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BioSciences // Structure

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Structure

100 credit points

Subject Options

For both the coursework and research project program OR the coursework only program

Students must take one of:

Code Name Study period Credit Points
BIOL90002 Applied Statistics for Biologists
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
MAST90044 Thinking and Reasoning with Data
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5

and both of:

Code Name Study period Credit Points
SCIE90013 Communication for Research Scientists
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
BIOL90040 Graduate Seminar in BioSciences
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5

And either:

Coursework only option -  students must take 62.5 points  of graduate-level subjects from those listed as discipline elective subjects in the MSc (BioSciences) - https://handbook.unimelb.edu.au/courses/mc-scibio/course-structure

Coursework and research project option - students must take 12.5 points of graduate-level subjects from those listed as discipline elective subjects in the MSc (BioSciences) - https://handbook.unimelb.edu.au/courses/mc-scibio/course-structure and a two-part BioSciences Minor Research Project, which can be undertaken as either:

Code Name Study period Credit Points
BIOL90028 BioSciences Minor Research Project Part1
Semester 1 (Extended) (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (Extended) (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
BIOL90030 BioSciences Minor Research Project Part2
Semester 1 (Early-Start) (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (Early-Start) (On Campus - Parkville)
 37.5

OR

Code Name Study period Credit Points
BIOL90029 BioSciences Minor Research Project Part1
Semester 1 (Extended) (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (Extended) (On Campus - Parkville)
 25
BIOL90031 BioSciences Minor Research Project Part2
Semester 1 (Early-Start) (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (Early-Start) (On Campus - Parkville)
 25

Last updated: 3 April 2025