Note: This course is not available in 2023.
Course overview
- Description
This Higher Degree by Research (HDR) Preliminary is a qualifying, non-award conversion course aimed at students who demonstrate great potential for research but do not meet eligibility criteria for direct entry into a master's or doctoral research program.
It comprises an individually prescribed and supervised course of advanced study and/or research that, upon successful completion, provides eligibility to apply for entry into a HDR course.
This course is not for general admission but intended as preparation for a research degree.
- Course title
- Higher Degree by Research Preliminary (Engineering, Computing and Mathematics)
- Award abbreviation
- HDR Prelim
- Course code
- 60490
- Course type
- Higher degree preliminary
- Status
- Not available in 2023
- Administered by
- Graduate Research School
Course details
- Intake periods
- Beginning of year and mid-year
- Attendance type
- Full- or part-time (Student visa holders should read Education Services for Overseas Students Act 2000 for more information.)
- Credit points required
- 48
A standard full-time load is 24 points per semester. - Standard course duration
- Up to one year
- Time limit
- 2 years
- Delivery mode
- Internal
- Locations offered
- UWA (Perth)
- Domestic fee type
- Postgraduate fee-paying/FEE-HELP
- Available to international students
- Yes. For information on international student fees see 'Student Procedures: Fees'. (Enquiries: https://www.uwa.edu.au/askuwa)
- Course Coordinator(s)
- Professor Amitava Data
- Fees
- Visit the fees calculator.
Prospective students should see the Future Students website for details on admission requirements, intake periods, fees, availability to international students, careers information etc.
No study plans found for this course. See study plans for more information.
Specialisations
Course structure
Key to availability of units:
- S1
- Semester 1
- S2
- Semester 2
- SS
- summer teaching period
- N/A
- not available in 2023 – may be available in 2024 or 2025
- *
- to be advised
A HDR Preliminary course is a supervised conversion course of advanced study and/or research administered by the Faculty to a value 48 credit points of which:
a) at least 24 credit points must comprise Level 4 and/or Level 5 units resulting in a research output; and
b) the remaining credit points comprise coursework units to provide for preparatory knowledge.
The coursework units referred to in (b) may comprise levels 1 – 5 units that prepare the student to undertake their research degree course, as advised by the Course Coordinator.
Take all units (24 points):
Computer Science and Software Engineering
| Availability | Unit code | Unitname | Unit requirements | Contact hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| N/A | CITS4001 | Computer Science and Software Engineering Research Project Part 1 (12 points) |
| Lectorial: 2-hours per week |
| N/A | CITS4002 | Computer Science and Software Engineering Research Project Part 2 (12 points) |
|
Take all units (24 points):
Engineering Science
| Availability | Unit code | Unitname | Unit requirements | Contact hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S1, S2 | GENG5011 | Engineering Honours Research Project Part 1 (12 points) |
| |
| S1, S2 | GENG5012 | Engineering Honours Research Project Part 2 (12 points) |
|
Take all units (24 points):
Mathematics and Statistics
| Availability | Unit code | Unitname | Unit requirements | Contact hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S1, S2 | MATH4001 | Mathematics and Statistics Research Project Part 1 (12 points) |
| Part 1: regular meetings with supervisor plus 7 lectures; Part 2: 3 hours per week |
| S1, S2 | MATH4002 | Mathematics and Statistics Research Project Part 2 (12 points) |
| 3 hours per week |
Take all units (24 points):
Physics
| Availability | Unit code | Unitname | Unit requirements | Contact hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S1, S2 | PHYS4001 | Dissertation in Physics Part 1 |
| a total load of 150 hours |
| S1, S2 | PHYS4002 | Dissertation in Physics Part 2 |
| a total load of 150 hours |
| S1, S2 | PHYS4003 | Dissertation in Physics Part 3 |
| a total load of 150 hours |
| S1, S2 | PHYS4004 | Dissertation in Physics Part 4 |
| a total load of 150 hours |
See also the rules for the course and the Student Rules.
Rules
Note: This course is not available in 2023.
Applicability of the Student Rules, policies and procedures
1.(1) The Student Rules apply to students in this course.
(2) The policy, policy statements and guidance documents and student procedures apply, except as otherwise indicated in the rules for this course.
Academic Conduct Essentials module
2.(1) Except as stated in (2), a student who enrols in this course for the first time irrespective of whether they have previously been enrolled in another course of the University, must undertake the Academic Conduct Essentials module (the ACE module).
(2) A student who has previously achieved a result of Ungraded Pass (UP) for the ACE module is not required to repeat the module.
English Language competency requirements
3. To be considered eligible for consideration for admission to this course an applicant must satisfy the University's English language competence requirement as set out in the University Policy on Admission: Coursework.
Admission requirements
4. To be considered for admission to this course an applicant must have—a) successfully completed a tertiary qualification with a WAM of at least 65 per cent;
b) may receive admission credit of up to 24 credit points for prior study in a relevant discipline.
Admission ranking and selection
5. Where relevant, admission will be awarded to the highest ranked applicants or applicants selected based on the relevant requirements.
Course structure
6.(1) The course consists of units to a total value of 48 points.
(2) Units must be selected in accordance with the course structure, as set out in these rules.
Satisfactory progress
7.(1) To make satisfactory progress in a calendar year a student must pass all units in which they remain enrolled after the final date for withdrawal without academic penalty.
(2) For the dissertation component of the higher degree by research preliminary course the relevant board determines whether satisfactory progress has been made having regard to the report of the student's supervisor.
8. A student who has not achieved a result of Ungraded Pass (UP) for the Communication and Research Skills module (the CARS module) when their progress status is assessed will not have made satisfactory progress even if they have met the other requirements for satisfactory progress in Rule 7.
9.(1) A student who makes satisfactory progress is assigned the status of 'Good Standing'.
(2) Unless the relevant board determines otherwise because of exceptional circumstances,
(a) a student who does not make satisfactory progress under Rule 7(1) or (2) is assigned the progress status of 'Excluded'.
10. A student who does not make satisfactory progress in terms of Rule 8 is assigned the progress status of 'On Probation', unless they have been assigned a progress status of 'Suspended' or 'Excluded' for failure to meet other satisfactory progress requirements in Rule 7.
Progression to HDR
11. For progression from a HDR Preliminary course into a HDR course administered by the Graduate Research School or a faculty, a student must have successfully produced a research output with a mark of at least —
(a) 70 per cent to undertake a research doctorate;
or
(b) 65 per cent to undertake a research master's