Honours and Masters by Coursework

Overview

The Department of Clinical Pathology's dynamic Honours and Masters programs offer engaging coursework and a range of innovative projects focused on improving outcomes for cancer patients. The Department is located at the Parkville campus with offices and labs in the state- of-the-art Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre (VCCC) building.

The Clinical Pathology Honours and Masters programs are designed to support your development of essential research skills and to foster your professional identity as a researcher. Tailored coursework focuses on skills such as critical analysis and scientific communication, in the context of contemporary topics in clinical pathology research.

Learning is supported through expert seminars, workshops and small-group tutorials. A highlight of our program is the opportunity for students to partner with cancer patients. You will learn from patients, clinicians and researchers about consumer engagement; an essential component of modern cancer research.

Our researchers are leaders in diagnosis, treatment and prevention of cancer to improve the lives of patients. We collaborate broadly with other Departments, Centres, Schools and Faculties of the University of Melbourne, health services, and medical research institutes, to collaborate on and improve cancer research.

Honours Course Structure

The Honours program involves two coursework subjects (25 points) and a Research Project (75 points).

The Department coursework subject provides students with:

• The common building blocks needed for biomedical research; and
• An understanding of both processes and skills which are essential to the conduct of human research in the primary care setting.

The research project subject requires the students to undertake an original supervised project and provides the student with valuable research skills.