Monash University: University Handbooks: Postgraduate Handbook 2001: Subjects indexed by faculty
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Master of Applied Science


Clayton campus
The Faculty of Science at Clayton offers a Master of Applied Science program to appropriately qualified graduates who have relevant work experience. A research-based program involving examination of a thesis, plus ancillary coursework as may be prescribed, leads to the MAppSc degree. Inquiries should be directed in the first instance to a head of department. Areas for research include chemistry, mathematics and applied physics.

Chemistry

Water sciences, aquatic biology, applied electro-chemistry, manufacture of synthetic drugs, polymer chemistry and surface chemistry.

Mathematics

Mathematical modelling of physical systems, air quality modelling, complex analysis, business forecasting, applied robust statistics.

Applied physics

Acoustics, particularly propagation of impulsive noise; materials, structure and detection of faults in materials by computerised tomography and other techniques; computer image processing applied to shape analysis, texture aspects of surfaces and monitoring and control.

Gippsland campus

The Master of Applied Science on the Gippsland campus is completed by a supervised research program leading to a thesis. Further details are available from the Faculty of Science office on (03) 9902 6844.

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