Special Studies in Animal Science

This subject is not offered in 2013.

Admission to honours year.

For the purposes of considering request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Cwth 2005), and Students Experiencing Academic Disadvantage Policy, academic requirements for this subject are articulated in the Subject Description, Subject Objectives, Generic Skills and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the disability support scheme can be found at the Disability Liaison Unit website: http://www.services.unimelb.edu.au/disability/

The objective of this subject is to provide the student, under supervision, to investigate a selected topic and gain further special knowledge in a discipline field of animal science, for example physiology, nutrition, behaviour, molecular biology.

On completion of this subject students should have:

• in-depth knowledge of a specific contemporary topic in animal science;

• the ability to analyse and report on the topic in a manner appropriate to the methodology developed; and

• an advanced capability for development of processes for acquisition, management, analysis, integration and interpretation of data and information.

To refine and enhance the ability of the student to understand, critique and communicate scientific concepts.

Written work totaling 5000 words including a journal article critique (20% of final marks), a literature review 60% of final marks) and a lay article (20% of final marks)

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This subject is not available as a breadth subject.