Science Informatics

Major/Minor/Specialisation !R01-AA-MAJ+1030 (2011)

Note: This is an archived Handbook entry from 2011.

Year and Campus: 2011

Coordinator

Sean Maynard

Contact

Email: sean.maynard@unimelb.edu.au

Overview: A Science Informatics major will focus on preparing students for careers in information and data management, medical and health informatics and clinical research, physical informatics and social informatics. Graduates will be prepared for these pathways by developing skills in understanding, manipulating, visualising, integrating and exploiting data and information; these skills are crucial to many industries, particularly medical/health industries, and research in biological and physical sciences.
Objectives: This major will integrate knowledge from a range of disciplines including computing, information modelling and human-computer interaction, by enabling students to complete a sequence of specialist subjects in each, as well as integrated subjects in which the students develop an understanding of the application of informatics to solving current problems in particular domains. Students will gain experience preparing them for the workplace by participating in project based subjects in which they will apply the skills they have learnt to real world problems.
Structure & Available Subjects: Completion of 50 points of study at Level 3.
Subject Options: Both of
Subject
Study Period Commencement:
Credit Points:
Not offered in 2011
12.50
Plus two electives selected from
Subject
Study Period Commencement:
Credit Points:
Not offered in 2011
12.50
Not offered in 2011
12.50
Related Course(s): Bachelor of Science

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