Sciences

Description

This course is designed to provide students with a coherent program of study in a range of disciplines in science. Graduates will have a broad scientific background to assist with future employment or to pursue further study. Students may complete one of the approved majors or design their own program of study in consultation with academic staff, taking into account their background knowledge and interests.

Graduates are awarded the advanced diploma in the major completed, for example, those who complete the Biomedical Science program will be awarded the Advanced Diploma in The Sciences (Biomedical Science).

Career Opportunities

Advanced Diploma in The Sciences graduates will have a broad scientific background to pursue further study or to assist with future employment in a range of areas requiring a basic knowledge of a particular area of science.

Detailed Course Facts

• EUR 14770 Year (National)
• EUR 14770 Year (International)

• English

Course Content

Course Aims

To have an understanding that

• · Science encompasses both a body of knowledge and a reliable process of discovery. It is founded upon the recognition of fundamental laws that make nature systematic and reproducible.
• · Scientists observe, measure, classify and perform experiments upon the natural world. They employ scientific methods to test hypotheses and use empirical evidence to support or refute their hypotheses. The natural variability, or uncertainty, inherent in the natural world means that scientific conclusions are reliable but contestable: they may be revised or modified as new evidence emerges. Scientists are curious about the natural world, and are creative in formulating hypotheses and in designing approaches to problem solving.
• · Mathematics is used in science to model real-world systems and scientific data are often analysed using statistical methods.
• · Science operates within a paradigm of peer review and replication that provides a collective responsibility for the reliability of scientific knowledge. Scientists have a responsibility to communicate the outcomes of their work accurately and without bias to their peers and to society.
• · Science is embedded within a context that reflects both the history of scientific endeavor and the culture of present society. Scientists generate and build knowledge, develop technologies, investigate and solve problems.

Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:

Graduate Attributes

Knowledge of a Discipline

Graduates will understand ways of scientific thinking and the nature of science as a broad discipline. They will also have specialised knowledge in at least one sub-disciplinary area of science.

Communication Skills

Graduates will be able to communicate scientific results, information or arguments to a range of audiences and for a range of purposes.

Global Perspectives

Graduates will understand and be able to articulate, aspects of the place and importance of science in the local and global community.

Information Literacy

Graduates will be able to communicate scientific results, information or arguments to a range of audiences and for a range of purposes. They will also be able to synthesize and evaluate information from a range of sources, using a range of technologies.

Life-Long Learning

Graduates will be able to take personal responsibility for lifelong learning by demonstrating a capacity for self-directed learning.

Problem Solving

Graduates will be able to investigate and solve problems by using recognised methods of science and appropriate practical techniques and tools. Also, by formulating hypotheses, collecting valid and reliable data and incorporating quantitative evidence into arguments.

Social Responsibility

Graduates will be able to take social responsibility by recognising the relevant ethical frameworks within which science is practised and show a capacity for working responsibly and safely in both individual and team environments.

Team Work

Graduates will have an awareness of the need to function effectively as members or leaders of scientific or multidisciplinary teams.

English Language Requirements

IELTS band : 6 TOEFL iBT® test : 79

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Requirements

A candidate shall:

(a) hold a Diploma of the University or an equivalent qualification; or

(b) have satisfied the school by means of other qualifications and/or related experience, that the equivalent standard of Rule (a) has been achieved.

Work Experience

No work experience is required.

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