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Zoology // Structure

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Structure

62.5 credit points

Completion of 62.5 points of study

  • 50 points of study at level 3
  • 12.5 points of study at level 9

Subject Options

Subject prerequisites: Details of stream specific requirements can be found at the Graduate Certificate in Science entry and participation requirements page.

Level 3

50 credit points of Level 3 subjects including 

One of:

Code Name Study period Credit Points
BIOL30002 Experimental Animal Biology
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
ZOOL30007 Experimental Animal Behaviour
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
 

AND 

One of: 

Code Name Study period Credit Points
BIOL30001 Reproductive Physiology
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
ZOOL30006 Animal Behaviour
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5

AND

Two from:

Code Name Study period Credit Points
BIOL30001 Reproductive Physiology
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
 
Code Name Study period Credit Points
BIOL30002 Experimental Animal Biology
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
 
Code Name Study period Credit Points
CEDB30002 Concepts in Cell & Developmental Biology
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
CEDB30003 Developmental Biology
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
ECOL30007 Marine Biodiversity and Biogeography
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
SCIE30001 Science Research Project
Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
VETS30033 Health & Disease in Wildlife Populations
Semester 2 (Online)
 12.5
ZOOL30006 Animal Behaviour
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
ZOOL30007 Experimental Animal Behaviour
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
 

Level 9

Plus 12.5 points of level 9 subjects selected from listed discipline subjects in the Master of Science (BioSciences) program.

Last updated: 2 November 2025