Medical Science
| Unit of study | Credit points | A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition | Session |
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MEDICAL SCIENCE |
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Medical Science stream |
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| Advanced coursework and projects will be available in 2020 for students who complete this major. | |||
| The Medical Science stream is 72 credit points, including: | |||
| (i) 6 credit points of 1000-level chemistry units | |||
| (ii) 6 credit points of 2000-level biochemistry units | |||
| (iii) A 60 credit point program in Medical Science | |||
Medical Science program |
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| This program is only available to students enrolled in Medical Science stream. | |||
| A program in Medical Science requires 60 credit points from this table including: | |||
| (i) A 48 credit point major in Medical Science | |||
| (ii) 12 credit points of 2000-level program core units | |||
Medical Science major |
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| This major is only available to students enrolled in Medical Science program. | |||
| A major in Medical Science requires 48 credit points from this table including: | |||
| (i) 12 credit points of 1000-level core units | |||
| (ii) 12 credit points of 2000-level major core units | |||
| (iii) 6 credit points of 3000-level project and interdisciplinary capstone unit | |||
| (iv) 18 credit points of 3000-level selective units | |||
Units of study |
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| The units of study are listed below. | |||
1000-level units of study |
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Chemistry units |
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| CHEM1011 Fundamentals of Chemistry 1A |
6 | A There is no assumed knowledge of chemistry for this unit of study but students who have not completed HSC Chemistry (or equivalent) are strongly advised to take the Chemistry Bridging Course (offered in February). N CHEM1001 or CHEM1101 or CHEM1901 or CHEM1903 or CHEM1109 or CHEM1111 or CHEM1911 or CHEM1991 Students who have not completed HSC Chemistry (or equivalent) are strongly advised to take the Chemistry Bridging Course (offered in February, and online year-round, see http://sydney.edu.au/science/chemistry/studying-chemistry/bridging-course.shtml). |
Semester 1 |
| CHEM1111 Chemistry 1A |
6 | A Students who have not completed HSC Chemistry (or equivalent) and HSC Mathematics (or equivalent) are strongly advised to take the Chemistry and Mathematics Bridging Courses (offered in February) N CHEM1001 or CHEM1101 or CHEM1901 or CHEM1903 or CHEM1109 or CHEM1011 or CHEM1911 or CHEM1991 Students who have not completed secondary school chemistry are strongly advised to instead complete Fundamentals of Chemistry 1A in the first semester of the calendar year (unless you require 12 credit points of Chemistry and are commencing in semester 2). You should also take the Chemistry Bridging Course in advance (offered in February, and online year-round http://sydney.edu.au/science/chemistry/studying-chemistry/bridging-course.shtml). |
Semester 1 Semester 2 Summer Main |
| CHEM1911 Chemistry 1A (Advanced) |
6 | A 80 or above in HSC Chemistry or equivalent N CHEM1001 or CHEM1101 or CHEM1901 or CHEM1903 or CHEM1109 or CHEM1011 or CHEM1111 or CHEM1991 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 |
| CHEM1991 Chemistry 1A (Special Studies Program) |
6 | A 90 or above in HSC Chemistry or equivalent N CHEM1001 or CHEM1101 or CHEM1901 or CHEM1903 or CHEM1109 or CHEM1011 or CHEM1111 or CHEM1911 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 |
Major core |
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| BIOL1007 From Molecules to Ecosystems |
6 | A HSC Biology. Students who have not completed HSC Biology (or equivalent) are strongly advised to take the Biology Bridging Course (offered in February). N BIOL1907 or BIOL1997 |
Semester 2 Summer Main |
| BIOL1907 From Molecules to Ecosystems (Advanced) |
6 | A 85 or above in HSC Biology or equivalent N BIOL1007 or BIOL1997 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 2 |
| BIOL1997 From Molecules to Ecosystems (SSP) |
6 | A 90 or above in HSC Biology or equivalent N BIOL1007 or BIOL1907 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 2 |
| MEDS1001 Human Biology |
6 | N BIOL1003 or BIOL1903 or BIOL1993 or BIOL1008 or BIOL1908 or BIOL1998 or MEDS1901 |
Semester 1 |
| MEDS1901 Human Biology (Advanced) |
6 | P 85 or above in HSC Biology or equivalent N BIOL1003 or BIOL1903 or BIOL1993 or BIOL1008 or BIOL1908 or BIOL1998 or MEDS1001 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 |
| MEDS coded units of study are only available to students in the Medical Science stream. | |||
2000-level units of study |
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Biochemistry units |
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| MEDS2003 to be developed for offering in 2019 (MEDS coded units of study are only available to students in the Medical Science stream). | |||
Program core |
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| MEDS2001 and MEDS2002 to be developed for offering in 2019 (MEDS coded units of study are only available to students in the Medical Science stream). | |||
Major core |
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| MEDS2004 and MEDS2005 to be developed for offering in 2019 (MEDS coded units of study are only available to students in the Medical Science stream). | |||
3000-level units of study |
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Project and Interdisciplinary capstone unit |
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| MEDS3001 unit of study to be developed for offering in 2019 (MEDS coded units of study are only available to students in the Medical Science stream). | |||
Selective |
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| AMED3001 Cancer |
6 | P BMED2404 or IMMU2101 BMedSc degree students: You must have successfully completed BMED2401 and an additional 12cp from BMED240X before enrolling in this unit. |
Semester 1 |
| AMED3002 Interrogating Biomedical and Health Data |
6 | A A Exploratory data analysis, sampling, simple linear regression, t-tests, confidence intervals and chi-squared goodness of fit tests, familiar with basic coding, basic linear algebra. Additional information for BMedSc degree students: You must have successfully completed BMED2401 and an additional 12cp from BMED240X before enrolling in this unit. BMedSc degree students: You must have successfully completed BMED2401 and an additional 12cp from BMED240X before enrolling in this unit. |
Semester 1 |
| AMED3003 Diagnostics and Biomarkers |
6 | P BMED2404 or IMMU2101 BMedSc degree students: You must have successfully completed BMED2401 and an additional 12cp from BMED240X before enrolling in this unit. |
Semester 2 |
| AMED3004 Clinical Science |
6 | P BMED2404 or IMMU2101 BMedSc degree students: You must have successfully completed BMED2401 and an additional 12cp from BMED240X before enrolling in this unit. |
Semester 2 |
| ANAT3007 Visceral Anatomy |
6 | A BIOL1XX8 or BIOL1XX3 or MEDS1X01 N ANAT3907 or BMED2401 or BMED2402 or BMED2403 or BMED2404 or BMED2405 or BMED2406 or BMED2801 or BMED2802 or BMED2803 or BMED2804 or BMED2805 or BMED2806 or BMED2807 or BMED2808 |
Semester 1 |
| ANAT3907 Visceral Anatomy (Advanced) |
6 | A BIOL1XX8 or BIOL1XX3 or MEDS1X01 P An annual average mark of 70 or above in previous year N ANAT3007 or BMED2401 or BMED2402 or BMED2403 or BMED2404 or BMED2405 or BMED2406 or BMED2801 or BMED2802 or BMED2803 or BMED2804 or BMED2805 or BMED2806 or BMED2807 or BMED2808 Note: Department permission required for enrolment DEPARTMENTAL PERMISSION REQUIRED |
Semester 1 |
| ANAT3004 Cranial and Cervical Anatomy |
6 | A Human biology; BIOL1XX8 or BIOL1XX3 or MEDS1X01 P 12cp (from ANAT2XXX, PHSI2XXX, MEDS 2XXX, PSYC2XXX or BIOL2XXX) or (BMED2401 and BMED2402) N ANAT3904 or ANAT3994 BMedSc degree students: You must have successfully completed BMED2401 and an additional 12cp from BMED240X before enrolling in this unit. |
Semester 2 |
| ANAT3904 Cranial and Cervical Anatomy (Advanced) |
6 | A Human biology; BIOL1XX8 or BIOL1XX3 or MEDS1X01 P A mark of 65 or above in [ANAT200X or (BMED2401 and BMED2402)] N ANAT3004or ANAT3994 BMedSc degree students: You must have successfully completed BMED2401 and an additional 12cp from BMED240X before enrolling in this unit. |
Semester 2 |
| ANAT3994 Cranial and Cervical Anatomy (SSP) |
6 | A Human biology; BIOL1XX8 or BIOL1XX3 or MEDS1X01; demonstrated evidence of manual dexterity and ethical approach P A mark of 75 or above in ANAT3907 N ANAT3904 or ANAT3004 Note: Department permission required for enrolment Department permission required for enrolment. Course is subject to availability of donor material for dissection. Course is by invitation ONLY. BMedSc degree students: You must have successfully completed BMED2401 and an additional 12cp from BMED240X before enrolling in this unit. |
Semester 2 |
| ANAT3008 Musculoskeletal Anatomy |
6 | A Human biology; BIOL1XX8 or BIOL1XX3 or MEDS1X01 P 12cp (from ANAT2XXX, PHSI2XXX, MEDS 2XXX, PSYC2XXX or BIOL2XXX) or (BMED2401 and BMED2402) N ANAT3908 BMedSc degree students: You must have successfully completed BMED2401 and an additional 12cp from BMED240X before enrolling in this unit. |
Semester 2 |
| ANAT3908 Musculoskeletal Anatomy (Advanced) |
6 | A Human biology; BIOL1XX8 or BIOL1XX3 or MEDS1X01 P A mark of 65 or above in [ANAT200X or (BMED2401 and BMED2402)] N ANAT3008 BMedSc degree students: You must have successfully completed BMED2401 and an additional 12cp from BMED240X before enrolling in this unit. |
Semester 2 |
| BCHM3071 Molecular Biology and Biochemistry-Genes |
6 | P [12cp from (BCHM2X71 or BCHM2X72 or BCMB2X01 or BCMB2X02 or MBLG2X71)] OR [BMED2401 and BMED2405 and 6cp from (BCHM2X71 or BCMB2X02 or MBLG2X71)] N BCHM3971 BMedSc degree students: You must have successfully completed BMED2401 and an additional 12cp from BMED240X before enrolling in this unit. |
Semester 1 |
| BCHM3971 Molecular Biology and Biochem-Genes (Adv) |
6 | P [An average mark of 75 in 12cp from (BCHM2X71 or BCHM2X72 or BCMB2X01 or BCMB2X02 or MBLG2X71)] OR [BMED2401 and a mark of 75 or above in BMED2405 and a mark of 75 or above in 6cp from (BCHM2X71 or BCMB2X02 or MBLG2X71)] N BCHM3071 BMedSc degree students: You must have successfully completed BMED2401 and an additional 12cp from BMED240X before enrolling in this unit. |
Semester 1 |
| BCHM3072 Human Molecular Cell Biology |
6 | P [12cp from (BCHM2X71 or BCHM2X72 or BCMB2X01 or BCMB2X02 or MBLG2X71)] OR [BMED2401 and BMED2405 and 6cp from (BCHM2X71 or BCMB2X02 or MBLG2X71)] N BCHM3972 BMedSc degree students: You must have successfully completed BMED2401 and an additional 12cp from BMED240X before enrolling in this unit. |
Semester 2 |
| BCHM3972 Human Molecular Cell Biology (Advanced) |
6 | P [An average mark of 75 in 12cp from (BCHM2X71 or BCHM2X72 or BCMB2X01 or BCMB2X02 or MBLG2X71)] OR [BMED2401 and a mark of 75 or above in BMED2405 and a mark of 75 or above in 6cp from (BCHM2X71 or BCMB2X02 or MBLG2X71)] N BCHM3072 BMedSc degree students: You must have successfully completed BMED2401 and an additional 12cp from BMED240X before enrolling in this unit. |
Semester 2 |
| HSTO3003 Cells and Development: Theory |
6 | A ANAT2008 or BMED2401) and Human biology; BIOL1XX8 or BIOL1XX3 or MEDS1X01 BMedSc degree students: You must have successfully completed BMED2401 and an additional 12cp from BMED240X before enrolling in this unit. |
Semester 2 |
| HSTO3004 Cells and Development: Practical (Adv) |
6 | A (ANAT2008 or BMED2401) and Human biology; BIOL1XX8 or BIOL1XX3 or MEDS1X01 P An annual average mark of 65 or above in the previous year C HSTO3003 BMedSc degree students: You must have successfully completed BMED2401 and an additional 12cp from BMED240X before enrolling in this unit. |
Semester 2 |
| INFD3012 Infectious Diseases |
6 | P BMED2401 and BMED2404 BMedSc degree students: You must have successfully completed BMED2401 and an additional 12cp from BMED240X before enrolling in this unit. |
Semester 2 |
| MICR3011 Microbes in Infection |
6 | A MICR2X21 or MICR2024 or MICR2X31 P [6cp from (BIOL1XX7 or MBLGXXXX or GEGE2X01 or GENE2002) and 6cp from MICR2X22] OR [BMED2401 and BMED2404] N MICR3911 BMedSc degree students: You must have successfully completed BMED2401 and an additional 12cp from BMED240X before enrolling in this unit. |
Semester 1 |
| MICR3911 Microbes in Infection (Advanced) |
6 | A MICR2X21 or MICR2024 or MICR2X31 P [6cp from (BIOL1XX7 or MBLGXXXX or GEGE2X01 or GENE2002) and a mark of 75 or above in MICR2X22] OR [BMED2401 and a mark of 75 or above in BMED2404] N MICR3011 |
Semester 1 |
| NEUR3003 Cellular and Developmental Neuroscience |
6 | A Students who have not successfully completed an introductory neuroscience course are advised to familarise themselves with the content in Bear, Connors and Paradiso "Exploring the Brain". N NEUR3903 BMedSc degree students: You must have successfully completed BMED2401 and an additional 12cp from BMED240X before enrolling in this unit. |
Semester 2 |
| NEUR3903 Cellular and Developmental Neurosci. (Adv) |
6 | A Students who have not successfully completed an introductory neuroscience course are advised to familarise themselves with the content in Bear, Connors and Paradiso "Exploring the Brain". P Annual average mark of 70 or above in the previous year N NEUR3003 Note: Department permission required for enrolment BMedSc degree students: You must have successfully completed BMED2401 and an additional 12cp from BMED240X before enrolling in this unit. |
Semester 2 |
| NEUR3004 Integrative Neuroscience |
6 | A Students who have not successfully completed an introductory neuroscience course are advised to familarise themselves with the content in Bear, Connors and Paradiso "Exploring the Brain". N NEUR3904 BMedSc degree students: You must have successfully completed BMED2401 and an additional 12cp from BMED240X before enrolling in this unit. |
Semester 2 |
| NEUR3904 Integrative Neuroscience (Advanced) |
6 | A Students who have not successfully completed an introductory neuroscience course are advised to familarise themselves with the content in Bear, Connors and Paradiso "Exploring the Brain". P Annual average mark of 70 or above in the previous year N NEUR3004 Note: Department permission required for enrolment BMedSc degree students: You must have successfully completed BMED2401 and an additional 12cp from BMED240X before enrolling in this unit. |
Semester 2 |
| NEUR3005 Functional Neuroanatomy |
6 | A [ANAT2010 or ANAT2910 or (BMED2401 and 12 additional credit points of BMED2402, BMED2403, BMED2405, BMED2406) N NEUR3001 or NEUR3901 or NEUR3002 or NEUR3902 or NEUR3905 BMedSc degree students: You must have successfully completed BMED2401 and an additional 12cp from BMED240X before enrolling in this unit. |
Semester 1 |
| NEUR3905 Functional Neuroanatomy (Advanced) |
6 | A [ANAT2010 or ANAT2910) or (BMED2401 and 12 additional credit points of BMED240X) P Annual average mark of 70 or above in the previous year N NEUR3001 or NEUR3901 or NEUR3002 or NEUR3902 or NEUR3005 BMedSc degree students: You must have successfully completed BMED2401 and an additional 12cp from BMED240X before enrolling in this unit. |
Semester 1 |
| NEUR3006 Neural Information Processing |
6 | P PHSI2X05 or (BMED2401 and an additional 12 credit points of BMED240X) N NEUR3001 or NEUR3901 or NEUR3002 or NEUR3902 or NEUR3906 BMedSc degree students: You must have successfully completed BMED2401 and an additional 12cp from BMED240X before enrolling in this unit. |
Semester 1 |
| NEUR3906 Neural Information Processing (Advanced) |
6 | P A mark of 75 or above in [PHSI2X05 or (BMED2401 and an additional 12 credit points of BMED240X)] N NEUR3001 or NEUR3901 or NEUR3002 or NEUR3902 or NEUR3006 BMedSc degree students: You must have successfully completed BMED2401 and an additional 12cp from BMED240X before enrolling in this unit. |
Semester 1 |
| PCOL3011 Toxicology |
6 | P PCOL2011 or (BMED2401 and 12 additional credit points of BMED240X) N PCOL3911 |
Semester 1 |
| PCOL3911 Toxicology (Advanced) |
6 | P A mark of 70 or above in [PCOL2011 or (BMED2401 and an additional 12 credit points of BMED240X)] N PCOL3011 |
Semester 1 |
| PCOL3012 Drug Design and Development |
6 | P [PCOL2011 or (BMED2401 and an additional 12 credit points of BMED240X)] or 12 credit points of BCMB2XXX N PCOL3912 |
Semester 1 |
| PCOL3912 Drug Design and Development (Advanced) |
6 | P A mark of 70 or above in [PCOL2011 or (BMED2401 and an additional 12 credit points from BMED240X)] or a mark of 70 or above in 12 credit points of BCMB2XXX N PCOL3012 |
Semester 1 |
| PCOL3021 Drug Therapy |
6 | P PCOL2011 or (BMED2401 and 12 additional credit points of BMED240X) N PCOL3921 |
Semester 2 |
| PCOL3921 Drug Therapy (Advanced) |
6 | P A mark of 70 or above in [PCOL2011 or (BMED2401 and an additional 12 credit points from BMED240X)] N PCOL3021 |
Semester 2 |
| PCOL3022 Neuropharmacology |
6 | A PCOL2011 or (BMED2401 and an additional 12 credit points of BMED240X) N PCOL3922 |
Semester 2 |
| PCOL3922 Neuropharmacology (Advanced) |
6 | A PCOL2011 or (BMED2401 and an additional 12 credit points from BMED240X) P An annual average mark of 70 or above in the previous year N PCOL3022 |
Semester 2 |
| PHSI3009 Frontiers in Cellular Physiology |
6 | P (PHSI2X05 and PHSI2X06) or (BMED2401 and an additional 12 credit points from BMED240X) N PHSI3905, PHSI3906, PHSI3005, PHSI3006, PHSI3909 We strongly recommend that students take both (PHSI3009 or PHSI3909) and (PHSI3010 or PHSI3910) units of study concurrently |
Semester 1 |
| PHSI3909 Frontiers in Cellular Physiology (Adv) |
6 | P A mark of 75 or above in {(PHSI2X05 and PHSI2X06) or [12cp from (BMED2402 or BMED2403 or BMED2406)]} N PHSI3009, PHSI3005, PHSI3905, PHSI3006, PHSI3906 BMedSc degree students: You must have successfully completed BMED2401 and an additional 12cp from BMED240X before enrolling in this unit. |
Semester 1 |
| PHSI3010 Reproduction, Development and Disease |
6 | P (PHSI2X05 and PHSI2X06) or [12cp from (BCMB2X02, BIOL2X29, GEGE2X01)] or [12cp from (BMED2402, BMED2403, BMED2406)] N PHSI3905, PHSI3906, PHSI3005, PHSI3006, PHSI3910 BMedSc degree students: You must have successfully completed BMED2401 and an additional 12cp from BMED240X before enrolling in this unit. |
Semester 1 |
| PHSI3910 Reproduction, Development and Disease Adv |
6 | P A mark of 75 or above in {(PHSI2X05 and PHSI2X06) or [12cp from (BCMB2X02 or BIOL2X29 or GEGE2X01)] or [12cp from (BMED2402 or BMED2403 or BMED2406)]} N PHSI3010, PHSI3005, PHSI3905, PHSI3006, PHSI3906 BMedSc degree students: You must have successfully completed BMED2401 and an additional 12cp from BMED240X before enrolling in this unit. |
Semester 1 |
| PHSI3011 Frontiers in Whole Body Physiology |
6 | P (PHSI2X05 and PHSI2X06) or (BMED2401 and BMED2402) N PHSI3007, PHSI3008, PHSI3907, PHSI3908, PHSI3911 BMedSc degree students: You must have successfully completed BMED2401 and an additional 12cp from BMED240X before enrolling in this unit. |
Semester 2 |
| PHSI3911 Frontiers in Whole Body Physiology (Adv) |
6 | P A mark of 75 or above in [(PHSI2X05 and PHSI2X06) or (BMED2401 and BMED2402)] N PHSI3011, PHSI3007, PHSI3907, PHSI3008, PHSI3908 BMedSc degree students: You must have successfully completed BMED2401 and an additional 12cp from BMED240X before enrolling in this unit. |
Semester 2 |
| PHSI3012 Physiology of Disease |
6 | P (PHSI2X05 and PHSI2X06) or (BMED2401 and BMED2402) N PHSI3007, PHSI3008, PHSI3907, PHSI3908, PHSI3912 BMedSc degree students: You must have successfully completed BMED2401 and an additional 12cp from BMED240X before enrolling in this unit. |
Semester 2 |
| PHSI3912 Physiology of Disease (Advanced) |
6 | P A mark of 75 or above in [(PHSI2X05 and PHSI2X06) or (BMED2401 and BMED2402)] N PHSI3012, PHSI3007, PHSI3907, PHSI3008, PHSI3908 BMedSc degree students: You must have successfully completed BMED2401 and an additional 12cp from BMED240X before enrolling in this unit. |
Semester 2 |
| VIRO3001 Virology |
6 | A Fundamental concepts of microorganisms, biomolecules and ecosystems P [6cp from (BIOL1XX7 or MBLGXXXX) and 6cp from (BCHM2XXX or BCMB2X01 or BIOL2XXX or GEGE2X01 or GENE2002 or IMMU2101 or MICR2XXX or PCOL2X0X or PHSI2X0X)] OR [BMED2401 and BMED2404] N VIRO3901 Students are strongly advised to complete VIRO3001 or VIRO3901 before enrolling in VIRO3002 or VIRO3902. BMedSc degree students: You must have successfully completed BMED2401 and an additional 12cp from BMED240X before enrolling in this unit. |
Semester 1 |
| VIRO3901 Virology (Advanced) |
6 | A Fundamental concepts of microorganisms, biomolecules and ecosystems P [6cp from (BIOL1XX7 or MBLGXXXX) and a mark of 75 or above in 6cp from (BCHM2XXX or BCMB2X01 or BIOL2XXX or GEGE2X01 or GENE2002 or IMMU2101 or MICR2XXX or PCOL2X0X or PHSI2X0X)] OR [BMED2401 and a mark of 75 or above in BMED2404] N VIRO3001 Students are strongly advised to complete VIRO3001 or VIRO3901 before enrolling in VIRO3002 or VIRO3902. BMedSc degree students: You must have successfully completed BMED2401 and an additional 12cp from BMED240X before enrolling in this unit. |
Semester 1 |
| VIRO3002 Medical and Applied Virology |
6 | A Fundamental concepts of microorganisms and biomolecules P [6cp from (BIOL1XX7, MBLGXXXX) and 6cp from (BCHM2XXX, BCMB2X01, BIOL2XXX, GEGE2X01, GENE2002, IMMU2101, MICR2XXX, PCOL2X0X, PHSI2X0X)] OR [BMED2401 and BMED2404] N VIRO3902 Students are strongly encouraged to complete VIRO3001 or VIRO3901 before enrolling in VIRO3002. |
Semester 2 |
| VIRO3902 Medical and Applied Virology (Advanced) |
6 | A Fundamental concepts of microorganisms and biomolecules P [6cp from (BIOL1XX7, MBLGXXXX) and a mark of 75 in 6cp from (BCHM2XXX, BCMB2X01, BIOL2XXX, GEGE2X01, GENE2002, IMMU2101, MICR2XXX, PCOL2X0X, PHSI2X0X)] OR (BMED2401 and a mark of 75 in BMED2404) N VIRO3002 Students are strongly encouraged to complete VIRO3001 or VIRO3901 before enrolling in VIRO3902. |
Semester 2 |
| ANAT3X09, IMMU3X11, IMMU3X12, PATH3X11, PATH3X12 to be developed for offering in 2019. | |||