Postgraduate Diploma in Science (290AA) // Course structure
About this course
Contact
Coordinator
Professor Aleks Owczarek
Contact
Currently enrolled students:
- General information: https://ask.unimelb.edu.au
- Email: enquiries-STEM@unimelb.edu.au
Future students:
- Further information: http://graduate.science.unimelb.edu.au/
- Email: http://graduate.science.unimelb.edu.au/contact-us
Coordinator
Melbourne Graduate School of Science
Course structure
The Postgraduate Diploma in Science course requires the completion of 100 points (100 points = one year of full-time study).
Coursework and Research
The 100 points comprises two components:
- a coursework component (sometimes requiring the completion of up to 25 points of later-year, normally third-year, undergraduate subjects); and
- a minor thesis research project component (normally 10 000 - 12 000 words).
The weight of each component varies between departments.
To be eligible for the award of the Postgraduate Diploma in Science, students must successfully complete both the research and the coursework components of the course.
Coursework
Students have the option to complete the Postgraduate Diploma in Science by coursework alone (100 point coursework option) in areas of study: Botany, Mathematics and Statistics, Physics.
Students also have the option to use the Postgraduate Diploma in Science by coursework in Botany, Mathematics and Statistics or Physics as an early exit point from the relevant Master of Science stream– i.e. Master of Science in Botany, Mathematics and Statistics, or Physics – where appropriate and subject to the approval of the stream Coordinator.
Last updated: 6 April 2025