Organisation of the Faculty
School of Molecular Sciences
The School offers subjects at the first, second and third year in a range of Bachelor of Science degrees. Students may continue to an Honours year in the School of Pharmacy and Applied Science (Bendigo Campus) or in the Departments of Biochemistry, Genetics and Chemistry. This is normally the minimum prerequisite for postgraduate studies. Postgraduate degrees are by research, and both Masters and PhD programs are available. Coursework Master of Science degrees – biotechnology and bioinformatics and chemical sciences – are also available. Postgraduate students carry out research concordant with the research programs of the academic staff (details of which can be found in the Masters Degrees by Research section of this chapter). Some students may be located at other institutions that collaborate in research programs, such as the CSIRO Molecular Sciences Division in Parkville or the Burnett Research Institute.
Department of Biochemistry
The Department offers subjects that form part of the second and third years in a range of science degrees that may lead to an Honours degree in Biochemistry. Postgraduate training to Masters and Doctoral levels is available.
More information about the research being carried out by the Department can be obtained from the website www.latrobe.edu.au/biochemistry and from the Masters Degrees by Research section of this chapter.
Department of Chemistry
The Department offers subjects that form part of the first, second and third years in a range of science degrees that may lead to an Honours degree in Chemistry, Medicinal Chemistry or Nanotechnology. Postgraduate training to Master of Chemical Sciences (Coursework), Master of Science (Research) and Doctor of Philosophy are available. The research programs of the Department are based on the following areas:
- analytical and physical chemistry
- medicinal and biological chemistry.
More information about the Research being carried out in the department can be obtained from the website www.latrobe.edu.au/chemistry and from the Masters Degrees by Research section of this chapter.
Department of Genetics
The Department offers subjects that form part of the first, second and third years in a range of degrees that may lead to an Honours degree in Genetics. Postgraduate training to Masters and Doctoral levels is available. The Department’s subjects allow a broad training in all areas of genetics and evolutionary biology and may be combined with a range of subjects offered by other departments. Honours and postgraduate projects may be supervised solely by members of the Department or jointly with members of other departments to provide a broader range of expertise in recognition of the multidisciplinary nature of much current biological research. Key research areas include developmental genetics, population genetics, genomics and evolutionary genetics, conservation genetics, quantitative genetics and anthropological genetics. Further information can be obtained from the website www.latrobe.edu.au/genetics and from the Masters Degrees by Research section.