MTE6410 Research practice in materials science and engineering
Faculty of Engineering
MTE6410 Research practice in materials science and engineering is a level 6, 6-credit-point, postgraduate unit from the Faculty of Engineering, offered in 2020 in Semester 2 at Clayton. It has no prerequisites.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2020
- Semester 2
- Clayton
- Assessment
- No exam
- 3 tasks
- Workload
- 144 hours
- per semester
The 2027 handbook has no page for MTE6410. This is its 2020 entry, the latest one.
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Requisites
Before MTE6410
No prerequisites or corequisites besides the enrolment rules below.
After MTE6410
No unit lists MTE6410 as a prerequisite in the 2020 handbook.
Enrolment rules
This unit is available only to Engineering PhD students.
Overview
The goal of the unit is to introduce graduate researchers to the practice of research. It is founded on perspectives from the Philosophy of Science (PoS) which addresses questions of what science is and what it means to be a scientist. The unit firstly introduces the structure of scientific arguments and aims to demonstrate how a knowledge of this structure can enable critical thinking and scientific communication. The unit also aims to make graduate researchers aware of the complex social process that modern science is and introduce them to aspects such as research funding, planning and budgeting research projects, research metrics, technology development and commercialisation, intellectual property and patents, current socio-political views of science and scientists, etc.
Offerings in 2020
| Teaching period | Campus | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| Second semester | Clayton | On campus |
Assessment
- In-class activities20%
- Research grant: proposal, reviewing and rejoinder50%
- Individual assignments30%
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
Critically review scientific arguments to identify research questions, discern inductive arguments leading to hypotheses and deductive arguments leading to valid experimental tests.
- 2
Generate a research proposal by applying the hypothetico-deductive framework to a research problem, formulating a research plan, assessing material and human resources required for the research, justifying a research budget.
- 3
Appreciate prevalent sociological perspectives of science and reflect on their consequences for publicly-funded scientific research, such as research quality assessment and metrics.
- 4
Appreciate the steps involved in developing and commercialising technology and the value of scientific skills in this process.
Workload and teaching
- Workshops36 hours
- Teaching approachActive learning
- Teaching approachOnline learning
- Teaching approachSimulation or virtual practice
- Teaching approachPeer assisted learning
Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of 4-6 hours of scheduled learning activities and 6-8 hours independent study per week. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher-directed learning, peer-directed learning and online engagement. Independent study may include associated readings, assessment and preparation for scheduled activities.
This unit aims to give students an understanding of research methods, and to give them opportunities to develop research planning and scientific communication skills. The unit will include research activities, practicals, online learning, workshops, role play and peer-assisted learning. The emphasis is on "learning through doing".
Video lectures and discussion groups
Creating mock research grant
Being grant reviewers, audiences for papers, journal editors, etc
Where it fits
MTE6410 is part of 1 area of study in the 2020 handbook.
Contacts
- Unit Coordinators
- Dr Kate Nairn
- Chief Examiners
- Dr Kate Nairn
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for MTE6410?
MTE6410 has no prerequisites, but enrolment rules apply.
When is MTE6410 offered?
In 2020, MTE6410 runs in Semester 2 at Clayton.
How much work is MTE6410?
The handbook expects about 144 hours of study across the semester. No students have rated its difficulty yet.
Does MTE6410 have an exam?
No. MTE6410 has 3 assessment tasks and no exam.
Which majors and minors include MTE6410?
MTE6410 is part of Engineering PhD program.
More details
- Credit points
- 6
- Level
- 6
- Study level
- Postgraduate
- Faculty
- Faculty of Engineering
- Organisational unit
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering
- Type
- Coursework
- EFTSL
- 0.125
- Student contribution
- SCA Band 2
- Study abroad
- Not available
- Handbook years
- 2020