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Master of Geoscience (MC-GEOSC) // Course structure
About this course
- Overview
- Entry and participation requirements
- Attributes, outcomes and skills
- Course structure
- Further study
Contact
Currently enrolled students:
- General information: https://ask.unimelb.edu.au
- Contact Stop 1
Future students:
- Further information: http://courses.science.unimelb.edu.au/study/degrees/master-of-geoscience/overview
Coordinator
Brendan Duffy
Course structure
Students must complete 200 pts including:
Discipline Core subjects (75-112.5 points)
Core Practical Work (50 points)
Professional Skills subjects (37.5-62.5 points)
Optional Research Project (25 points)
Subject options
Discipline Core
Students must select between 75 pts and 112.5 pts from the following subjects. Up to 50 pts of which can be level 3 subjects. Normally students would be expected to take 25 pts of level 3 subjects in the first semester of their program, unless they have already taken the relevant subjects or their equivalents:
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
GEOL30009 | Advanced Field Geology | Winter Term (Off Campus) |
12.5 |
GEOL30005 | Applied Geophysics | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
GEOL30006 | Economic Geology | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
GEOL30003 | Sedimentary Geology | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
GEOL30007 | Geobiology: Fossils & Environments | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
GEOL30004 | Geochemistry & Petrogenesis | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
GEOL30002 | Tectonics & Geodynamics | Semester 1 (Early-Start) (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
GEOL90005 | Hydrogeology/Environmental Geochemistry | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ERTH90029 | Environmental Geochemistry | Not available in 2021 | 6.25 |
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 |
GEOL90034 | Practical Igneous Petrology | May (Off Campus) |
6.25 |
GEOL90035 | Geodynamics | Not available in 2021 | 6.25 |
GEOL90038 | Igneous Geodynamics and Ore Deposits | May (Online) |
6.25 |
GEOL90044 | Ore Deposit Models | May (Online) |
6.25 |
ERTH90032 | Interpretation of Satellite Images | Not available in 2021 | 6.25 |
GEOL90033 | Mine Safety and Engineering | Semester 2 (Online) |
6.25 |
GEOL90045 | Exploration Skills Mapping | Summer Term (Off Campus) |
6.25 |
ERTH90033 | Geology from Geophysics | Summer Term (Off Campus) |
6.25 |
GEOL90043 | Fundamentals of Geological CO2 Storage | Winter Term (On Campus - Parkville) |
6.25 |
GEOL90046 | Environmental Geology Field Techniques | Not available in 2021 | 6.25 |
ERTH90051 | Python for Earth Sciences | Not available in 2021 | 6.25 |
ERTH90034 | Advanced Hydrogeology | Winter Term (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
6.25 |
GEOM90044 | Geographic Information Systems | June (Online) |
6.25 |
GEOL90047 | Basin Evolution & Sequence Stratigraphy | March (Off Campus) |
6.25 |
GEOL90048 | Sedimentary Basins and Resource Analysis | April (On Campus - Parkville) |
6.25 |
GEOL90049 | Introduction to Structural Geology | August (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
6.25 |
GEOL90050 | Field Geology of New Zealand | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
EVSC90014 | Environmental Risk Assessment | Winter Term (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
EVSC90015 | Environmental Impact Assessment | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
CHEM90007 | Environmental Chemistry | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Core Practical
Students must take all of the following subjects:
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
GEOL90022 | Practical Earth Science A |
Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
GEOL90023 | Practical Earth Science B |
Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
GEOL90024 | Project In Geoscience |
Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
|
25 |
Professional Skills
Students must select between 37.5 pts and 62.5 pts of professional skills subjects from the following list:
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
BUSA90403 | Business Tools: Money People & Processes | September (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
SCIE90006 | Scientists,Communication & the Workplace | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
MKTG90022 | Commercialisation of Science | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
SCIE90012 | Science Communication | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
MAST90007 | Statistics for Research Workers | Winter Term (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
MAST90072 | Data and Decision Making | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
SKIL90004 | Project Management in Science | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LING90002 | Presenting Academic Discourse |
Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
MGMT90171 | Leadership in Science | Semester 1 (Online) |
12.5 |
COMP90059 | Introduction to Programming |
Summer Term (Online)
Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
SCIE90017 | Science and Technology Internship |
Summer Term (Off Campus)
Semester 1 (Off Campus)
Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
LAWS90203 | AI, Ethics and Science | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
SCIE90013 | Communication for Research Scientists |
Semester 1 (Online)
Winter Term (Online)
Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
Students should note that SCIE90013 is only available to those students who are currently undertaking a research project
Research Project
Subject to student performance in Practical Earth Science A and accompanying coursework, and subject to supervisor availability, a student may undertake a 25 point research project. This project would be designed for students who demonstrate high aptitude and potential for research.
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
GEOL90025 | Research Project In Geoscience |
Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
|
25 |
Last updated: 30 October 2023