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Graduate Diploma in Veterinary Public Health (EAD) (GD-VPHEAD) // Course structure
About this course
- Overview
- Entry and participation requirements
- Attributes, outcomes and skills
- Course structure
- Further study
- Notes
Contact
Prospective students
http://fvas.unimelb.edu.au/about/contact
Current students
http://studentcentre.unimelb.edu.au/
Coordinator
Dr Simon Firestone
Course structure
This course requires completion of one compulsory subject plus seven elective subjects, each worth 12.5 points.
Up to a total of 25 credit points may be credited to students who have completed pre-approved electives in other faculties or schools (such as a the Graduate School of Management or the Melbourne School of Population and Global Health), or subjects from pre-approved courses in veterinary public health and epidemiology offered by other universities.
Subject options
The availability of each subject within a given year will depend on class enrolments. Refer to the Veterinary Public Health website for further information on recommended study plans and subject sequences.
Compulsory subject
Prior to 2017 the compulsory subject was VETS50003 Selection & Interpretation of Lab Tests. This subject has now been recoded to
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
VETS90083 | Selection & Interpretation of Lab Tests | Winter Term (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Elective subjects
Prior to 2017 the elective subject codes were:
- VETS500054 Communication in Disease Emergencies
- VETS50005 Management in Disease Emergencies
- VETS50006 Epidemiology of Epidemics
- VETS50007 Emergency Animal Diseases 1
- VETS50008 Emergency Animal Diseases 2
- VETS50009 Emergency Animal Diseases 3
- VETS50010 Emegency Animal Diseases 4
- VETS50011 Structure & Function of Control Centres
- VETS50012 Disease Investigation at Farm Level
- VETS50013 Outbreak Assessment at Population Level
- VETS50014 Outbreak Response
From 2017 onwards subjects have been recoded and students should select seven (7) of the following:
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
VETS90084 | Communication in Disease Emergencies | August (Online) |
12.5 |
VETS90085 | Management in Disease Emergencies | Not available in 2017 | 12.5 |
VETS90086 | Epidemiology of Epidemics | February (Online) |
12.5 |
VETS90087 | Transboundary Animal Diseases | Not available in 2017 | 12.5 |
VETS90088 | Vectorborne & Wildlife Reservoir Disease | July (Online) |
12.5 |
VETS90089 | Eradicable Diseases | February (Online) |
12.5 |
VETS90090 | Diseases of Poultry & Aquatic Industries | Not available in 2017 | 12.5 |
VETS90091 | Structuring Emergency Disease Responses | Not available in 2017 | 12.5 |
VETS90092 | Disease Investigation at Farm Level | April (Online) |
12.5 |
VETS90093 | Outbreak Assessment at Population Level | October (Online) |
12.5 |
VETS90094 | Outbreak Response | Not available in 2017 | 12.5 |
Other elective options are available. Refer to this list of additional approved electives.
A number of the elective subjects have prerequisites.
Last updated: 18 December 2020