Honours Program - Earth Sciences

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.

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.

Research
Students must complete 75 points of research.

Coursework
Students must complete 25 points of coursework.

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.

Coursework component

Students select 25 points of coursework from the following subjects

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