Master of Science (Chemistry) (MC-SCICHE) // Course structure

Course structure

All students must complete 200 points including:

• Discipline Core subjects (37.5 to 62.5 points);
• Professional Skills subjects (12.5 - 25 points);
• Research Project (125 points).

Subject options

Discipline Core

Students must take 37.5 to 62.5 points of the following subjects:

and up to 25 points from the Professional Skills subjects, and/or up to 12.5 points of approved 300-level subjects.

Professional Skills

Students must select one or two subjects from the following lists:

Business Skills

Science Skills

Communication Skills

Research Project

Students enrolled in the Master of Science (Chemistry) program are required to complete a 125 point Research Project.

The project will be taken over four consecutive semesters (or five semesters for part-time) and will begin on the Monday of semester of entry (semesters 1 or 2) and continue until the end of the fourth semester (or fifth semester for part-time), minus recreation leave of up to 2 weeks per semester over the four semesters (or five semesters for part-time)

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 supervisor.

The Research Project will be due for submission by the end of the formal examination period of the fourth semester (or fifth for part-time) of enrolment if an earlier date is not specified.

The assessment requirements below are applicable to the entire 125 point Research Project:

• attendance at a safety and induction program with at least a 65% result in a 60 minute safety examination held during the first week (pass/fail);
• a preliminary literature survey and research plan (up to 10 pages of mixed text, diagrams and formulas) due at the end of the first semester of enrolment (pass/fail);
• a project-related oral presentation (up to 25 min), given at the end of the second semester of enrolment (pass/fail);
• a project-related oral presentation (up to 30 min), given at the end of the final semester (10%);
• a major thesis, page limit of 60 pages, due at the end of the final semester (35%);
• an oral exam (viva) on the content of the thesis after submission of the thesis (35%);
• assessment of research performance based on attendance, application, initiative and demonstrated skills (20%);
• attendance at a seminar series providing advanced theoretical and/or practical training (hurdle).

Students may enrol in a combination of research project subjects and coursework subjects over their 24 months of full-time study (or 48 months part-time) as long as once the Research Project is commenced, the consecutive enrolment requirement is met. Students must ensure they have completed a total of 125 points for the research project by the end of their course.

Students will first enrol in Chemistry Research Project Pt 1, and then progress through to Pt 2, Pt 3 and Pt 4.

*NOTE: In the case of part-time course enrolments, students will first enrol in Chemistry Research Project Pt 1, and then progress through to Pt 2, Pt 3, Pt 4 (Cont.) and Pt 5.

Students may only progress through Chemistry Sciences Research Project subjects upon successful completion of the earlier project component.

For Part Time Course Enrolments:

Last updated: 12 November 2021