BSc Honours & AMS Projects 2008
Faculty of Science Application Form
3rd Year Science Pharmacology Dinner
11 September 2008 at University House
Join the staff, Honours and PhD Students for an informal dinner to celebrate Pharmacology 2008! Meet with your lecturers and prospective Honours supervisors. Explore future career and study opportunities.
Project Booklet Available 22 August, 2008
Details of Research in Pharmacology are available here
PLEASE NOTE: Booklet may be updated to include NEW PROJECTS
**HONOURS ENTRY - Provisional due date for 2008 applications:
2009 Entry: 24th November 2008
1. How to Apply
2. Projects offered
Available 22 August, 2008
3. The 2008 Honours Assessment details and Course Work
4. Honours Prescribed 4th Year Text Books
5. Contact Information
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1. How to Apply.
- Read through the projects and choose those that interest you.
- Contact the Supervisor(s) to discuss your interest and to learn more about your potential project.
- Complete and return the Department application form and the Faculty of Science application form to RECEPTION at the Department of Pharmacology
- Early return is requested and will be appreciated,
however, the DEADLINE is 24th November, 2008.
Please note :
* the quota for our Honours year is normally 15.
* AT THE TIME OF PRINTING, THE FOLLOWING PROJECTS HAVE BEEN APPROVED FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF PHARMACOLOGY 2007 HONOURS COURSE.
* THERE MAY BE ADDITIONAL PROJECTS APPROVED OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS AND THESE WILL BE POSTED ON THIS WEBSITE.
2. Projects Offered
Project Booklet available 18 August 2008.
Details of Research in Pharmacology are available here
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3. The 2008 Honours Assessment details and Course Work
The 2008 Honours Assessment details and Course Work are included here as a guide for the likely 2008 mid-year course content
534-497 ADVANCED COURSE WORK
| News & Views Writing Exercise (500 words) | 7.5% |
| Manuscript Evaluation Examination | 10% |
| Theory Project | 20% |
| Total | 37.5% |
534-496 RESEARCH PROJECT
| Literature Review | 0% |
| Oral Research Presentation I | 0% |
| Oral Research Presentation II | 12.5% |
| Research Thesis | 50% |
| Total | 62.5% |
Note: After each assessment, you will be given a grade against your student number posted on the Honours Notice Board :
* H1 80% +
* H2A 75-79%
* H2B 70-74%
* H3 65-69%
* F Below 65%
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4. Honours Recommended Textbooks
1. Kenakin: Molecular Pharmacology: a short course, 1Ed, 1998 (supplied by Dept)
2. Goodman & Gilman: Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics, 10th Ed., 2002
3. Katzung: Basic and Clinical Pharmacology, 7th ed., 1998
4. Glantz: Primer of Biostatistics, 3rd ed., 1992
5. Rang, Dale, Ritter & Moor: Pharmacology, 6th Ed, 2007
6. Golan, Tashjian, Armstrong & Armstrong: Principles of Pharmacology: The pathophysiologic basis of drug theory, 2008
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5. Contact Information
For further information contact:
Professor Peter McIntyre - Honours Coordinator
Email: pmci@unimelb.edu.au
Tel: 8344 7843 Fax: 8344 0241
Department of Pharmacology
University of Melbourne Victora 3010
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