Monash University Handbook 2011 Postgraduate - Course

This graduate certificate enables students with an existing undergraduate degree in any discipline to obtain a minor undergraduate sequence of specialist training in a science discipline without having to undertake a complete Bachelor of Science degree.

The course aims to provide students with a detailed level of understanding of one specialised area of contemporary science up to second-year undergraduate level and, where appropriate to that discipline, competence in the use of information technology, data handling, laboratory skills, communication skills and team work.

Students with previous studies in the discipline to be undertaken, or who have been assessed and approved for recognition of prior learning (RPL), may be granted credit up to a maximum of 12 points of relevant science units, provided those studies were completed within the last 10 years.

Students complete a 24-point minor sequence in one science area.

A minor sequence in science comprises an approved combination of four 6-point science units in the same, or a closely related, area of study with no more than two of those units at level one. An example of a minor sequence in an area of study is two 6-point units at level one and two 6-point units in the same area at level two.

Students should be aware that many areas of study are only available for part-time study and that some areas of study require the completion of additional prerequisite units which are not normally available as part of this course.

At Clayton, students complete a minor sequence in one of the following:

• applied statistics
• astronomy and astrophysics
• atmospheric science
• biochemistry
• chemistry
• developmental biology
• ecology and conservation biology
• genetics
• geographical science
• geosciences
• immunology
• materials science
• mathematics
• microbiology
• molecular biology
• pharmacology
• physics
• physiology
• plant sciences
• soil science
• statistics
• zoology.

The specific requirements for each minor sequence available are outlined under the relevant science area of study and sequences which can be found by going to http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/2011handbooks/undergrad/sci-aos-clayton.html.

At Gippsland (on- and off-campus), students complete a minor sequence in one of the following:

• applied biochemistry
• applied chemistry
• applied microbiology
• ecology and environmental management
• human physiology
• mathematics and modelling
• veterinary bioscience.

The specific requirements for each minor sequence available are outlined under the relevant science area of study and sequences which can be found by going to http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/2011handbooks/undergrad/sci-aos-gippsland.html.

Students may articulate into course 3516 Graduate Diploma in Science to continue studies in the same discipline and complete a major sequence.

Graduate Certificate in Science Studies