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Course
code: 2592 * Gippsland/Berwick campus * Full fee-paying course. Fees for Monash
University and TAFE components separately charged.
This course is offered in conjunction with the Northern Melbourne Institute of
TAFE.
This course is designed to meet the increasing need to provide market and user
oriented education and training in the field of plant derived natural products
comprising mainly herbal medicine raw material and formulated products and
natural flavouring agents used in the food industry. The course has an emphasis
on the properties, identification and analysis of plant natural products and
associated quality standards for safety and efficacy of raw materials and
finished products as required by government authorities in Australia and
overseas.
The course is particularly relevant to individuals working in the
pharmaceutical, food, textile industries or public sector where plant derived
natural products are involved in the enterprise.
In order to be granted the Graduate Certificate in Plant Natural products, students will be required to complete:
A minimum of twelve and up to eighteen points offered by the Faculty of Science and selected from the following:
And one additional subject may be chosen from:
*Not presently available in distance education mode.
Completion of 170 hours of accredited TAFE modules including:
One year part-time/flexible delivery mode comprising sixty to eighty hours of TAFE study and a minimum of six points of university per semester. Up to three years will be allowed to complete the course.
Graduate Certificate level: A minimum of a completed and accredited pass degree in any field and discipline. A limited number of places will be available for applicants without a degree but with a minimum of six years of relevant industry experience. Applicants in this category will be expected to provide references to support their application. Some previous studies or background in chemistry at first year level or equivalent is assumed.
Credit
will normally not be given towards the university component of the Graduate
Certificate for equivalent studies. Students will be asked to select suitable
alternative subjects if those listed above have already been completed in
another course.
Satisfactory completion of the Pharmacognosy course offered by Northern
Melbourne Institute of TAFE will be fully credited to the Graduate Certificate.
Contact Faculty of Science, Gippsland, telephone (03) 9902 6431, fax (03) 9902 6931.
Completed applications are to be forwarded to Faculty of Science office, Monash University Gippsland campus, Churchill, Victoria 3842 by 24 September 1999 to be considered for a first-round offer.
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