Monash University: University Handbooks: Undergraduate Handbook 2001: Subjects indexed by faculty
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Diploma of Biotechnology (Research and Management)


Course code: To be advised Clayton and Gippsland campuses On campus and by distance education

Course outline

The Diploma in Biotechnology (Research and Management) will normally be taken over two years part-time concurrently with a bachelors degree. The equivalent full-time load for this course is 48 points.
This course is designed for students enrolled concurrently in a bachelors degree who wish to undertake a third major in biotechnology (in addition to the majors allowed in their degree course) to prepare them especially well for a career in research or management. A combination of credit transfer (up to 24 points), overload and summer subjects allows students to complete the diploma at the same time as their bachelors degree or within an extra semester depending on the time of entry to the course.
The course structure is identical to the new major sequence in biotechnology to be introduced as part of the BSc program in 2001. The regulations of the Faculty of Science currently allow students to overload their semester subject enrolment by six points without special approval (second and third-year students only). Students from other faculties wishing to enrol in this course are required to seek prior approval from the faculty administering their degree course.
The undergraduate Diploma of Biotechnology (Research and Management) is equivalent to a major sequence, ie 48 credit points in total, and includes 24 credit points of core subjects split equally over second and third-year levels and 24 points of electives. At least 12 points of elective study must be selected from third-year-level subjects in List A (as outlined in detail in the biotechnology entry under ´Disciplines and sequences offered').
The structure of this course does not include first-year-level subjects but allows entry to students who have achieved at least a distinction grade in one of the following subjects: BIO1022, CHM1022, BMS1011, BIO1626 or CHM1639.

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