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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 study Credit points A: 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
6 A Undergraduate Microbiology or Infectious Diseases
INIM5011
Advanced Medical Bacteriology
6 A Undergraduate Microbiology or Infectious Diseases
INIM5100
Infection and Immunity Capstone
6 A 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
6 A Undergraduate immunology and undergraduate bacteriology and virology
INIM5112
Clinical Immunology and Immunotherapy
6 A Understanding of basic biochemistry and cell biology

Elective units

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

6 A Knowledge in general microbiology and molecular biology.
INIM5022
Global Control of Infectious Diseases
6 A Undergraduate bacteriology and virology; basic concepts of epidemiology
PGEN5001
Pathogen Genomics
6 A Basic understanding of microbiology or medical microbiology and genetics
PUBH5300
Infectious Disease Epidemiology
6 A 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