C07136v2 Graduate Diploma in Medical Biotechnology
Award(s): Graduate Diploma in Medical Biotechnology (GradDipMedBiotech)CRICOS code: 098058E
Commonwealth supported place?: No
Load credit points: 48
Course EFTSL: 1
Location: City campus
Overview
Course aims
Career options
Course intended learning outcomes
Admission requirements
Course duration and attendance
Course structure
Course completion requirements
Course program
Articulation with UTS courses
Other information
Overview
The Graduate Diploma in Medical Biotechnology is designed for two distinct groups of students, namely the professional scientists wishing to update their industry-related skills for career advancement and students considering a research degree.
The course contains a compulsory core of professional subjects relevant to all science disciplines, such as project management, innovation, entrepreneurship and commercialisation. These core subjects provide a solid foundation to skills required and are important to a professional scientist; be they engaged in research, science businesses, industries or government organisations.
Course aims
The course aims to produce graduates with communication skills, critical analysis, project management and innovation and commercialisation capabilities as they are important in the real world. The professional strand is complemented by medical biotechnology study. Students also have the option of undertaking a research project, subject to approval by the faculty.
Career options
The course provides a backbone of skills important to a professional scientist; be they engaged in research, science business, industries or government organisations. Graduates can pursue careers with private and public agencies, such as medical and health sustainability.
Course intended learning outcomes
| 1.1 | Critically appraise and apply advanced knowledge and technical skills to inform professional practice in science and medical biotechnology. |
| 2.1 | Assess and describe appropriate approaches to independent research and solving complex problems by applying a research methodology to address a research need in a relevant professional context. |
| 3.1 | Develop, prepare, and engage, at times collaboratively, in safe, ethical, organised and transparent work practices that mitigate risk and contribute to solving global health problems in the context of science and medical biotechnology. |
| 4.1 | Reflectively discover, create, and evaluate processes used to determine the value, integrity, and relevance of multiple sources of information to derive solutions to science and medical biotechnology problems. |
| 5.1 | Present and communicate complex ideas using appropriate communication approaches from a variety of methods (oral, written, visual) to communicate with discipline experts, scientists, industry, and the general public. |
| 6.1 | Develop knowledge of Indigenous Australian contexts to inform professional cultural capability to work effectively with and for, Indigenous Australians within Science and medical biotechnology professions. |
Admission requirements
Applicants must have completed a UTS recognised bachelor's degree, or an equivalent or higher qualification, or submitted other evidence of general and professional qualifications that demonstrates potential to pursue graduate studies.
Entry into the course requires the completion of a bachelor's, master's, graduate diploma, graduate certificate qualification in biochemistry and cell biology, microbiology, human biology, genetics, laboratory technology, medical science, food science and biotechnology or pharmacology.
The English proficiency requirement for international students or local applicants with international qualifications is: Academic IELTS: 6.5 overall with a writing score of 6.0; or TOEFL: paper based: 550-583 overall with TWE of 4.5, internet based: 79-93 overall with a writing score of 21; or AE5: Pass; or PTE: 58-64 with a writing score of 50; or C1A/C2P: 176-184 with a writing score of 169.
Eligibility for admission does not guarantee offer of a place.
International students
Visa requirement: To obtain a student visa to study in Australia, international students must enrol full time and on campus. Australian student visa regulations also require international students studying on student visas to complete the course within the standard full-time duration. Students can extend their courses only in exceptional circumstances.
Course duration and attendance
This course is offered on a one-year, full-time or two-year, part-time basis.
Course structure
The course requires 48 credit points of study, comprising 24 credit points of core subjects and 24 credit points of professional stream subjects.
Course completion requirements
| STM91854 Core subjects (Medical Biotechnology PG) | 24cp | |
| STM91855 Professional stream (Science PG) | 24cp | |
| Total | 48cp |
Course program
The following example shows a typical full-time program.
| Autumn commencing, full time | ||
| Year 1 | ||
| Autumn session | ||
| 91573 Advanced Microscopy and Imaging | 6cp | |
| Select 6 credit points from the following: | 6cp | |
| 69511 Ethics in Human Research | 2cp | |
| 60102 Ethics in Animal Research | 2cp | |
| 60116 Risk Assessment and Management for Science | 2cp | |
| 60119 Science Business Models and Intellectual Property | 4cp | |
| 15315 Project Management Principles | 6cp | |
| 69508 Clinical Trials: Evidence and Design | 2cp | |
| 60904 Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Commercialisation | 6cp | |
| 69513 Medical Microbiology | 6cp | |
| 68109 Advanced Communication Skills in Science | 6cp | |
| 91191 Bionanotechnology | 6cp | |
| Spring session | ||
| 60117 Understanding Data and Statistical Design | 6cp | |
| 91575 Proteomics | 6cp | |
| 91574 Biotechnology Solutions to Infectious Diseases | 6cp | |
| Select 6 credit points from the following: | 6cp | |
| 60116 Risk Assessment and Management for Science | 2cp | |
| 60106 Research Proposal Writing | 2cp | |
| 60109 Professional Science Document Writing | 2cp | |
| 60119 Science Business Models and Intellectual Property | 4cp | |
| 69513 Medical Microbiology | 6cp | |
| 69508 Clinical Trials: Evidence and Design | 2cp | |
| 15315 Project Management Principles | 6cp | |
| Spring commencing, full time | ||
| Year 1 | ||
| Spring session | ||
| 68109 Advanced Communication Skills in Science | 6cp | |
| 91575 Proteomics | 6cp | |
| 91574 Biotechnology Solutions to Infectious Diseases | 6cp | |
| Select 6 credit points from the following: | 6cp | |
| 60116 Risk Assessment and Management for Science | 2cp | |
| 60106 Research Proposal Writing | 2cp | |
| 60109 Professional Science Document Writing | 2cp | |
| 60119 Science Business Models and Intellectual Property | 4cp | |
| 69508 Clinical Trials: Evidence and Design | 2cp | |
| 69513 Medical Microbiology | 6cp | |
| 15315 Project Management Principles | 6cp | |
| Year 2 | ||
| Autumn session | ||
| 91573 Advanced Microscopy and Imaging | 6cp | |
| Select 6 credit points from the following: | 6cp | |
| 69511 Ethics in Human Research | 2cp | |
| 60102 Ethics in Animal Research | 2cp | |
| 60116 Risk Assessment and Management for Science | 2cp | |
| 60119 Science Business Models and Intellectual Property | 4cp | |
| 15315 Project Management Principles | 6cp | |
| 69508 Clinical Trials: Evidence and Design | 2cp | |
| 60904 Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Commercialisation | 6cp | |
| 69513 Medical Microbiology | 6cp | |
| 60117 Understanding Data and Statistical Design | 6cp | |
| 91191 Bionanotechnology | 6cp | |
Articulation with UTS courses
Students who complete the Graduate Diploma in Medical Biotechnology can transfer into the Master of Medical Biotechnology (C04390) or Master of Medical Biotechnology (Extension) (C04388) and receive recognition of prior learning for the course completed.
Other information
Further information is available from:
UTS Student Centre
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