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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 (Online) |
12.5 |
Plus 37.5 points of discipline electives (see below).
Professional Skills subjects
Students must complete 25 points from the following subjects
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| BUSA90403 | Business Tools: Money People & Processes | September (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| BUSA90471 | Business Tools: The Market Environment | No longer available | |
| MAST90007 | Statistics for Research Workers | Winter Term (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| MAST90044 | Thinking and Reasoning with Data | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| MAST90045 | Systems Modelling and Simulation | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| MKTG90022 | Commercialisation of Science | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| SCIE90005 | Ethics and Responsibility in Science | Semester 1 (Online) |
12.5 |
| SCIE90006 | Scientists,Communication & the Workplace | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| SCIE90007 | E-Science | No longer available | |
| SCIE90012 | Science Communication | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| SCIE90013 | Communication for Research Scientists |
Semester 1 (Online)
Winter Term (Online)
Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - 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) 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 but not limited to: Anatomy and Cell Biology, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (Bio21), Melbourne Dental School, 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.
Projects within the School of Biomedical Sciences:
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| BIOM90012 | Research Project (SBS) |
Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| BIOM90014 | Research Project (SBS) |
Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
|
25 |
| BIOM90015 | Research Project (SBS) |
Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
|
37.5 |
| BIOM90013 | Research Project (SBS) |
Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
|
50 |
Projects within the Melbourne Medical School:
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| BIOM90016 | Research Project (MMS) |
Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| BIOM90017 | Research Project (MMS) |
Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
|
25 |
| BIOM90018 | Research Project (MMS) |
Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
|
37.5 |
| BIOM90019 | Research Project (MMS) |
Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
|
50 |
Projects within the Melbourne Dental School:
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| BIOM90020 | Research Project (MDS) |
Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| BIOM90021 | Research Project (MDS) |
Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
|
25 |
| BIOM90022 | Research Project (MDS) |
Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
|
37.5 |
| BIOM90023 | Research Project (MDS) |
Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
|
50 |
Projects within the Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences
Research Project (Psych) 12.5 points, 25 points, 37.5 points, 50 points
Discipline electives
Students may select approved subjects relevant to the proposed research project from the list below, or other subjects as approved by the stream coordinator from within cognate Masters by coursework programs offered by the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences and Faculty of Science [in particular the Master of Biotechnology, Master of Science (Genetics), Master of Science (Zoology)].
A maximum of two discipline subjects may be taken at Level 3.
Note: NEUR90009, NEUR90011 and NEUR90013 are all Pass/Fail subjects, students are encouraged not to enrol into this subject if they wish to continue their studies into a PhD. Students are able to choose one of the 12.5-point subjects as a discipline-based elective and must complete the Subject Selection form for approval to enrol.
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANAT30007 | Human Locomotor Systems | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ANAT30008 | Viscera and Visceral Systems | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ANAT40002 | Seminars in Anatomy and Neuroscience | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ANAT90004 | Anatomy and Physiology for Audiology | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
6.25 |
| AUDI90015 | Acoustics | No longer available | |
| BCMB30001 | Protein Structure and Function | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| BCMB30002 | Functional Genomics and Bioinformatics | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| BCMB30003 | Molecular Aspects of Cell Biology | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| BCMB30004 | Cell Signalling and Neurochemistry | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| BCMB30010 | Advanced Techniques in Molecular Science |
Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| BCMB30011 | Cellular Metabolism and Disease | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| BCMB40002 | Advanced Studies in Biochemistry | Semester 1 (Early-Start) (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
25 |
| BIOL30001 | Reproductive Physiology | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| BIOL40014 | Advanced Coursework in Medical Biology | Semester 1 (Early-Start) (On Campus - Parkville) |
25 |
| BIOL90001 | Microscopy for Biological Sciences | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| BMEN90011 | Tissue Engineering & Stem Cells | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| BMEN90028 | Anatomy and Physiology for Engineers | No longer available | |
| BOTA30005 | Plant Molecular Biology & Biotechnology | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| BTCH30003 | Biotechnology in Practice | Semester 1 (Online) |
12.5 |
| BTCH90005 | Advanced Molecular Biology Techniques | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| BTCH90009 | Genomics and Bioinformatics | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| BTCH90010 | Genetically Modified Organisms | Semester 1 (Online) |
12.5 |
| CEDB30002 | Concepts in Cell & Developmental Biology | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| CEDB30003 | Developmental Biology | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| CEDB30004 | Stem Cells in Development & Regeneration | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| COMP90014 | Algorithms for Bioinformatics | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| EDUC90850 | Foundations of Evaluation |
Term 2 (Online)
Term 4 (Online)
|
12.5 |
| GENE30002 | Genes: Organisation and Function | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| GENE30005 | Human and Medical Genetics | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| GENE90018 | Advanced Topics in Genetics | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| GENE90020 | Current Topics In Developmental Genetics | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
| HLTH90021 | Introduction to Biomedical Enterprise | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| HPSC30036 | Forensic Science & the Law: A Case Study | No longer available | |
| ISYS90078 | Structuring and Managing Patient Data | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| LAWS90003 | Regulation of Biotechnology | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| MAST90072 | Data and Decision Making | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| MAST90101 | Introduction to Statistical Computing | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| MEDI40004 | Seminars in Translational Medicine | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| MEDI40006 | Biomedical Advanced Coursework | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| MEDI90083 | Research Methods & Ultrasound Literature |
Semester 1 (Online)
Semester 2 (Online)
|
12.5 |
| MEDI90084 | Foundations of Cancer |
Term 1 (Online)
Term 3 (Online)
|
12.5 |
| MGMT90171 | Leadership in Science | Semester 1 (Online) |
12.5 |
| MIIM30002 | Principles of Immunology | Semester 1 (Online) |
12.5 |
| MIIM30003 | Medical and Applied Immunology | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| MIIM30014 | Medical Microbiology: Virology | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| MIIM40002 | Advanced Microbiology and Immunology | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
25 |
| MIIM40007 | Advanced Microbiology and Immunology II | No longer available | |
| NEUR30002 | Neurophysiology: Neurons and Circuits | Semester 1 (Online) |
12.5 |
| NEUR30003 | Principles of Neuroscience | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| NEUR30004 | Complex Functions in Neuroscience | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| NEUR30005 | Developmental Neurobiology | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| NEUR90009 | Brain Imaging and Neural Networks A | No longer available | |
| NEUR90011 | Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience A | No longer available | |
| NEUR90013 | Neuroscience of Behaviour & Cognition A | No longer available | |
| OPTO90017 | Graduate Seminar in Vision Science | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| OPTO90018 | The Eye and Vision: A Window to Disease | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| PAED40002 | Coursework in Paediatrics & Child Health | Year Long (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| PATH30001 | Mechanisms of Human Disease | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| PATH30003 | Frontiers in Human Disease | Semester 2 (Online) |
12.5 |
| PATH40002 | Critical Analysis of Pathology Research | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| PHIL90025 | Issues in Bioethics | No longer available | |
| PHRM30002 | Drugs Affecting the Nervous System | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| PHRM30003 | Drug Treatment of Disease | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| PHRM30008 | Drugs: From Discovery to Market | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| PHRM30009 | Drugs in Biomedical Experiments |
Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| PHRM40002 | Advanced Topics in Pharmacology | Semester 1 (Early-Start) (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| PHRM90002 | Pharmacology for Health Professionals | Semester 1 (Online) |
12.5 |
| PHYC90006 | Quantum and Advanced Optics | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
| PHYS30001 | Cardiovascular Health: Genes & Hormones | No longer available | |
| PHYS30005 | Muscle and Exercise Physiology | No longer available | |
| PHYS90008 | Advanced Seminars in Physiology | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| POPH90013 | Biostatistics | Semester 1 (Online) |
12.5 |
| POPH90014 | Epidemiology 1 | Semester 1 (Online) |
12.5 |
| POPH90016 | Epidemiology | No longer available | |
| POPH90018 | Data Management & Statistical Computing | No longer available | |
| POPH90020 | Health Promotion | September (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| POPH90066 | Women and Global Health | September (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| POPH90068 | Prevention and Control of STIs and HIV | Semester 2 (Online) |
12.5 |
| POPH90086 | Global Child Health | No longer available | |
| POPH90112 | Infectious Disease Epidemiology | April (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| POPH90117 | Health Indicators and Health Surveys | Semester 1 (Online) |
12.5 |
| POPH90137 | Primary Health Care, Jamkhed, India | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
| POPH90171 | Drug Issues | Semester 2 (Online) |
12.5 |
| POPH90173 | Health Promotion and Young People | Semester 2 (Online) |
12.5 |
| POPH90199 | Gender and Health | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
| POPH90200 | Principles of Social Research Design | February (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| POPH90226 | Societal Implications of Genomics | Semester 1 (Online) |
12.5 |
| POPH90231 | Qualitative Research in Public Health | Semester 2 (Online) |
12.5 |
| POPH90244 | Global Health and Human Rights | October (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| POPH90245 | Health Illness and Society | No longer available | |
| POPH90248 | Womb to Tomb: Life Course Public Health | No longer available | |
| POPH90256 | Ageing in Society | Term 2 (Online) |
12.5 |
| POPH90257 | Body of Ageing | Term 3 (Online) |
12.5 |
| POPH90263 | Technology and Ageing | Term 4 (Online) |
12.5 |
| POPH90270 | Bioethics and Public Health | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| PSYC30018 | Neuroscience and the Mind | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| PSYC30019 | Development of the Thinking Child | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| PSYC30020 | The Integrated Brain | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| PSYC40004 | Behavioural & Cognitive Neuroscience | July (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| PSYC90062 | Mental Health and Young People | Semester 2 (Online) |
12.5 |
| PSYC90084 | Neuroanatomy for Neuropsychologists | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
6.25 |
| SCIE90002 | Metabolomics and Proteomics | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| SCIE90011 | From Lab to Life | Semester 1 (Online) |
12.5 |
| SKIL90004 | Project Management in Science | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Last updated: 24 November 2023