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Geology // Structure

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Structure

Completion of 125 points:

  • 50 points of study at Level 2 or above;
  • 50 points of study at Level 3;
  • 25 point of study at Level 9

Subject Options

Subject prerequisites: Details of stream specific requirements can be found at the Graduate Diploma in Science entry and participation requirements page.

Level 2

Students should select 50 points of level 2 options to meet the pre-requisites for their level 3 choices.

Both of:

Code Name Study period Credit Points
GEOL20002 Structural and Metamorphic Geology
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
GEOL20004 Field Mapping and Sedimentary Geology Not available in 2020 12.5

Plus two of:

Code Name Study period Credit Points
ERTH20001 Dangerous Earth
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
GEOL20001 Geology of Southeast Australia
February (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5

Or any level 2 or 3 GEOL or ERTH subject options for which pre-requisites have been met

Level 3

Both of:

Code Name Study period Credit Points
GEOL30002 Tectonics & Geodynamics
Semester 1 (Early-Start) (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
GEOL30003 Sedimentary Geology
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5

Plus two of:

Code Name Study period Credit Points
ERTH30001 Hydrogeology/Environmental Geochemistry
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
GEOL30004 Geochemistry & Petrogenesis
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
GEOL30005 Applied Geophysics
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
GEOL30006 Economic Geology
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
GEOL30007 Geobiology: Fossils & Environments
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
GEOL30009 Advanced Field Geology
Winter Term (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
SCIE30001 Science Research Project
Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5

Level 9

Plus two level 9 subjects selected from listed discipline subjects in the Master of Science (Earth Sciences) program

Links

http://graduate.science.unimelb.edu.au

Last updated: 18 December 2020