For most areas, the required unit/s will be finalised by the academic unit prior to any offer of candidature. In the case of the Faculty of Health, the unit will normally be determined early in your candidature.
No additional fees will be charged for coursework units listed below undertaken at Deakin.
Faculty of Arts and Education/Institute of Koorie Education
All students must complete the following unit:
Faculty of Business and Law compulsory units
All students must complete all of the units specified for their department or school:
Department of Accounting:
Students must complete two units from each of the following two groups (4 units in total):
Group I:
- MAA906 Contemporary Issues in Accounting
- MAA907 Advanced Auditing
- MAA908 Advanced Management Accounting
Group II:
- MMM905 Philosophy of Research
- MMM906 Qualitative Research Methods
- MMM907 Quantitative Research Methods
Department of Management, Department of Marketing, Department Info Systems/Business Analytics:
- MMM905 Philosophy of Research
- MMM906 Qualitative Research Methods
- MMM907 Quantitative Research Methods
- MMM909 Meta-analysis Research Methods
Department of Economics:
- MAE901 Advanced Econometrics
- MAE903 Advanced Economic Theory
- MAE905 Macroeconomic Theory and Policy
- MAE906 Econometrics II
- MAE907 Macroeconomic Theory II
- MAE908 Microeconomic Theory II
Department of Finance:
- MAF905 Foundations of Finance
- MAF906 Research Methods in Finance
- MAF907 Empirical Methods in Corporate Finance
- MAF908 Empirical Assest Pricing
Deakin Law School:
Student must complete 3 units:
AND one elective from the four units below:
- MMM905 Philosophy of Research
- MMM906 Qualitative Research Methods
- MMM907 Quantitative Research Methods
- MMM909 Meta-analysis Research Methods
OR another unit from any Deakin Faculty approved by the Supervisor and HDR Director (Level 8 or 9).
Faculty of Health
All students in the Faculty of Health must complete at least one unit from a selection of core units below. Please contact your supervisor and school HDR coordinator upon commencement to determine which unit you will be enrolled in. The faculty will then organise enrolment.
- HSH946 Biostatistics 1
- HSH915 Qualitative Health Research
- HPS911 Advanced Research Methods
- HMH800 Research Design
- HMH900 Research Design
- HSH944 Epidemiology 1
- HSH947 Biostatistics 2
Faculty of Science, Engineering and Built Environment/Institute for Frontier Materials/Institute for Intelligent Systems Research and Innovation/A2I2
All students must complete the following unit: