applied Economics Agricultural Economics
Environment and Resource Economics
Industry Economics and Industrial Organisation
Artificial Intelligence and Image Processing Adaptive Agents and Intelligent Robotics
Computer Vision
Neural, Evolutionary and Fuzzy Computation
Pattern Recognition and Data Mining
Simulation and Modelling
Business and Management Human Resource Management
Industrial Relations
International Business
Organisational Behaviour
Organisational Planning and Management
Business and Management not elsewhere classified
Engineering Civil Engineering
Distributed Computing Distributed and Grid Systems
Web Technologies
Information Systems Computer-Human Interaction
Information Systems Management
Justice Studies Criminology
Marketing Consumer-Oriented Product or Service Development
Marketing Management (incl., Strategy and Customer Relations)
Marketing Theory
Marketing not elsewhere classified
Psychology Subject Enrolment In consultation with the Course Coordinator, students will enrol in one of the following research subjects during the period of their candidature:
ACC701 Doctoral Research (Part-time)
ACC702 Doctoral Research (Full-time)
ECO701 Doctoral Research (Part-time)
ECO702 Doctoral Research (Full-time)
ENG701 Doctoral Research (Part-Time)
ENG702 Doctoral Research (Full-Time)
ITC701 Doctoral Research (Part-Time)
ITC702 Doctoral Research (Full-Time)
JST701 Doctoral Research (Part-Time)
JST702 Doctoral Research (Full-Time)
MGT701 Doctoral Research (Part-time)
MGT702 Doctoral Research (Full-time)
MKT701 Doctoral Research (Part-Time)
MKT702 Doctoral Research (Full-Time)
PSY701 Doctoral Research (Part-Time)
PSY702 Doctoral Research (Full-Time)