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# Graduate Diploma in Science

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# Graduate Diploma in Science

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- Course code: GD-SC

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Graduate Diploma in Science

### Course structure

## Course structure

### Overview

The Graduate Diploma is a 125-point course, with 14 available streams.

You’ll complete:

- 50 points of study at Level 2 or above (equivalent to second-year subjects in a bachelors degree)
- 50 points of study at Level 3 (equivalent to third-year subjects in a bachelors degree)
- 25 points of study at masters level.

Not all streams can be completed full time.

#### Streams

- [Plant Science](https://handbook.unimelb.edu.au/components/gd-sc-infspc-1)
- [Chemistry](https://handbook.unimelb.edu.au/components/gd-sc-infspc-2)
- [Medicinal Chemistry](https://handbook.unimelb.edu.au/components/gd-sc-infspc-3)
- [Integrated Geography](https://handbook.unimelb.edu.au/components/gd-sc-infspc-5)
- [Human Geography](https://handbook.unimelb.edu.au/components/gd-sc-infspc-6)
- [Physical Geography](https://handbook.unimelb.edu.au/components/gd-sc-infspc-7)
- [Geology](https://handbook.unimelb.edu.au/components/gd-sc-infspc-8)
- [Pure Mathematics](https://handbook.unimelb.edu.au/components/gd-sc-infspc-9)
- [Applied Mathematics](https://handbook.unimelb.edu.au/components/gd-sc-infspc-10)
- [Statistics / Stochastic Processes](https://handbook.unimelb.edu.au/components/gd-sc-infspc-11)
- [Discrete Mathematics / Operations Research](https://handbook.unimelb.edu.au/components/gd-sc-infspc-12)
- [Physics](https://handbook.unimelb.edu.au/components/gd-sc-infspc-13)
- [Zoology](https://handbook.unimelb.edu.au/components/gd-sc-infspc-14)
- [Genetics](https://handbook.unimelb.edu.au/components/gd-sc-infspc-15)

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