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Coordinator:
Dr Mark Jessell
Prerequisites: Credit in one of the third-year subjects in geology, geophysics,
mathematics or physics and/or permission of the head of department, and
approval of the faculty.
The Department of Earth Sciences offers an MSc part one/MSc part two program
designed to provide an alternative to the honours program. In two years
full-time, or four years part-time, a student may complete the MSc degree, by
coursework and minor thesis. The first two (or four part-time) semesters are
required to complete requirements for the MSc part one. The MSc thesis may be
submitted twelve months subsequently.
In both part one and part two of the MSc the course is divided into a number of
components. In the MSc part one year students are required to complete five
graduate subjects, an essay, a seminar and a research report. In the MSc part
two year each student may take a further three subjects.
In practice all full-time students are required to be working on their research
topic when they are not involved in formal course or project units.
Suitable subjects may include:
(a) formal subjects consisting of two lectures and practical classes over
thirteen weeks with essays/assignments approved by supervisor;
(b) postgraduate subjects - full-time over two weeks with
essays/assignments approved by supervisor (note that VIEPS courses conducted
over one week are assigned a weight of four points);
(c) minor independent project units - assignments/review topics;
(d) principal research units - independent thesis topic;
(e) other equivalent work (eg mapping/symposia/laboratory classes)
assigned by supervisor.
MSc part one students must achieve results equivalent to a BSc
(Honours 2A). An overall grade of 70 per cent at the stage one level (an
average of course and research units) will secure entry to the MSc part two
program. Lower grades are subject to review and may require approval by the
dean.
Students may elect to be assessed for promotion beyond the MSc part one level
after two to three semesters. Students wishing to be assessed must first
present a summary of their activities at a research seminar conducted by the
Department of Earth Sciences.
Students should consult with appropriate staff members in order to determine an
appropriate program of study. MSc part one students might take some third year
geology or geophysics units if the course of study undertaken to BSc level did
not encompass the full range of topics available.
Course units available vary each year depending on availability of academic
staff. Listed below are course units which have been offered to MSc part one
students. Note that not all these subjects will be available in a given year.
In addition MSc part one students may take courses offered by Monash
departments other than Earth Sciences, and departments at La Trobe University
and the University of Melbourne, which are members of the Victorian Institute
of Earth and Planetary Sciences (VIEPS). All intending students should consult
with the MSc coordinator (Dr M Jessell) concerning their choice of course
units. A full listing of course units available in 1999, and the times at which
they will be offered, will be available from the coordinator at the beginning
of the academic year.
More detailed information concerning the MSc program will be made available
through the Faculty of Science office and the Department of Earth Sciences,
including detailed scheduling of courses when this information becomes
available. Course units offered can be identified in streams as follows.
Units in this stream include advanced electrical methods; structural analysis of regional geophysics; applied petroleum geology; computers I; hydrogeology; applied petroleum geology.
Units in this stream include introduction to remote sensing; structural analysis of regional geophysics; computers I and II; metamorphism field trip; hydrogeology; deformation microstructures; mesostructural analysis field trip; stable isotopes; strain analysis; tectonics; trace element geochemistry.
Units include ore genesis; hydrothermal geochemistry; stable isotopes; trace element and isotopes.
Units include advanced ore deposits; computers I; stable isotopes; trace element and isotopes; hydrothermal geochemistry; thermodynamics and phase petrology.
Units include ore genesis, applied petroleum geology; computers I; hydrogeology; orogenic belts I; palaeobiology of Australasian vertebrates; sedimentary sequence stratigraphy; tectonics; volcanology.
Units include hydrogeology, aqueous geochemistry, environmental studies.
The Department of Mathematics and Statistics offers a number of MSc-by-coursework programs, particularly in the areas of statistics and meteorology. For full details, see the chapter 'Graduate studies by research'.
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