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Course structure
Students must complete 200 points including:
- Discipline Core subjects (25 pts)
- Discipline Elective subjects (25 – 37.5 pts)
- Professional Skill subjects (12.5 - 25 pts)
- Research Project, undertaken consecutively in sequence (125 pts)
Subject options
Discipline Core subjects (25 pts)
One of:
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
BIOL90002 | Biometry | July (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
MAST90044 | Thinking and Reasoning with Data | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
and one of:
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
ZOOL90007 | Graduate Seminar in Ecology & Evolution | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
PHYS90008 | Advanced Seminars in Physiology | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
GENE90020 | Current Topics In Developmental Genetics | Not available in 2019 | 12.5 |
EVSC90019 | Graduate Seminar: Environmental Science | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Discipline Elective subjects (25 – 37.5 pts)
Students will complete 25-37.5 pts of the following Discipline Elective subjects:
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
ANAT40002 | Seminars in Anatomy and Neuroscience | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ATOC90002 | Climate Science for Decision-Making | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
BIOL90001 | Microscopy for Biological Sciences | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
BMEN90011 | Tissue Engineering & Stem Cells | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
BOTA90005 | Flora of Victoria | Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
BTCH90005 | Advanced Molecular Biology Techniques | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
BTCH90009 | Genomics and Bioinformatics | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
BTCH90010 | Genetically Modified Organisms | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
EVSC90017 | Global Environmental Change | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
EVSC90014 | Environmental Risk Assessment | November (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
EVSC90015 | Environmental Impact Assessment | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
EVSC90020 | Environmental Modelling | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
EVSC90026 | Modelling Species Distributions & Niches |
Semester 2 (Online)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
ENEN90028 | Monitoring Environmental Impacts | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ERTH90028 | Urban Soils, Substrates and Water | Semester 2 (On Campus - Burnley) |
12.5 |
FRST90015 | Landscape Ecology | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
FRST90032 | Forests, Carbon and Climate Change | Semester 2 (On Campus - Burnley) |
12.5 |
GENE90018 | Advanced Topics in Genetics | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
GEOG90003 | Integrated River & Catchment Management | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
GEOM90008 | Foundations of Spatial Information |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
MAST90057 | Elements of Probability | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
MAST90128 | Advanced Environmental Computation | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
NRMT90002 | Biosecurity: Managing Invasive Species | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
NRMT90007 | Communities and Ecosystem Management | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
SCIE90002 | Metabolomics and Proteomics | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
SCIE90011 | From Lab to Life | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ANSC90001 | Wildlife Management | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Or another graduate level subject as approved by course coordinator.
A student may complete a third-year level subject if no suitable alternative is available at the graduate level. Students wishing to take a second-year subject or more than one third-year subject will need the approval of the MSc Coordinators and the Associate Dean.
Professional Skills subjects (12.5 - 25 pts)
Students must complete:
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
SCIE90013 | Communication for Research Scientists |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
And may also complete one of:
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
SCIE90012 | Science Communication | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
MAST90045 | Systems Modelling and Simulation | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
SCIE90005 | Ethics and Responsibility in Science | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
BUSA90403 | Business Tools: Money People & Processes | September (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
EDUC90839 | Science in Schools | Not available in 2019 | 12.5 |
SCIE90017 | Science and Technology Internship |
Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
PHYC90045 | Introduction to Quantum Computing | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
COMP90072 | The Art of Scientific Computation |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
Research Project (125 pts undertaken consecutively in sequence)
The Research Project involves laboratory or field-based experimental research in an area of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Genetics, Genomics and Developmental Biology, and Plant Biology. The research projects cover a broad range of research from molecular to population and evolutionary biology in micro-organisms, insects, plants and animals.
The project will be based in the laboratory of an academic staff member in the School of BioSciences or an approved external supervisor, depending on the particular research project. The research project aims to develop a range of experimental and technical skills, a capacity to set goals and to design and plan experiments.
The project will be taken over four consecutive semesters and will begin on the Monday of semester of entry (semesters 1 or 2) and continue for up to 88 weeks until the end of the fourth semester, minus recreation leave of between 4 and 8 weeks (22 weeks per semester over the four semesters).
For how long and at what time within the enrolment the actual period of leave is to be taken needs to be negotiated with a student’s supervisor. The Research Project will be due for submission by the end of the formal examination period of the fourth semester of enrolment if an earlier date is not specified.
Students will first enrol in BioScience Research Projects Part 1, and then progress through to Part 2, Part 3 and Part 4. Students may only progress through BioScience Research Project subjects upon successful completion of the earlier project component.
The project will be taken over four consecutive semesters and will begin on the Monday of semester of entry (semesters 1 or 2) and continue for up to 88 weeks until the end of the fourth semester, minus recreation leave of between 4 and 8 weeks (22 weeks per semester over the four semesters). The entire research project for the Master of Science (BioSciences) consists of 125 points with assessments distributed over 4 semesters
- A 20 minute oral presentation due mid-semester(hurdle)
- A 3000 word research proposal/literature review due mid-semester (15% of final mark)
- One 20 minute oral presentation due at the end of semester (5% of total final mark)
- A 20 minute oral presentation due at the end of semester (12.5% and 10% of final mark)
- A research thesis of up to 20,000 words due at the end of semester (87.5% and 70% of final mark)
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
BIOL90004 | BioSciences Research Project Part 1 |
March (On Campus - Parkville)
July (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
BIOL90005 | BioSciences Research Project Part 1 |
March (On Campus - Parkville)
July (On Campus - Parkville)
|
25 |
BIOL90006 | BioSciences Research Project Part 1 |
March (On Campus - Parkville)
July (On Campus - Parkville)
|
37.5 |
BIOL90007 | BioSciences Research Project Part 1 |
March (On Campus - Parkville)
July (On Campus - Parkville)
|
50 |
BIOL90008 | BioSciences Research Project Part 2 |
January (On Campus - Parkville)
July (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
BIOL90009 | BioSciences Research Project Part 2 |
January (On Campus - Parkville)
July (On Campus - Parkville)
|
25 |
BIOL90010 | BioSciences Research Project Part 2 |
January (On Campus - Parkville)
July (On Campus - Parkville)
|
37.5 |
BIOL90011 | BioSciences Research Project Part 2 |
January (On Campus - Parkville)
July (On Campus - Parkville)
|
50 |
BIOL90012 | BioSciences Research Project Part 3 |
January (On Campus - Parkville)
July (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
BIOL90013 | BioSciences Research Project Part 3 |
January (On Campus - Parkville)
July (On Campus - Parkville)
|
25 |
BIOL90014 | BioSciences Research Project Part 3 |
January (On Campus - Parkville)
July (On Campus - Parkville)
|
37.5 |
BIOL90015 | BioSciences Research Project Part 3 |
January (On Campus - Parkville)
July (On Campus - Parkville)
|
50 |
BIOL90016 | BioSciences Research Project Part 4 |
January (On Campus - Parkville)
July (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
BIOL90017 | BioSciences Research Project Part 4 |
January (On Campus - Parkville)
July (On Campus - Parkville)
|
25 |
BIOL90018 | BioSciences Research Project Part 4 |
January (On Campus - Parkville)
July (On Campus - Parkville)
|
37.5 |
BIOL90019 | BioSciences Research Project Part 4 |
January (On Campus - Parkville)
July (On Campus - Parkville)
|
50 |
Last updated: 18 December 2020