Infection and Immunity

Unit of study table

Master of Medicine (Infection and Immunity)

Students must successfully complete 48 credit points, including:
(a) 30 credit points of core units of study; and
(b) 18 credit points of elective units of study.

Graduate Diploma in Infection and Immunity

Students must successfully complete 36 credit points, including:
(a) 24 credit points of core units of study; and
(b) 12 credit points of elective units of study.

Graduate Certificate in Infection and Immunity

Students must successfully complete 24 credit points, including:
(a) 24 credit points of core units of study.

 

Unit of studyCredit pointsA: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites
C: Corequisites N: Prohibition

Core units

It is preferable to complete INIM5111 Principles in Immunology in first semester, before undertaking Clinical and Laboratory Immunology. However, this is not essential if a student in Second Semester has previously studied undergraduate immunology
INIM5002
Virology and Cell Technology
6A Undergraduate Microbiology or Infectious Diseases
INIM5011
Advanced Medical Bacteriology
6A Undergraduate Microbiology or Infectious Diseases
INIM5100
Infection and Immunity Capstone
6A A pass grade in all core INIM units undertaken in the previous semester. This unit is not available to students undertaking the Graduate Certificate or Graduate Diploma
C INIM5111 and INIM5002 and INIM5011 and INIM5112
INIM5111
Principles in Immunology
6A Undergraduate immunology and undergraduate bacteriology and virology
INIM5112
Clinical Immunology and Immunotherapy
6A Understanding of basic biochemistry and cell biology

Elective units

BMSC5002
Advances in Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
6 
INIM5013
Clinical Mycology and Parasitology

6A Knowledge in general microbiology and molecular biology.
INIM5022
Global Control of Infectious Diseases
6A Undergraduate bacteriology and virology; basic concepts of epidemiology
PGEN5001
Pathogen Genomics
6A Basic understanding of microbiology or medical microbiology and genetics
PUBH5300
Infectious Disease Epidemiology
6A A basic understanding of introductory statistics and generalised linear regression (as would be attained through a unit such as PUBH5217 or equivalent, or through equivalent experience). No previous coding experience is required or assumed
SEXH5200
Advanced STIs
6