Graduate Certificate in Plant Natural Products (no intake in 2001)

• General information
• Structure
  • University component
    • Core
  • TAFE component
• Length of course/workload required
• Admission requirements
• Credit provision
• Further information

General information

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.

Structure

In order to be granted the Graduate Certificate in Plant Natural products, students will be required to complete the following:

University component

A minimum of 12 and up to 18 points offered by the Faculty of Science and selected from:

Core

• CHM2736 Instrumental techniques
• CHM3716 Natural products and biotransformations

And one additional unit may be chosen from:

• SCI3716 Laboratory and workplace management
• CHM2942 Chemistry of life*

* NOT PRESENTLY AVAILABLE IN DISTANCE EDUCATION MODE.

TAFE component

Completion of 170 hours of accredited TAFE modules including:

• plant identification (50 hours)
• chromatography techniques (100 hours)
• therapeutic goods law and regulations (20 hours).

Length of course/workload required

One-year part-time/flexible delivery mode comprising 60 to 80 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.

Admission requirements

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 provision

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 units 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.

Further information

Contact the Faculty of Science, Gippsland, telephone (03) 9902 6431, or fax (03) 9902 6931.

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