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Earth Sciences
Contact information
Coordinator
Professor Ralf Haese
School of Earth Sciences
Email: ralf.haese@unimelb.edu.au
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 |
Semester 1 (Extended) (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
Semester 2 (Extended) (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
|
25 |
| ERTH40008 | Earth Sciences Research Project Pt1 |
Semester 1 (Extended) (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
Semester 2 (Extended) (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
|
37.5 |
| ERTH40009 | Earth Sciences Research Project Pt1 |
Semester 1 (Extended) (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
Semester 2 (Extended) (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
|
50 |
| ERTH40010 | Earth Sciences Research Project Pt2 |
Semester 1 (Early-Start) (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
Semester 2 (Early-Start) (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
|
25 |
| ERTH40011 | Earth Sciences Research Project Pt2 |
Semester 1 (Early-Start) (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
Semester 2 (Early-Start) (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
|
37.5 |
| ERTH40012 | Earth Sciences Research Project Pt2 |
Semester 1 (Early-Start) (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
Semester 2 (Early-Start) (Dual-Delivery - 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 (Online) |
12.5 |
| ATOC90004 | Current Topics in Atmospheric Research | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
| ATOC90005 | Atmosphere Ocean Interaction and Climate | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
| ATOC90006 | Climate Analysis and Modelling | No longer available | |
| ATOC90007 | Mesoscale Atmospheric Dynamics | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
| ATOC90010 | Statistics in Climate Dynamics | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ATOC90011 | Convective Clouds and Storms | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
| ATOC90012 | Advanced Dynamical Meteorology | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| ATOC90013 | Atmospheric Modelling | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| COMP90059 | Introduction to Programming |
Summer Term (Online)
Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| ERTH90029 | Environmental Geochemistry | Not available in 2021 | 6.25 |
| ERTH90031 | Regolith Geoscience | No longer available | |
| ERTH90032 | Interpretation of Satellite Images | Not available in 2021 | 6.25 |
| ERTH90033 | Geology from Geophysics | Summer Term (Off Campus) |
6.25 |
| GEOL90005 | Hydrogeology/Environmental Geochemistry | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| GEOL90027 | Advanced Structural Mapping | Not available in 2021 | 6.25 |
| GEOL90028 | Geochronology and Thermochronology | March (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
6.25 |
| GEOL90029 | Geology of Gold | March (On Campus - Parkville) |
6.25 |
| GEOL90030 | Coastal Environmental Geomorphology | Not available in 2021 | 6.25 |
| GEOL90031 | Ore Reserve Estimation | Semester 1 (Extended) (Off Campus) |
6.25 |
| GEOL90032 | Introduction to Mineralogy | September (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
6.25 |
| GEOL90033 | Mine Safety and Engineering | Semester 2 (Online) |
6.25 |
| GEOL90034 | Practical Igneous Petrology | May (Off Campus) |
6.25 |
| GEOL90035 | Geodynamics | Not available in 2021 | 6.25 |
| GEOL90036 | Australian Coal Basins | No longer available | |
| GEOL90038 | Igneous Geodynamics and Ore Deposits | May (Online) |
6.25 |
| GEOL90043 | Fundamentals of Geological CO2 Storage | Winter Term (On Campus - Parkville) |
6.25 |
| GEOL90044 | Ore Deposit Models | May (Online) |
6.25 |
| GEOL90045 | Exploration Skills Mapping | Summer Term (Off Campus) |
6.25 |
| GEOL90046 | Environmental Geology Field Techniques | Not available in 2021 | 6.25 |
| GEOM90044 | Geographic Information Systems | June (Online) |
6.25 |
| ERTH90034 | Advanced Hydrogeology | Winter Term (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
6.25 |
| GEOL90047 | Basin Evolution & Sequence Stratigraphy | March (Off Campus) |
6.25 |
| GEOL90048 | Sedimentary Basins and Resource Analysis | April (On Campus - Parkville) |
6.25 |
| GEOL90050 | Field Geology of New Zealand | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
Last updated: 12 November 2021