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Graduate Diploma in Veterinary Public Health (GD-VPH) // 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
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
VETS90083 | Selection & Interpretation of Lab Tests | Winter Term (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Elective subjects
Students should select seven (7) of the following:
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
VETS90084 | Communication in Disease Emergencies | July (Online) |
12.5 |
VETS90085 | Management in Disease Emergencies | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
VETS90086 | Epidemiology of Epidemics | February (Online) |
12.5 |
VETS90087 | Transboundary Animal Diseases | October (Online) |
12.5 |
VETS90088 | Vectorborne & Wildlife Reservoir Disease | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
VETS90089 | Eradicable Diseases | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
VETS90090 | Diseases of Poultry & Aquatic Industries | February (Online) |
12.5 |
VETS90091 | Structuring Emergency Disease Responses | April (Online) |
12.5 |
VETS90092 | Disease Investigation at Farm Level | Not available in 2018 | 12.5 |
VETS90093 | Outbreak Assessment at Population Level | July (Online) |
12.5 |
VETS90094 | Outbreak Response | September (Online) |
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