Bachelor of Animal and Veterinary Biosciences
Course code/s: Melbourne (SBANS)
The course is designed to attract students who wish to focus on animal issues, including health and welfare, ecology and behaviour, genetics and biotechnology in a professional degree course. The degree will produce graduates who can obtain employment in animal research, agricultural industries, animal care and welfare, biotechnology industries and the animal health industry, for career advice see http://www.csu.edu.au/special/acda/careers. In addition, an animal science degree should allow a student with suitable grades to be eligible for entry into a veterinary science degree. The provision of electives allows a choice of at least five areas of interest within the course, including:
- animal biotechnology
- animal ecology
- animal genetics
- animal health
- animal physiology.
Course structure
The course is three years full-time or equivalent part-time study and requires the completion of 360 credit points. In all years, students may follow their particular interests by combining optional subjects with their core subjects.
Students should select elective subjects carefully to make sure that prerequisites for later year subjects are met.
First year (120 credit points)
Please note: Veterinary Science at The University of Melbourne has changed to a 4 year postgraduate option from 2011. Entry into the Doctor of Veterinary Medicine will require completion of a 3 year biological science degree with at least one semester of study in both cellular/general biology and biochemistry. These students should take either one semester biochemistry elective AGR2BAA or two semester electives BCH2IMB plus BCH2MBC in the second year.
| Teaching period | Subject name | Subject code | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| TE-SEM-1 | Animal Evolution and Diversity | BIO1AD | 15 |
| TE-SEM-1 | Introduction to Animal and Agricultural Sciences | AGR1AAS | 15 |
| TE-SEM-1 | Organisation and Function of Cells and Organisms | BIO1OF | 15 |
| TE-SEM-2 | Applications of Chemistry | CHE1APL | 15 |
| TE-SEM-2 | Genetics, Human Biology and Evolution | BIO1GEN | 15 |
| TE-SEM-2 | Two First Year Level electives. See recommended list below. | 30 | |
| Choose one first-semester chemistry subject. Students who have passed VCE Chemistry, Units 3 and 4 or equivalent, must choose CHE1GEN. | |||
| TE-SEM-1 | Chemistry Foundations | CHE1CHF | 15 |
| TE-SEM-1 | General Principles of Chemistry | CHE1GEN | 15 |
Highly Recommended subjects:
| Teaching period | Subject name | Subject code | CP |
|---|---|---|---|
| TE-SEM-2 | Statistics for Life Sciences | STA1LS | |
| TE-SEM-2 | Mathematical Applications in Biology | MAT1MAB | |
| TE-SEM-2 | Plant Science | BIO1PS |
Second year (120 credit points)
| Teaching period | Subject name | Subject code | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| TE-SEM-1 | Introductory Microbiology | MIC2MI | 15 |
| TE-SEM-1 | Practice of Science | BIO2POS | 15 |
| TE-SEM-2 | Animal Nutrition | AGR2AN | 15 |
| TE-SEM-2 | Animal Physiology | ZOO2AP | 15 |
| TE-SEM-1 / TE-SEM-2 | Second Year level electives, either 30 or 45cp depending on choice below to ensure that 120cp are completed across second year. | 30 - 45 | |
| Choose either: | |||
| TE-SEM-2 | Biochemistry for Agriculture and Animal Sciences | AGR2BAA | 15 |
| or the following combination: | |||
| TE-SEM-1 | Introduction to Biochemistry and Molecular Biology | BCH2IBM | 15 |
| TE-SEM-2 | Metabolic Biochemistry and Cell Biology | BCH2MBC | 15 |
Third year (120 credit points)
| Teaching period | Subject name | Subject code | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| TE-SEM-1 | Animal Health | AGR3AH | 30 |
| TE-SEM-2 | Agricultural and Animal Science Case Studies | AGR3CS | 30 |
| TE-SEM-1 / TE-SEM-2 | Choose third year level subjects. The following subjects are recommended: ZOO3EPB. | 60 |
Honours
Students who achieve an average mark of 65% or more in 60 credit points of relevant subjects and a minimum average of 60% across all third year subjects are eligible for entry to an Honours year. This may be undertaken in any of the departments, which teach core subjects in the degree, depending on the subjects taken in third year. The Honours program will be that of the host department or a combination of studies from different departments to allow cross-discipline specialisations. Cross-discipline studies must conform to the faculty guidelines for Honours studies and will be jointly supervised by each of the departments involved.
Please note: Some of these subjects may not be offered in the current year. For a full description of subjects, including the subject name, subject code, credit points, campus/location, teaching period and availability, subject coordinator, class requirements, assessment, prerequisites and readings, please click on the appropriate Subject Code or refer to the Subject Database at www.latrobe.edu.au/udb_public.