GraduateNursing & Health Sciences
Graduate Diploma in Infectious Disease
Murdoch University, Perth, WA, Australia
About this program
The Graduate Diploma in Infectious Disease is designed for science graduates and professionals seeking specialist expertise in infectious disease outbreak and control, a field that continues to evolve with ongoing research and practice advances. Students learn from scientists working in infectious disease research and gain practical laboratory experience. The program is delivered by Murdoch University in Western Australia.
Fees & duration
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Course structure
- Core topics covered in this course include: Build the knowledge and skills you need to meet your career or study goals. During your studies you will learn to: Identify bacterial
- viral
- parasitic
- and fungal pathogens. Form action or management plans to solve problems in pathogen disease outbreaks and routine surveillance. Understand infectious disease and consider the interaction between pathogens and host organisms. Use new cutting-edge methodologies in molecular science and how to handle and visualise large data sets to inform infectious disease management and research. Understand vaccines and vaccine development and how to discover new anti-microbial agents. Critically review scientific research and literature on infectious disease. Not only could I study a Bachelor of Science in Forensic Biology and Toxicology
- and a Bachelor of Criminology
- but I had the opportunity to study them as a combined degree. Danika
- Medical
- Molecular and Forensic Sciences
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Admissions
Bachelor of Science in a cognate discipline (AQF Level 7). Other AQF Level 7 qualifications will be considered if they are broadly relevant to infectious diseases science and contain units in biological or chemical sciences, at the discretion of the Academic Chair. OR Successful completion of the requirements for C1173 (Graduate Certificate in Infectious Diseases).
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