BioSciences

Overview

The Graduate Diploma in Science (Advanced) in Biosciences is a one-year program designed to extend students' knowledge and skills through a supervised research project together with advanced coursework in biosciences disciplines.

This program provides students with the opportunity to design and conduct, under supervision, independent research. Specific research projects will depend upon the availability of appropriate expertise, but may address a broad spectrum of BioSciences issues within the School of BioSciences research domains of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology and/or Ecology and Evolution. Students will take responsibility for a research project, including the design and execution of laboratory and/or field experiments; collection, statistical analysis, and interpretation of data; and providing oral and written presentations of the results. Students will assimilate and critically evaluate new knowledge within a scientific paradigm, and communicate that knowledge to others. Students should also develop skills in managing a scientific research project, writing scientific reports, and making an oral presentation. Students also complete four advanced coursework subjects, which will further their specialist knowledge in areas of biosciences research and provide specific training in experimental design, statistical analysis, critical review of research papers and presentation of oral and written reports.

Last updated: 12 November 2021

Structure

100 credit points

Subject Options

Subject prerequisites: details of stream specific prerequisites can be found at the Graduate Diploma in Science (Advanced) (GDA-SCI) entry and participation requirements page.

Student will take 12.5 points from:

And:

37.5 points of graduate level subjects from any of the following discipline areas: BTCH, BIOL, BOTA, ECOL,EVSC, GENE, MAST, NRMT, SCIE, ZOOL. Elective subjects should be determined in consultation with the course coordinator and Research Project supervisor

And:

A two-part BioSciences Minor Research Project, which can be undertaken as either:

or

Last updated: 12 November 2021