Enterprise
Specialisation (formal)Year: 2019
Enterprise
Overview
The Enterprise Specialisation gives students the opportunity to undertake a substantive research project in a field of choice and will introduce students to entrepreneurship. It will encourage innovative thinking in relation to the commercial and legal challenges of translating basic research.
Intended learning outcomes
The objectives of this specialisation are to provide students with skills in:
- conducting research in biomedical and health sciences
- designing experiments
- taking responsibility for managing a research project
- preparing and giving an oral and written presentation of the results
- expressing intellectual, scientific arguments
- assimilating and critically evaluating existing knowledge within a scientific paradigm
- adopting an entrepreneurial approach to better capitalise on the potential health and economic benefits of their research
- applying innovative thinking in relation to the commercial and legal challenges of translating basic research
Last updated: 18 December 2020
Structure
200 credit points
All students must complete 200 points comprising:
- Discipline Core subjects (50 points);
- Professional Skills subjects (25 points);
- A 125 point research project
Subject Options
Discipline Core Subjects
Students must complete 50 points of discipline subjects.
Students must complete:
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| BIOM40001 | Introduction To Biomedical Research | February (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ENGR90034 | Creating Innovative Engineering |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| BUSA90322 | Special Topics in Management |
January (On Campus - Parkville)
March (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| HLTH90021 | Introduction to Biomedical Enterprise | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Professional Skills subjects
Students must complete:
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| BUSA90403 | Business Tools: Money People & Processes | September (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| MKTG90022 | Commercialisation of Science | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Research Project
Students must complete a research project under the supervision of a staff member in an academic unit (a Department or an affiliated Institute) of the School of Biomedical Sciences or the Melbourne Medical School within the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences. Depending on supervisor and project availability, research is undertaken in a range of locations/discipline areas including: Anatomy and Cell Biology, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (Bio21), Medicine (Royal Melbourne Hospital/Western Hospital and St Vincent's Hospital), Microbiology and Immunology, Neurosciences (Centre for Neurosciences/Florey Institutes), Otolaryngology (Hearing Sciences), Ophthalmology (Eye Research), Paediatrics (Murdoch Children’s Research Institute), Pharmacology, Psychiatry, Physiology, Radiology and Surgery (Austin Hospital, Royal Melbourne Hospital/Western Hospital and St Vincent's Hospital).
Students are entitled to a total of 4 weeks leave each year, the timing of which is to be negotiated with the supervisor. In non-semester time, your project work will be your full-time commitment. During semester time, your allocation of time to your project will depend on the subject coursework load you have committed to.
Students may enrol in a combination of research project subjects and coursework subjects as long as once the Research Project is commenced, the consecutive enrolment requirement is met and to ensure they have completed a total of 125 points for the research project by the end of their course.
Your study plan must be approved by your supervisor.
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| BIOM90012 | Project in Biomedical Science |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| BIOM90014 | Project in Biomedical Science |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
25 |
| BIOM90015 | Project in Biomedical Science |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
37.5 |
| BIOM90013 | Project in Biomedical Science |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
50 |
Last updated: 18 December 2020