Master of Science (Chemistry) (MC-SCICHE) // Course structure

Course structure

All students must complete 200 points including:

• Discipline Core subjects (12.5 points);
• Discipline Elective subjects (25 - 50 points);
• Professional Skills subjects (12.5 - 25 points);
• Research Project (125 points).

Subject options

Discipline Core

Students complete 12.5 points from:

Discipline Elective

Students must take 25 to 50 points of the following subjects:

and up to 25 points from the Professional Skills subjects, and/or up to 12.5 points of approved 300-level subjects.

Professional Skills

Students must select one or two subjects from the following list:

Business Skills

Science Skills

Communication Skills

Education Skills

Research Project

Students enrolled in the Master of Science (Chemistry) program are required to complete a 125 point Research Project.

The project will be taken over four consecutive semesters and will begin on the Monday of semester of entry (semesters 1 or 2) and continue for up to 88 weeks until the end of the fourth semester, minus recreation leave of between 4 and 8 weeks (22 weeks per semester over the four semesters).

For how long and at what time within the enrolment the actual period of leave is to be taken needs to be negotiated with a student’s supervisor.

The Research Project will be due for submission by the end of the formal examination period of the fourth semester of enrolment if an earlier date is not specified.

The assessment requirements below are applicable to the entire 125 point Research Project:

• attendance at a safety and induction program with at least a 65% result in a 60 minute safety examination held during the first week (pass/fail);
• a preliminary literature survey and research plan (up to 10 pages of mixed text, diagrams and formulas) due at the end of the first semester of enrolment or after the student has enrolled in 25 points of Research project (pass/fail);
• a project-related oral presentation (up to 25 min), given at the end of the second semester (pass/fail);
• a project-related oral presentation (up to 30 min), given at the end of the fourth semester (10%);
• a major thesis, page limit of 60 pages, due at the end of the fourth semester (35%);
• an oral exam (viva) on the content of the thesis (35%);
• assessment of research performance based on attendance, application, initiative and demonstrated skills (20%);
• attendance at a seminar series providing advanced theoretical and/or practical training (hurdle).

Students may enrol in a combination of research project subjects and coursework subjects over their two years of full-time study as long as once the Research Project is commenced (which may not be the first semester in the case of part-time course enrolments), the consecutive enrolment requirement is met and to ensure they have completed a total of 125 points for the research project by the end of their course. Students intending to enrol part-time should note that the research project requires at least one semester of full-time study.

Students will first enrol in Chemistry Research Project Pt 1, and then progress through to Part 2, Part 3 and Part 4. Students may only progress through Chemistry Sciences Research Project subjects upon successful completion of the earlier project component.

Last updated: 18 December 2020