The Graduate Certificate in Science (Aquaculture) is an 18-unit program comprising only coursework offered by the College of Science and Engineering. The Graduate Certificate is built within the 36-unit Graduate Diploma in Science (Aquaculture) and the 72-unit Master of Science (Aquaculture) and the sequentially developed topics allow progression through the two or three awards.
Applicants must normally hold a degree in any relevant discipline of science or equivalent qualification from an approved tertiary institution. The Dean (Education) may, under certain circumstances and subject to specific conditions, admit others who can show evidence of fitness for candidature.
The Graduate Certificate in Science (Aquaculture) is not available to graduates of the BSC (Aquaculture) or BSc (Aquaculture) (Honours) or equivalent.
The primary aim of this course is to facilitate skills transfer from another relevant area of science to the study of aquaculture. The specific aims include:
On successful completion of the course, graduates should be able to:
To qualify for the Graduate Certificate in Science (Aquaculture), a student must complete 18 units with a grade of P or better in each topic, according to the following program of study.
18 units selected from:
BIOL8702 Genetics, Evolution and Biodiversity GE (4.5 units)
BIOL8732 Aquaculture System and Technology GE (4.5 units)
BIOL8741 Experimental Design and Statistics for Biology GE (4.5 units)
BIOL8742 Disease and Immunology GE (4.5 units)
BIOL8751 Aquaculture Nutrition and Water Quality GE (4.5 units)
BIOL8752 Fisheries Biology, Science and Management GE (4.5 units)
BIOL8831 Aquaculture Reproduction GE (4.5 units)
BIOL8832 Aquaculture Health and Product Quality GE (4.5 units)
Every effort has been made to ensure the information published on the Course Rule pages is accurate at the time of publication. Flinders University reserves the right to amend its curriculum without prior notice, and will update the Course Rules to reflect any amendments at the earliest opportunity.
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