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- Veterinary Bioscience 1 Part BVETS90109
Graduate coursework subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2019
This subject is only to be taken by students repeating or returning from a leave of absence. Enrolment in this subject will be governed by the 2018 MC-DVETMED progression rules – refer to https://handbook.unimelb.edu.au/2018/courses/mc-dvetmed/notes. Veterinary Bioscience 1 Part B takes an inte...
- Semester 2
Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Total time commitment 340 hours Teaching period 29 July 2019 to 27 October 2019 Last self-enrol date 9 August 2019 Census date 31 August 2019 Last date to withdraw without fail 27 September 2019 Assessment period ends 22 November 2019 Semester 2 contact information
Subject Coordinators:
- Assoc Prof Elizabeth Tudor (etudor@unimelb.edu.au)
- Assoc Prof Ken Snibson (ksnibson@unimelb.edu.au)
Unit 1 Cells to Systems
- Dr Elizabeth Washington (eawash@unimelb.edu.au)
Unit 2 Digestive System
- Assoc Prof Simon Bailey (bais@unimelb.edu.au)
Unit 3 Metabolism & Excretion
- Assoc Prof Jenny Charles (charlesj@unimelb.edu.au)
Unit 4 Cardiovascular System
- Assoc Prof Elizabeth Tudor (etudor@unimelb.edu.au)
Unit 5 Respiratory System
- Assoc Prof Ken Snibson (ksnibson@unimelb.edu.au)
- Veterinary Bioscience 2AVETS90064
Graduate coursework subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2019
This subject continues the integrated and inter-disciplinary approach to the study of organ function and dysfunction in animals that was introduced in Veterinary Bioscience 1 Part A and Part B. Building on students’ prior knowledge of organ function and dysfunction and their experience of scienti...
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Elizabeth Tudor Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 156 hours Total time commitment 225 hours Teaching period 4 March 2019 to 2 June 2019 Last self-enrol date 15 March 2019 Census date 31 March 2019 Last date to withdraw without fail 10 May 2019 Assessment period ends 28 June 2019 Semester 1 contact information
Subject Coordinator: Assoc Prof. Liz Tudor (etudor@unimelb.edu.au)
Unit 1 Haemopoietic, Lymphoreticular and Integumentary Systems
Dr Natalie Courtman (natalie.courtman@unimelb.edu.au)
Unit 2 Locomotion
Dr Christina Murray (cmmurray@unimelb.edu.au)
Unit 3 Regional Anatomy of the Dog Part A
Assoc Prof Helen Davies (h.davies@unimelb.edu.au)
- Veterinary Bioscience 2BVETS90101
Graduate coursework subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2019
This subject continues with an integrated and inter-disciplinary approach to the study of organ function and dysfunction in animals. Building on students’ prior knowledge of organ function and dysfunction and their experience of scientific and clinical reasoning, this subject introduces students ...
- Semester 2
Principal coordinator Elizabeth Tudor Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 156 hours Total time commitment 225 hours Teaching period 29 July 2019 to 27 October 2019 Last self-enrol date 9 August 2019 Census date 31 August 2019 Last date to withdraw without fail 27 September 2019 Assessment period ends 22 November 2019 Semester 2 contact information
Subject Coordinator: Assoc. Prof Liz Tudor etudor@unimelb.edu.au
Unit 1 Nervous and Endocrine Systems
Dr Andrew Stent andrew.stent@unimelb.edu.au
Unit 2 Reproduction
Dr Christina Marth christina.marth@unimelb.edu.au
Unit 3 Regional Anatomy of the Dog Part B
Assco. Prof. Helen Davies h.davies@unimelb.edu.au
- Veterinary Bioscience 2 Part BVETS90103
Graduate coursework subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2019
This subject is only to be taken by select students returning from a leave of absence Enrolment in this subject will be governed by the 2018 MC-DVETMED progression rules – refer to https://handbook.unimelb.edu.au/2018/courses/mc-dvetmed/notes. Please refer to 2018 Part A: https://handbook.uni...
- Semester 2
Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Total time commitment 225 hours Teaching period 29 July 2019 to 27 October 2019 Last self-enrol date 9 August 2019 Census date 31 August 2019 Last date to withdraw without fail 27 September 2019 Assessment period ends 22 November 2019
- Veterinary Bioscience 2 Part BVETS90065
Graduate coursework subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2019
Refer to VETS90064 Veterinary Bioscience 2 Part A
- Semester 2
Principal coordinator Elizabeth Tudor Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Refer to VETS90064 Veterinary Bioscience 2 Part A Teaching period 29 July 2019 to 27 October 2019 Last self-enrol date 9 August 2019 Census date 31 August 2019 Last date to withdraw without fail 27 September 2019 Assessment period ends 22 November 2019
- Veterinary Industry InternshipVETS90031
Graduate coursework subject Offered:January Year:2019
This is a capstone internship experience subject, which enables students to integrate the knowledge acquired through their coursework and apply this knowledge within the veterinary industry. Students will undertake a six week placement within a relevant organisation and develop the professional s...
- January
Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Equivalent of 6 weeks work based placement (approximately 240 hours) Total time commitment 280 hours Teaching period 14 January 2019 to 4 November 2019 Last self-enrol date 14 March 2019 Census date 22 March 2019 Last date to withdraw without fail 16 August 2019 Assessment period ends 4 December 2019 January contact information
- Veterinary Industry ProjectVETS90032
Graduate coursework subject Offered:January Year:2019
This subject provides students with a veterinary industry based work experience placement. Students will develop an appreciation of the challenges and opportunities within veterinary industries, and the role of the veterinary profession within them in ensuring the health and wellbeing of animals....
- January
Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Three weeks work placement (equivalent to approximately 120 hours) Teaching period 14 January 2019 to 4 November 2019 Last self-enrol date 14 March 2019 Census date 22 March 2019 Last date to withdraw without fail 16 August 2019 Assessment period ends 4 December 2019 January contact information
- Veterinary Medicine and Surgery AVETS90076
Graduate coursework subject Offered:February Year:2019
This subject focuses on clinical veterinary medicine and surgery, both the general principles of veterinary clinical practice and the specific approach to diagnosis, management and prevention of disease in the major domestic animal species. In the first unit of study, students will be introduce...
- February
Principal coordinator Mark Davis Mode of delivery On Campus (Werribee) Contact hours 295 Total time commitment 510 hours Teaching period 11 February 2019 to 2 June 2019 Last self-enrol date 5 March 2019 Census date 15 March 2019 Last date to withdraw without fail 10 May 2019 Assessment period ends 28 June 2019 February contact information
Subject Co-ordinator - Dr Mark Davis (mark.davis@unimelb.edu.au)
Unit 1 - Essentials of Clinical Practice
Dr Aisha Young (aisha.young@unimelb.edu.au)
Unit 2 - Dogs and Cats
Dr Jen Carter (jennifer.carter@unimelb.edu.au)
Dr Claire Cannon (claire.cannon@unimelb.edu.au)
Unit 3 - Horses
Dr Jenni Bauquier (jennifer.bauquier@unimelb.edu.au)
Unit 4 - Cattle
Prof. Peter Mansell ( pmansell@unimelb.edu.au)
Unit 5 - Small Ruminants
Dr Angus Campbell (a.campbell@unimelb.edu.au)
Unit 6 - Poultry and Aviary Birds
Prof. Amir Noormohammadi (amirh@unimelb.edu.au)
- Veterinary Medicine and Surgery BVETS90077
Graduate coursework subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2019
This subject focuses on clinical veterinary medicine and surgery, both the general principles of veterinary clinical practice and the specific approach to diagnosis, management and prevention of disease in the major domestic animal species. Students will continue their study of the diagnosis, m...
- Semester 2
Principal coordinator Mark Davis Mode of delivery On Campus (Werribee) Contact hours 295 Total time commitment 510 hours Teaching period 15 July 2019 to 27 October 2019 Last self-enrol date 26 July 2019 Census date 31 August 2019 Last date to withdraw without fail 27 September 2019 Assessment period ends 22 November 2019 Semester 2 contact information
Subject Co-ordinator - Dr Mark Davis (mark.davis@unimelb.edu.au)
Unit 1 - Essentials of Clinical Practice
Dr Aisha Young (aisha.young@unimelb.edu.au)
Unit 2 - Dogs and Cats
Dr Jen Carter (jennifer.carter@unimelb.edu.au)
Dr Claire Cannon (claire.cannon@unimelb.edu.au)
Unit 3 - Horses
Dr Jenni Bauquier (jennifer.bauquier@unimelb.edu.au)
Unit 4 - Cattle
Prof. Peter Mansell (pmansell@unimelb.edu.au)
Unit 5 - Small Ruminants
Dr Angus Campbell (a.campbell@unimelb.edu.au)
Unit 6 - Pigs
Dr John Larsen (j.larsen@unimelb.edu.au)
Unit 7 – Wildlife, Aquaculture and Exotics
Dr Jasmin Hufschmid (huj@unimelb.edu.au)
- Veterinary Medicine and Surgery Part AVETS90106
Graduate coursework subject Offered:February Year:2019
This subject is only to be taken by select students repeating DVM3 in 2019 Enrolment in this subject will be governed by the 2018 MC-DVETMED progression rules – refer to https://handbook.unimelb.edu.au/2018/courses/mc-dvetmed/notes. Part A and Part B of this subject focus on clinical veterina...
- February
Mode of delivery On Campus (Werribee) Contact hours Total time commitment 510 hours Teaching period 4 February 2019 to 26 May 2019 Last self-enrol date 26 February 2019 Census date 31 March 2019 Last date to withdraw without fail 3 May 2019 Assessment period ends 21 June 2019
- Veterinary Medicine and Surgery Part BVETS90105
Graduate coursework subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2019
This subject is only to be taken by select students repeating DVM3 in 2019 Enrolment in this subject will be governed by the 2018 MC-DVETMED progression rules – refer to https://handbook.unimelb.edu.au/2018/courses/mc-dvetmed/notes. Please refer to 2018 Part A: https://handbook.unimelb.edu.a...
- Semester 2
Mode of delivery On Campus (Werribee) Contact hours Total time commitment 510 hours Teaching period 29 July 2019 to 27 October 2019 Last self-enrol date 9 August 2019 Census date 31 August 2019 Last date to withdraw without fail 27 September 2019 Assessment period ends 22 November 2019
- Veterinary Professional PracticeVETS90096
Graduate coursework subject Offered:Year Long Year:2019
This subject is undertaken as a series of 25 weeks of scheduled clinical rotations, internally within the University Veterinary Hospital and in external placements, 19 weeks on extramural placements, and concludes with a one week capstone 'transition to the workplace' lecture and workshop series....
- Year Long
Coordinators Cathy Beck and Brett Tennent-Brown Mode of delivery On Campus (Werribee) Contact hours 1590 hours Total time commitment 2,400 hours Teaching period 17 January 2019 to 27 October 2019 Last self-enrol date 25 January 2019 Census date 31 May 2019 Last date to withdraw without fail 27 September 2019 Assessment period ends 22 November 2019 Year Long contact information
Year and Subject Co-ordinators
Assoc. Prof. Brett Tennent-Brown brett.tennent@unimelb.edu.au
Assoc. Prof. Cathy Beck cbeck@unimelb.edu.au
- Veterinary Research Project AVETS90078
Graduate coursework subject Offered:February Year:2019
This subject provides students with training in research methods. Students gain an understanding of evidence-based clinical practice and critical review of the scientific literature. The subject develops the scholarly literacy of veterinary students through development of research, analysis and r...
- February
Principal coordinator Jasmin Hufschmid Mode of delivery On Campus (Werribee) Contact hours 10 Total time commitment 68 hours Teaching period 11 February 2019 to 2 June 2019 Last self-enrol date 5 March 2019 Census date 15 March 2019 Last date to withdraw without fail 10 May 2019 Assessment period ends 28 June 2019 February contact information
Subject Co-ordinator
Dr Jasmin Hufschmid (huj@unimelb.edu.au)
- Veterinary Research Project BVETS90079
Graduate coursework subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2019
This subject provides students with training in research methods to deepen their understanding of evidence-based clinical practice and critical review of the scientific literature. The scholarly literacy of students is enhanced through research, analysis and reference management skills. Scientifi...
- Semester 2
Principal coordinator Jasmin Hufschmid Mode of delivery On Campus (Werribee) Contact hours 10 Total time commitment 102 hours Teaching period 15 July 2019 to 27 October 2019 Last self-enrol date 26 July 2019 Census date 31 August 2019 Last date to withdraw without fail 27 September 2019 Assessment period ends 22 November 2019 Semester 2 contact information
Subject Co-ordinator
Dr Jasmin Hufschmid (huj@unimelb.edu.au)
- Vet Public Health Research ProjectVETS90029
Graduate coursework subject Offered:Semester 1, Semester 2 Year:2019
Students will develop and attempt to answer a research question of veterinary public health (VPH) importance and/or importance for emergency animal disease preparedness and response. This will be achieved either by: A systematic review of the published and unpublished literatureDesign and conduc...
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Simon Firestone Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 40 hours: comprising approximately fortnightly supervisor meetings, attendance and presentation at a session of student oral presentations. Total time commitment 340 hours Teaching period 4 March 2019 to 2 June 2019 Last self-enrol date 15 March 2019 Census date 31 March 2019 Last date to withdraw without fail 10 May 2019 Assessment period ends 28 June 2019 Semester 1 contact information
- Semester 2
Principal coordinator Simon Firestone Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 40 hours: comprising approximately fortnightly supervisor meetings, attendance and presentation at a session of student oral presentations. Total time commitment 340 hours Teaching period 29 July 2019 to 27 October 2019 Last self-enrol date 9 August 2019 Census date 31 August 2019 Last date to withdraw without fail 27 September 2019 Assessment period ends 22 November 2019 Semester 2 contact information
- Vet Public Health Research Project Pt 1VETS90044
Graduate coursework subject Offered:Semester 1, Semester 2 Year:2019
Students will develop and attempt to answer a research question of veterinary public health (VPH) importance and/or importance for emergency animal disease preparedness and response. This will be achieved either by: a systematic review of the published and unpublished literature, design and condu...
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Simon Firestone Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 20 hours per semester: comprising approximately fortnightly supervisor meetings, attendance and presentation at a sessions of student oral presentations. Contact hours will be spread across two consecutive semesters of enrolment in the research project Part 1 and Part 2. Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 4 March 2019 to 2 June 2019 Last self-enrol date 15 March 2019 Census date 31 March 2019 Last date to withdraw without fail 10 May 2019 Assessment period ends 28 June 2019 Semester 1 contact information
- Semester 2
Principal coordinator Simon Firestone Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 20 hours per semester: comprising approximately fortnightly supervisor meetings, attendance and presentation at a sessions of student oral presentations. Contact hours will be spread across two consecutive semesters of enrolment in the research project Part 1 and Part 2. Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 29 July 2019 to 27 October 2019 Last self-enrol date 9 August 2019 Census date 31 August 2019 Last date to withdraw without fail 27 September 2019 Assessment period ends 22 November 2019 Semester 2 contact information
- Vet Public Health Research Project Pt 2VETS90045
Graduate coursework subject Offered:Semester 1, Semester 2 Year:2019
Refer to VETS90044 Vet Public Health Research Project Pt 1 for details
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Simon Firestone Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Refer to VETS90044 Vet Public Health Research Project Pt 1 Teaching period 4 March 2019 to 2 June 2019 Last self-enrol date 15 March 2019 Census date 31 March 2019 Last date to withdraw without fail 10 May 2019 Assessment period ends 28 June 2019 Semester 1 contact information
Refer to VETS90044 Vet Public Health Research Project Pt 1 for details
- Semester 2
Principal coordinator Simon Firestone Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Refer to VETS90044 Vet Public Health Research Project Pt 1 Teaching period 29 July 2019 to 27 October 2019 Last self-enrol date 9 August 2019 Census date 31 August 2019 Last date to withdraw without fail 27 September 2019 Assessment period ends 22 November 2019 Semester 2 contact information
Refer to VETS90044 Vet Public Health Research Project Pt 1 for details
- Vibrations and AeroelasticityMCEN90046
Graduate coursework subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2019
This subject is concerned with the modelling and analysis of vibrating systems. It provides tools to analyse a range of systems in which vibration occurs, including the vibration of systems in which aerodynamic forces are also important (aeroelasticity). The topics covered in this subject are: ...
- Semester 2
Principal coordinator Simon Illingworth Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 36 hours of lectures and 12 hours of tutorials Total time commitment 200 hours Teaching period 29 July 2019 to 27 October 2019 Last self-enrol date 9 August 2019 Census date 31 August 2019 Last date to withdraw without fail 27 September 2019 Assessment period ends 22 November 2019
- VictimsCRIM90035
Graduate coursework subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2019
This subject introduces students to the field of victimology. Victims have long had an ambiguous role in law. Liberal legal systems operate on the principle that crimes are committed against the state. However, victims are often required to narrate their victimisation to assist in the adjudicatio...
- Semester 2
Coordinator Dave McDonald Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours A 2 hour seminar per week for 12 weeks. Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 29 July 2019 to 27 October 2019 Last self-enrol date 9 August 2019 Census date 31 August 2019 Last date to withdraw without fail 27 September 2019 Assessment period ends 22 November 2019
- Video JournalismJOUR90008
Graduate coursework subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2019
This subject builds on basic video and audio journalism skills and takes them to an advanced level, with an emphasis on video and audio reporting across multimedia platforms under tight deadline conditions in newsroom environments, for news and longer-form broadcast and multimedia current affairs...
- Semester 2
Coordinator Louisa Lim Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Total 30 hours: a 1.5 hour seminar per week for 12 weeks. Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 29 July 2019 to 27 October 2019 Last self-enrol date 9 August 2019 Census date 31 August 2019 Last date to withdraw without fail 27 September 2019 Assessment period ends 22 November 2019 Semester 2 contact information