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Principles of Genetics (GENE20001) // Further information
About this subject
Contact information
Semester 1
Coordinator
Assoc Prof Alex Andrianopoulos
alex.a@unimelb.edu.au
Co-coordinator
Dr Hayley Bugeja
h.bugeja@unimelb.edu.au
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
A J Griffiths et al, Introduction to Genetic Analysis, 10th Ed. W H Freeman and Co.
- Subject notes
This subject is available for science credit to students enrolled in the BSc (both pre-2008 and new degrees), BASc or a combined BSc course.
This subject is available for credit in the Bachelor of Biomedicine course.
This subject can be taken by itself, but is designed to be part of a two-semester sequence with GENE20002 Genes and Genomes.
Both GENE20001 Principles of Genetics and either GENE20002 Genes and Genomes or BIOM20001 Molecular and Cellular Biomedicine are prerequisites for third year level genetics subjects.
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Major Genetics Major Genetics Informal specialisation Zoology Informal specialisation Science-credited subjects - new generation B-SCI and B-ENG. Informal specialisation Selective subjects for B-BMED Major Zoology Breadth Track Human Genetics Breadth Track General Genetics - Breadth options
This subject is available as breadth in the following courses:
- Available through the Community Access Program
About the Community Access Program (CAP)
This subject is available through the Community Access Program (also called Single Subject Studies) which allows you to enrol in single subjects offered by the University of Melbourne, without the commitment required to complete a whole degree.
Please note Single Subject Studies via Community Access Program is not available to student visa holders or applicants
Entry requirements including prerequisites may apply. Please refer to the CAP applications page for further information.
Last updated: 31 January 2025