Handbook home
Master of Industrial Research (Chemistry) (MR-IRCHEM) // Course structure
About this course
- Overview
- Entry and participation requirements
- Attributes, outcomes and skills
- Course structure
- Further study
Principal Coordinator
Craig Hutton
Course structure
All students must complete 200 points including:
- Industry-based Research Project (150 points);
- Core subject (CHEM90055, 12.5 points);
- Professional Skills subjects (12.5-25 points);
- Elective subjects (12.5-25 points).
Core Subject:
Students must complete the 12.5 point core subject:
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
CHEM90055 | Chemical Regulations and Safety | Semester 1 (Online) |
12.5 |
Professional Skills:
Students must select one or two subjects from the following list:
Business Skills
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
BUSA90403 | Business Tools: Money People & Processes | September (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
BUSA90471 | Business Tools: The Market Environment | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
Science Skills
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
MAST90045 | Systems Modelling and Simulation | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
SCIE90005 | Ethics and Responsibility in Science | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
MAST90007 | Statistics for Research Workers | Winter Term (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Communication Skills
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
SCIE90013 | Communication for Research Scientists |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Winter Term (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
SCIE90012 | Science Communication | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Discipline Electives:
Students must take 12.5 to 25 points of the following subjects:
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
CHEM90039 | Advanced Organic Synthesis | August (On Campus - Parkville) |
6.25 |
CHEM90040 | Biological and Medicinal Chemistry | August (On Campus - Parkville) |
6.25 |
CHEM90041 | Exciton Science | August (On Campus - Parkville) |
6.25 |
CHEM90042 | Automatic Chemical Analysis | Not available in 2020 | 6.25 |
CHEM90043 | Atmospheric Chemistry | May (On Campus - Parkville) |
6.25 |
CHEM90045 | Advanced Physical Organic Chemistry | May (On Campus - Parkville) |
6.25 |
CHEM90046 | Magnetism in Chemistry | August (On Campus - Parkville) |
6.25 |
CHEM90047 | Organic Electronics | Not available in 2020 | 6.25 |
CHEM90048 | Lasers in Chemistry | July (On Campus - Parkville) |
6.25 |
CHEM90049 | Advanced Materials & Characterisation | August (On Campus - Parkville) |
6.25 |
CHEM90052 | Catalysis | March (On Campus - Parkville) |
6.25 |
CHEM90053 | Interfacial Chemistry and Sonochemistry | March (On Campus - Parkville) |
6.25 |
CHEM90054 | Radical Chemistry | Not available in 2020 | 6.25 |
CHEM90044 | Synchrotron & NMR Structural Techniques | May (On Campus - Parkville) |
6.25 |
CHEM90050 | Spectroscopy of Metal Complexes | March (On Campus - Parkville) |
6.25 |
CHEM90051 | Advanced Mass Spectrometry | May (On Campus - Parkville) |
6.25 |
MREN90001 | Polymers and Composites | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
and/or up to 12.5 points of approved 300-level subjects.
Research Project:
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
CHEM70002 | Industry Research Project | Time-based Research (On Campus - Parkville) |
Students enrolled in the Master of Industrial Research (Chemistry) program are required to complete a 150 point Industry-based Research Project. The research project will be conducted within industry laboratories, supervised by a member of academic staff in the Faculty of Science and by the industry collaborator.
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 supervisors.
The Research Project thesis/report will be due for submission by the end of the formal examination period of the semester in which the student completes 150 points of enrolment in this subject, if an earlier date is not specified.
The assessment requirements below are applicable to the entire 150 point Research Project:
- attendance at an industry-based safety and induction program before laboratory work commences (hurdle);
- a project overview/research proposal (up to 10 pages of mixed text, diagrams and formulas) due after the student has enrolled in 25 points of Research project (pass/fail);
- a project-related seminar (up to 30 min), given after the student has enrolled in 150 points of the Research Project (10%);
- a major thesis/project report, page limit of 60 pages, due after the student has enrolled in 150 points of the Research Project (35%);
- an oral examination (viva) on the content of the thesis/research report (35%);
- assessment of research performance based on attendance, application, initiative and demonstrated skills (20%).
Last updated: 30 June 2021