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Bachelor of Science (Degree with Honours)Informal specialisationYear: 2019
Earth Sciences
Contact information
Coordinator
Associate Professor Kevin Walsh
School of Earth Sciences
Email: kevin.walsh@unimelb.edu.au
Overview
Honours in Earth Sciences is a one-year program designed to extend students' knowledge and skills through a supervised research project together with advanced coursework in earth sciences.
Admission requirements
In addition to satisfying the Bachelor of Science (Degree with Honours) entry requirements, students are required to have completed stream specific prerequisites. Details of stream specific prerequisites can be found at the Bachelor of Science (Degree with Honours) entry and participation requirements page.
Honours in Earth Sciences is available as start of year intake and mid year intake, and is dependent on the availability and agreement of an appropriate thesis supervisor.
Last updated: 18 December 2020
Structure
100 credit points
Research
Students must complete 75 points of research.
Coursework
Students must complete 25 points of coursework.
Subject Options
Research component
Students enrol in a total of 75 points of research project across the duration of the Honours program. This is achieved by enrolling in two of the following subject across two consecutive semesters to achieve a total 75 credit points. Students enrol in a Part 1 subject in the first semester and a Part 2 subject in the second semester.
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
ERTH40007 | Earth Sciences Research Project Pt1 |
March (On Campus - Parkville)
July (On Campus - Parkville)
|
25 |
ERTH40008 | Earth Sciences Research Project Pt1 |
March (On Campus - Parkville)
July (On Campus - Parkville)
|
37.5 |
ERTH40009 | Earth Sciences Research Project Pt1 |
March (On Campus - Parkville)
July (On Campus - Parkville)
|
50 |
ERTH40010 | Earth Sciences Research Project Pt2 |
January (On Campus - Parkville)
July (On Campus - Parkville)
|
25 |
ERTH40011 | Earth Sciences Research Project Pt2 |
January (On Campus - Parkville)
July (On Campus - Parkville)
|
37.5 |
ERTH40012 | Earth Sciences Research Project Pt2 |
January (On Campus - Parkville)
July (On Campus - Parkville)
|
50 |
Coursework component
Students select 25 points of coursework from the following subjects
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
ATOC90002 | Climate Science for Decision-Making | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ATOC90004 | Current Topics in Atmospheric Research | Not available in 2019 | 12.5 |
ATOC90005 | Atmosphere Ocean Interaction and Climate | Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ATOC90006 | Climate Analysis and Modelling | Not available in 2019 | 12.5 |
ATOC90007 | Mesoscale Atmospheric Dynamics | Not available in 2019 | 12.5 |
ATOC90010 | Statistics in Climate Dynamics | March (Off Campus) |
12.5 |
ATOC90011 | Convective Clouds and Storms | Not available in 2019 | 12.5 |
ATOC90012 | Advanced Dynamical Meteorology | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ATOC90013 | Atmospheric Modelling | Not available in 2019 | 12.5 |
COMP90059 | Introduction to Programming |
Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
ERTH90029 | Environmental Geochemistry | Not available in 2019 | 6.25 |
ERTH90030 | Mineral Exploration Through Cover | Not available in 2019 | 6.25 |
ERTH90031 | Regolith Geoscience | Not available in 2019 | 6.25 |
ERTH90032 | Interpretation of Satellite Images | Summer Term (Off Campus) |
6.25 |
ERTH90033 | Geology from Geophysics | Summer Term (Off Campus) |
6.25 |
GEOL90005 | Hydrogeology/Environmental Geochemistry | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
GEOL90027 | Advanced Structural Mapping | Not available in 2019 | 6.25 |
GEOL90028 | Geochronology and Thermochronology | March (On Campus - Parkville) |
6.25 |
GEOL90029 | Geology of Gold | March (On Campus - Parkville) |
6.25 |
GEOL90030 | Coastal Environmental Geomorphology | April (Off Campus) |
6.25 |
GEOL90031 | Ore Reserve Estimation | Not available in 2019 | 6.25 |
GEOL90032 | Introduction to Mineralogy | October (On Campus - Parkville) |
6.25 |
GEOL90033 | Mine Safety and Engineering | Not available in 2019 | 6.25 |
GEOL90034 | Practical Igneous Petrology | June (On Campus - Parkville) |
6.25 |
GEOL90035 | Geodynamics | May (On Campus - Parkville) |
6.25 |
GEOL90036 | Australian Coal Basins | Not available in 2019 | 6.25 |
GEOL90037 | Applied Structural Geology | Not available in 2019 | 6.25 |
GEOL90038 | Igneous Geodynamics and Ore Deposits | June (On Campus - Parkville) |
6.25 |
GEOL90042 | Ore Textures & Breccias | Not available in 2019 | 6.25 |
GEOL90043 | Fundamentals of Geological CO2 Storage | Winter Term (On Campus - Parkville) |
6.25 |
GEOL90044 | Ore Deposit Models | May (Off Campus) |
6.25 |
GEOL90045 | Exploration Skills Mapping | Summer Term (Off Campus) |
6.25 |
GEOL90046 | Environmental Geology Field Techniques | September (Off Campus) |
6.25 |
GEOM90044 | Geographic Information Systems | Summer Term (Off Campus) |
6.25 |
ERTH90034 | Advanced Hydrogeology | June (On Campus - Parkville) |
6.25 |
GEOL90047 | Basin Evolution & Sequence Stratigraphy | Not available in 2019 | 6.25 |
GEOL90048 | Sedimentary Basins and Resource Analysis | March (On Campus - Parkville) |
6.25 |
GEOL90050 | Field Geology of New Zealand | March (Off Campus) |
12.5 |
Notes
Honours students are required to attend orientation sessions that commence approximately four weeks before the beginning of the undergraduate semester.
Links
http://www.earthsci.unimelb.edu.au/honours/
Last updated: 18 December 2020