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Master of Genomics and Health (MC-GENOHLT) // Course structure
About this course
Principal Coordinator
Jan Hodgson
Course structure
The Master of Genomics and Health will comprise 4 x12.5 pt, 6 x 6.25 pt, and 1 x 37.5 pt (year-long) compulsory subjects, totaling 125 pt AND elective subjects totaling 75 pt.
Electives cluster into the following areas:
- Research methods and project
- Bioinformatics and health informatics
- Biostatistics and epidemiology
- Public health, systems, policy and society
- Health program evaluation
- Economic evaluation
- Science communication
Important prerequisite information
GENE90001 - Human Genetics and Genomics in Healthcare, with a result of at least H2A (75%), is a pre-requisite for GENE90002 - Clinical Genomics
GENE90002 - Clinical Genomics, with a result of at least H2A (75%), is a pre-requisite for GENE90021 Advanced Clinical Genomics 1
WELF90004 Principles of Counselling 1 is a pre-requisite for WELF90005 Principles of Counselling 2.
PAED90027 - Healthcare Research – Principles and Design is a pre-requisite for HLTH90011 Research Project in Human Genomics 1.
HLTH90011 - Research Project in Human Genomics 1 is a pre-requisite for Research Project in Human Genomics 2.
Compulsory subjects
Year 1
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
GENE90026 | Clinical Genome Variant Analysis 1 | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
6.25 |
GENE90001 | Human Genetics & Genomics in Healthcare | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
POPH90226 | Societal Implications of Genomics | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
WELF90004 | Principles of Counselling 1 | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
6.25 |
HLTH90014 | Healthcare Research-Principles & Designs | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
GENE90002 | Clinical Genomics | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
WELF90005 | Principles of Counselling 2 | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
6.25 |
GENE90025 | Clinical Genome Variant Analysis 2 | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
6.25 |
Year 2
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
GENE90021 | Advanced Clinical Genomics 1 | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
6.25 |
GENE90024 | Frontiers in Genomics | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
6.25 |
HLTH90012 | Genomics and Health Internship | Year Long (On Campus - Parkville) |
37.5 |
Health Research stream
Compulsory subjects, plus:
Year 1
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
HLTH90011 | Research Project in Human Genomics 1 | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
And one elective subject (in Semester 2 / second half of the year).
Year 2
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
HLTH90013 | Research Project in Human Genomics 2 | Year Long (On Campus - Parkville) |
25 |
And two elective subjects (one in each semester / half of the year).
Non-Research stream
Compulsory subjects, plus:
Year 1
Two elective subjects (in Semester 2 / second half of the year).
Year 2
Four elective subjects (two in each semester / half of the year).
Electives
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
POPH90093 | Economic Evaluation 1 | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
HLTH90006 | Basics of Digital Health for Clinicians |
Semester 1 (Online)
Semester 2 (Online)
|
12.5 |
POPH90209 | Comparative Health Systems | July (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
POPH90231 | Qualitative Research in Public Health | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
POPH90245 | Health Illness and Society | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
SCIE90012 | Science Communication | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
SCIE90006 | Scientists,Communication & the Workplace | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
COMP90014 | Algorithms for Bioinformatics | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
INFO90001 | Health Informatics Methods & Tools | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ISYS90078 | Health Data, Information and Knowledge | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
POPH90111 | Genetic Epidemiology | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
POPH90090 | Health Program Evaluation 2 | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
BINF90002 | Elements of Bioinformatics | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
HLTH90006 | Basics of Digital Health for Clinicians |
Semester 1 (Online)
Semester 2 (Online)
|
12.5 |
COMP90016 | Computational Genomics | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ISYS90069 | eHealth & Biomedical Informatics Systems |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Winter Term (Online)
|
12.5 |
POPH90013 | Biostatistics | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
POPH90014 | Epidemiology 1 | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
POPH90058 | Health Program Evaluation 1 | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
POPH90217 | Foundations of Public Health | February (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
POPH90020 | Health Promotion | March (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
POPH90206 | Health Policy | March (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
POPH90095 | Economic Evaluation 2 | March (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
POPH90270 | Bioethics and Public Health | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
POPH90201 | Community-Based Participatory Research | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
SCIE90005 | Ethics and Responsibility in Science | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
SCIE90013 | Communication for Research Scientists |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Winter Term (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
POPH90205 | Health Inequalities | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
MGMT90031 | Project Management |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
Last updated: 18 December 2020