Honours Program - Earth Sciences

Major/Minor/Specialisation !BH-SCI-MAJ+1014 (2012)

Note: This is an archived Handbook entry from 2012.

Year and Campus: 2012

Coordinator

Associate Professor Kevin Walsh
School of Earth Sciences

Contact

Email: kevin.walsh@unimelb.edu.au

For course enquiries about the Bachelor of Science (Degree with Honours) in Earth Sciences, please contact:

Eastern Precinct Student Centre
The Eastern Precinct (building 138)
(between Doug McDonell building and Eastern Resource Centre)

http://www.studentcentre.unimelb.edu.au/eastern
Phone: 13 MELB (13 6352)
Email: 13MELB@unimelb.edu.au

Overview:

Honours in Earth Sciences is a one-year program designed to extend students' knowledge and skills through a supervised research project together with advanced coursework in earth sciences.

Admission requirements

In addition to satisfying the Bachelor of Science (Degree with Honours) entry requirements, students entering the Earth Sciences honours program need to have completed a major study in earth sciences or a discipline relevant to the project.

Honours in Earth Sciences is available as start of year intake and mid year intake, and is dependent on the availability and agreement of an appropriate thesis supervisor.

Objectives:

The main objective of the honours year is to produce an original research report or thesis based on the project work completed during the honours year.

Structure & Available Subjects:

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 a combination of the following subjects in appropriate semesters to achieve a total 75 credit points.

Subject
Study Period Commencement:
Credit Points:
Semester 1, Semester 2
25
Semester 1, Semester 2
37.50
Semester 1, Semester 2
50

Coursework component

Students select 25 points of coursework from the following subjects

Subject
Study Period Commencement:
Credit Points:
Semester 2
12.50
Semester 1
12.50
Semester 1
12.50
Semester 1
12.50
Links to further information: http://www.earthsci.unimelb.edu.au/honours/
Notes:

Honours students are required to attend orientation sessions that commence approximately four weeks before the beginning of the undergraduate semester.

Related Course(s): Bachelor of Science (Degree with Honours)

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