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Melbourne Graduate School of
Science
Degree
KEY FEATURES
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ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
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Master of Biotechnology
Fees 2013
International:
$29 760 per year
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Domestic:
CSPs available
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Fee place $25 760 per year
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For graduates pursuing a career and/or promotion
in the biotechnology industries
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Includes rich scientifc study, an industry or
research project and professional skills training
options in business, communications and
management.
Duration:
2 years full time/4 years part time.
Entry:
Semester 1/Semester 2.
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Undergraduate degree with major in Life Science
or Chemistry and minimum 65% average in the
major (or equivalent) with appropriate sequence
of genetics or biochemistry-related subjects (or
equivalent) to second-year level.
Master of Operations Research
and Management Science
Fees 2013
International:
$29 760 per year
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Domestic:
CSPs available
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Fee place $25 760 per year
E
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For students seeking employment and/or
promotion in industries requiring management
science expertise
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Combines mathematical expertise with a focus
on business in a curriculum covering scientifc
study, an industry project and professional skills
subjects.
Duration:
2 years full time/4 years part time.
Entry:
Semester 1/Semester 2.
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Undergraduate degree in appropriate discipline
such as mathematics, statistics and operations
research, engineering, information technology,
computing, commerce or business, with
minimum 65% in the major (or equivalent), and
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Appropriate sequence of mathematics and
statistics or related subjects to second-year
undergraduate level.
Master of Science
Fees 2013
International:
$29 760 per year
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Domestic:
CSPs available
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Fee place $25 760 per year
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(Computer Science stream)
International:
$30 912 per year
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Domestic:
CSPs available
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Fee place $26 976 per year
E
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Builds on advanced research training, specialised
coursework studies and professional skills
development to prepare students for a research
career or employment in the science industries.
Duration:
2 years full time/4 years part time (subject
to approval).
Entry:
Semester 1/ Semester 2 (selected streams only)
Streams:
Bioinformatics, Biomedical and Health
Sciences, Botany, Chemistry, Computer Science,
Earth Sciences, Epidemiology, Genetics, Geography,
Mathematics and Statistics, Physics, Vision
Sciences, and Zoology.
For more information on the Master of Science
(Epidemiology), see page 95.
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Undergraduate degree with major in an
appropriate discipline with minimum 65%
average in the major (or equivalent) is required for
all streams in Master of Science
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Doctor of Optometry
Fees 2013
International:
$39 968 per year
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Domestic:
CSPs available
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Fee place $34 400 per year
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Integrated curriculum offering substantially more
clinical experience than any other optometry
degree in Australasia
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The international standard for entry into
optometric practice and the frst of its kind in the
southern hemisphere.
Duration:
4 years full time.
Professional accreditation:
This course is in the
process of obtaining provisional accreditation from
the Optometry Council of Australia and New Zealand.
Entry:
Semester 1.
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Undergraduate degree (or equivalent)
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Three additional subjects at second or third-year
level (or equivalent) from one or more relevant
biological science disciplines
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GAMSAT, MCAT or OAT
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Written statement explaining your interest in
Optometry.
PROFESSIONAL ENTRY DEGREES