The Doctor of Philosophy (Integrated) is a four-year research degree which incorporates a traditional three-year PhD thesis with one year of coursework subjects, combining generic research training and discipline-specific content into a single degree. The coursework, which is undertaken in the first year of the degree, comprises research training skills and individual coursework subjects. Research skills are tailored for each faculty, but typically include: research methodology; literature review, critical analysis, or laboratory projects; and advanced topics or a minor research project. International students intending to become university researchers and teachers in their home country will benefit from exposure to Australian teaching methods through these subjects. The research component is the same as for the three-year PhD program and leads to the production of a written thesis. The thesis, which involves a significant contribution to a field of knowledge, must be a minimum of 80,000 words and no longer than 100,000 words in length. Each PhD candidate has two supervisors. Course Learning Outcomes Students graduating from the Doctor of Philosophy (Integrated) will be able to: Demonstrate expert and specialised technical and research skills in a discipline area to independently and systematically generate original knowledge and understanding to make a substantial scholarly contribution to a discipline Critically reflect on, synthesise and evaluate a substantial and complex body of knowledge at the frontier of a discipline area Communicate research findings, explaining and critiquing theoretical propositions, methodologies, results and conclusions to peers and to the community. Apply detailed knowledge of research, research integrity, ethics and the rights and safety of others, to plan and execute original research with intellectual independence and with full autonomy, authoritative judgement, adaptability and responsibility for personal outputs.