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Foundational Biology: Life's Machinery (BIOL10008) // Dates and times

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Dates & times

  • Summer Term
    CoordinatorMichael Murray
    Mode of deliveryOn Campus (Parkville)
    Contact hours24 hours of interactive seminars (4 x 1 hour per week across semester), 15 hours of practical classes (5 x 3 hours, delivered weekly across semester), 12 hours of workshops (6 x 2 hours, delivered weekly across semester). Students are also expected to undertake up to 24 hours of independent online activities including watching videos and instant feedback activities (4 hr per week).
    Total time commitment175 hours
    Teaching period 7 January 2025 to 16 February 2025
    Last self-enrol date15 January 2025
    Census date24 January 2025
    Last date to withdraw without fail 7 February 2025
    Assessment period ends 2 March 2025

    Summer Term contact information

    BIOL10008-info@unimelb.edu.au

  • Semester 1
    CoordinatorAlex Andrianopoulos
    Mode of deliveryOn Campus (Parkville)
    Contact hours24 hours of interactive seminars (2 x 1 hour per week across semester), 15 hours of practical classes (5 x 3 hours, approximately fortnightly across semester), 12 hours of workshops (6 x 2 hours, fortnightly across semester). Students are also expected to undertake up to 24 hours of independent online activities including watching videos and instant feedback activities (2 hr per week).
    Total time commitment175 hours
    Teaching period 3 March 2025 to 1 June 2025
    Last self-enrol date14 March 2025
    Census date31 March 2025
    Last date to withdraw without fail 9 May 2025
    Assessment period ends27 June 2025

    Semester 1 contact information

    Alex Andrianopoulos

Time commitment details

Estimated total time commitment of 175 hours (100 hours assessment, 51 hours on-campus contact and 24 hours independent online study)

What do these dates mean

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  • And for Commonwealth Supported students, your:
       -  Student Learning Entitlement. This applies to all students enrolled in a Commonwealth Supported Place (CSP).
     

    Subjects withdrawn after the census date (including up to the ‘last day to withdraw without fail’) count toward the Student Learning Entitlement.

Last updated: 14 March 2025