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Computational Biology // Structure

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Structure

50 credit points

All of

Code Name Study period Credit Points
MAST30032 Biological Modelling and Simulation
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
MAST30033 Statistical Genomics
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5

AND

Completion of a minimum of 25 credit points of Level 3 Electives

Level 3 electives may be selected from the following Areas of Study:

Anatomy (ANAT), Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (BCMB), Bioengineering Systems (BMEN), Botany (BOTA), Computer Science (COMP), Cell and Developmental Biology (CEDB), Environmental Science (EVSC), Ecology (ECOL), Genetics (GENE), Informatics (INFO), Mathematics and Statistics (MAST), Microbiology and Immunology (MIIM), Neuroscience (NEUR), Pathology (PATH), Pharmacology (PHRM), Physiology (PHYS), Zoology (ZOOL)

Students are encouraged to consider enrolling in SCIE30001 if they are seeking a research project experience. Please visit the following webpage for further information relating to the subject's application process - https://science.unimelb.edu.au/students/research-project-subjects

PLEASE NOTE:

This major is no longer being offered to students from 2022 onwards. Students who commenced this major prior to 2022 and are planning to complete the Computational Biology major may continue to do so.

Notes

Students will be encouraged to complete a complementary study sequence in either biological/biomedical science, mathematics and statistics, or computer science. A third year subject in this complementary sequence or from a list of electives makes up the computational biology major.

Last updated: 10 November 2023