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Graduate Diploma in ScienceInformal specialisationYear: 2019
Genetics
Overview
The Graduate Diploma allows students who have completed an undergraduate degree to re-focus or expand their body of knowledge by completing the requirement of one of the undergraduate majors (or equivalent) in the Bachelor of Science not already completed. Students will be required to have completed level 1 prerequisites. This provides a pathway to the Master of Science Streams.
Intended learning outcomes
Students who complete the graduate diploma should:
- Demonstrate an independent approach to knowledge that uses rigorous methods of inquiry and appropriate theories and methodologies that are applied with intellectual honesty and a respect for ethical values;
- Apply critical and analytical skills and methods to the identification and resolution of problems
- Act as informed and critically discriminating participants within the community of scholars, as citizens and in the work force;
- Communicate effectively;
- Commit to continuous learning;
- Be proficient in the use of appropriate modern technologies, such as the computer and other information technology systems, for the acquisition, processing and interpretation of data.
Last updated: 18 December 2020
Structure
Completion of 125 points:
- 50 points of study at Level 2 or above;
- 50 points of study at Level 3;
- 25 point of study at Level 9
Subject Options
Subject prerequisites: Details of stream specific requirements can be found at the Graduate Diploma in Science entry and participation requirements page.
Level 2
Students should select 50 points of level 2 options to meet the pre-requisites for their level 3 choices.
Students must take:
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
GENE20001 | Principles of Genetics | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
GENE20002 | Genes and Genomes | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
GENE20003 | Experiments in Genetics | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Plus 12.5 points at Level 2 or 3
*Depending on third year choices students may also need to complete 12.5 points of Level 2 Biology, Botany, Anatomy, Physiology, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Ecology, DASC, Genetics.
Level 3
Students must take:
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
GENE30001 | Evolutionary Genetics and Genomics | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
GENE30002 | Genes: Organisation and Function | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
GENE30004 | Genetic Analysis | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Plus one of:
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
BCMB30001 | Protein Structure and Function | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
BCMB30003 | Molecular Aspects of Cell Biology | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
BIOL30001 | Reproductive Physiology | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
CEDB30002 | Concepts in Cell & Developmental Biology | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ECOL30006 | Ecology in Changing Environments | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
GENE30005 | Human and Medical Genetics | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
MIIM30002 | Principles of Immunology | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
MIIM30011 | Medical Microbiology: Bacteriology | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ZOOL30004 | Evolution and the Human Condition | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Level 9
Plus two level 9 subjects selected from listed discipline subjects in the Master of Science (BioSciences) program
Last updated: 18 December 2020