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Epidemiology Research Project Part 1 (POPH90280) // Dates and times
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Contact information
Semester 1
Beauty Tebaa
Melbourne School of Population and Global Health
Dr Andrew Lau
Melbourne School of Population and Global Health
andrew.lau@unimelb.edu.au
Semester 2
Beauty Tebaa
Melbourne School of Population and Global Health
Dr Andrew Lau
Melbourne School of Population and Global Health
andrew.lau@unimelb.edu.au
Dates & times
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Beauty Tebaa Coordinator Andrew Lau Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 32 hours over 2 consecutive semesters: attendance at a half-day research training skills workshop (week 1 of semester), attendance at 2 full-day sessions for student oral presentations (week 11: of each semester) and fortnightly 1-hour supervisor meetings Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 2 March 2026 to 31 May 2026 Last self-enrol date 13 March 2026 Census date 31 March 2026 Last date to withdraw without fail 8 May 2026 Assessment period ends 26 June 2026 Semester 1 contact information
Beauty Tebaa
Melbourne School of Population and Global Health
Dr Andrew Lau
Melbourne School of Population and Global Health
andrew.lau@unimelb.edu.au - Semester 2
Principal coordinator Beauty Tebaa Coordinator Andrew Lau Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 32 hours over 2 consecutive semesters: attendance at a half-day research training skills workshop (week 1 of semester), attendance at 2 full-day sessions for student oral presentations (week 11: of each semester) and fortnightly 1-hour supervisor meetings Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 27 July 2026 to 25 October 2026 Last self-enrol date 7 August 2026 Census date 31 August 2026 Last date to withdraw without fail 25 September 2026 Assessment period ends 20 November 2026 Semester 2 contact information
Beauty Tebaa
Melbourne School of Population and Global Health
Dr Andrew Lau
Melbourne School of Population and Global Health
andrew.lau@unimelb.edu.au
Time commitment details
680 hours (overall total for enrolment across Parts 1 and 2)
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Subjects withdrawn after the census date (including up to the ‘last day to withdraw without fail’) count toward the Student Learning Entitlement.
Additional delivery details
There are two Research Project options in the Master of Science (Epidemiology): A 50-point Major Research Project and a 25-point Minor Research Project. The Research Projects are taken over two consecutive semesters and students complete Part 1 first followed by Part 2.
This subject (POPH90280) is Part 1 of the 25-point Minor Research Project. Part 2 (POPH90283) must be taken in the semester following completion of Part 1 (POPH90280). The information provided on this page applies to Part 1 (POPH90280) and Part 2 (POPH90283) of the of the 25-point Minor Research Project.
Last updated: 24 December 2025