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Graduate Certificate in Science Studies (GradCertScStud)

Information provided on this page includes:

  1. Course overview
  2. Selection of the minor sequence
  3. Entry requirements
  4. Application process
  5. Further information

1. Course overview

Course code: 3515
CRICOS code: None – this course is not available to international applicants
First offered: 2001
Campuses: Clayton, Gippsland, or by off-campus distributed learning
Duration: Varies depending on minor sequence – up to two semesters (24 credit points)
Fees for local students: Course tuition fee of $21,360 (2009)
Fees for international students: This course is not available to international applicants

The Graduate Certificate in Science Studies (GradCertSciStud) offers graduates in any discipline an opportunity to undertake additional studies in one specialist area of science up to second-year undergraduate level, through the completion of a 24-point minor sequence in a science discipline. The specific units to be taken towards a minor sequence are those described for each science discipline that is available as a minor sequence towards the Bachelor of Science (BSc).

Students are also able to articulate from the Graduate Certificate in Science Studies into the Graduate Diploma in Science (GradDipSc) if they wish to continue their studies in the same discipline and complete a major sequence.

2. Selection of the minor sequence

The specific units to be taken towards a minor sequence are those described for each science discipline that is available as a minor sequence towards the Bachelor of Science (BSc). Full details are given in the Monash Undergraduate Handbook 2009 for the Clayton campus and the Gippsland campus.

Studies can be undertaken in most disciplines for which a minor sequence is currently available for the course Bachelor of Science (BSc) including astronomy, astrophysics, atmospheric science, biochemistry, biology, biotechnology, cell biology, chemistry, genetics, geography, geosciences, immunology, materials science, mathematics, microbiology, molecular biology, physics, physiology, plant sciences, statistics and zoology.

3. Entry requirements

Completion of an undergraduate course: an approved undergraduate degree in any discipline

4. Application process

  1. Consult the list of minor sequences to determine the specific units to be studied
  2. Contact the coordinator of the area of study and sequence if you have any queries
  3. Complete the application form by the stated deadline.Local applicants: apply online here (this course is not available to international applicants)
    Applicants shall not be advised of the outcome of their application for entry for semester 1, 2009 until January 2009.

5. Further information