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Geology // Structure

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Structure

Completion of 100 points:

  • 50 points of study at Level 3;
  • 50 points of study at Level 2 or above.

Subject Options

Subject prerequisites: an undergraduate degree and ERTH10002 Understanding Planet Earth, or equivalents plus one other level 1 or above subject in Geology or Chemistry, or equivalent.

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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 Investigating Earth's Structure
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
GEOL20004 Field Mapping and Sedimentary Geology No longer available

Plus two electives selected from:

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

* Any level 2 or 3 GEOL or ERTH subject options for which pre-requisites have been met.

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Level 3

Both of:

Code Name Study period Credit Points
GEOL30002 Tectonics and Geophysics
Semester 1 (Early-Start) (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
GEOL30003 Sedimentary Geology and Hydrogeology
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5

Plus two electives selected from:

Code Name Study period Credit Points
ERTH30001 Hydrogeology/Environmental Geochemistry No longer available
GEOL30004 Geochemistry
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
GEOL30005 Applied Geophysics No longer available
GEOL30006 Economic Geology No longer available
GEOL30007 Geobiology
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
GEOL30009 Field Geology
July (Off Campus)
 12.5
SCIE30001 Science Research Project
Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5

Links

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

Last updated: 30 January 2024