To find out more about our course and our projects please come to our information night on:
Thursday 16 September 2010
4.00pm – 6.00pm
Ella Latham Theatre, Royal Children’s Hospital
The University of Melbourne Department of Paediatrics & Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Royal Children's Hospital BSc Honours Projects for 2008 “Molecular Biology of Human Development and Disease”
The Department of Paediatrics and Murdoch Childrens Research Institute located at the Royal Children's Hospital campus, has extensive biomedical research programs conducted in modern well-equipped laboratories. Our BSc(Hons) course focuses on understanding the biochemical and genetic mechanisms controlling cellular differentiation and development, and the molecular basis of human disease.
Course Outline
Prerequisites
Successful completion of third year course in Biomedical subjects relevant to medical or biological research (such as Biochemistry, Genetics, Immunology or Microbiology)
Coursework (571-497) (25% of total assessment)
- a written, individualised bioinformatics assignment (4%)
- a (mock) grant application detailing the hypothesis, aims, background, experimental design, and significance of the student's research project (7%)
- a written biostatistics assignment (7%)
- a written assignment to develop critical analytical skills (7%)
- attendance at Departmental Seminars and participation in Research group meetings (hurdle requirement)
Research Project (571-496) (75% of total assessment)
The research project will be performed under the supervision of experienced senior scientific research staff in one of the fully-equipped research laboratories at the Royal Children's Hospital. Assessment will be based on a 10,000 to 12,000 word written report, oral presentations of the research results and a supervisor's report on the laboratory skills achieved by the student.
How to find out more information
Contact the Project Supervisors listed next to the projects below, or the Coordinator:
A/Prof Amanda Fosang, PhD
T 8341 6466
To Apply for BSc Honours 2010
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About the BSc Honours in the Department of Paediatrics “Molecular Biology of Human Development and Disease”
The course offered in Paediatrics has been carefully developed to provide students with advanced coursework and research projects focused on the Molecular Biology of Human Development and Disease.
Research Projects and Supervision
- Research projects offered by individual research groups within the Department have been overseen by the Honours Committee
- All projects address fundamental scientific questions.
- The Department of Paediatrics and MCRI have major basic research program attracting external peer-reviewed funding in excess of $2M pa. This research effort is substantially larger than that of many other Departments and offers students a wide choice of supervisor, topics and technical repertoire.
- Supervisors have extensive experience in research and graduate supervision and student assessment.
- Supervisors are mostly full-time researchers with a very limited teaching load and more time to devote to student supervision.
- A vigorous seminar program is in place on the Royal Children's Hospital campus, comprising at least weekly formal lectures from external invited speakers or researchers from within the Hospital.
- After the conclusion of the coursework component, students completed a questionnaire assessing both the content and delivery of the lecture material. Students judged the course to be highly interesting and highly relevant.
- Students assessed the coursework challenging but not too hard.