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GEOL01P - Geoscience (Postgraduate Study Pattern)

Major: Geology and Geoscience
Area of Study: Geology, Geophysics & Exploration Geoscience
Degrees: MGeoscience - Master of Geoscience
Offered By: ELS - Division of Environmental and Life Sciences
Admission Requirements:Bachelor degree with relevant major
Fees:$480.00
Attendance Modes:
  • Internal
  • External
Study Loads:
  • Full Time (1.0)
  • Part Time
Commencing Study Periods:
  • FH
  • SH

General Requirements

Minimum number of credit points32
and completion of other specific requirements as set out below

Specific Requirements

800 level
Required 32 cp fromELS804 Museums, Galleries and Collections (4)
ELS820 Museum Studies and Information Management (5)
GEOS800 Earth Science Project (4)
GEOS801 Introduction to Geographic Information Science for Postgraduates (4)
GEOS811 Field Techniques in Geoscience (4)
GEOS803 Minerals and Energy in a Global Environment (4)
GEOS804 Advanced Field Mapping (4)
GEOS805 Advanced Structure and Metamorphism (5)
GEOS806 Studies in Environmental Geology (5)
GEOS807 Problems in Sedimentary Geology (4)
GEOS809 Geophysics Laboratory Project (4)
GEOS813 Geophysics Reading Project (4)
GEOS812 Geophysics (5)
GEOS814 Volcanic Geology B (4)
GEOS822 Earth Science (5)
GEOS827 Tectonics of the Earth (4)
GEOS828 Palaeoenvironmental and Biostratigraphic Solutions (4)
GEOS832 Ore Deposit Environments (5)
GEOS835 Geomechanics (5)
GEOS836 Geophysical Data Processing (5)
GEOS844 Applied Palaeontology (4)
GEOS847 Environmental Geophysics (5)
GEOS850 Geophysical Prospecting (5)
GEOS851 Advanced Geochemical Applications and Techniques (3)
GEOS854 Environments of the Lithosphere (5)
GEOS855 Earth Systems Evolution (4)
GEOS863 Applied Geomorphology (4)
GEOS875 Structural Petrology (4)
GEOS878 Advanced Soils (4)
GEOS891 MSc Dissertation Geology (16)
GEOS899 Geoscience Research Topic (12)
GEOS900 Geoscience in the Field and Laboratory (5)
GEOS901 Problems in the Earth Sciences (4)
GEOS904 Evolutionary Trends and Taxonomic Determinations (4)
GEOS905 Introduction to Coral Reefs (3) 32
Electives
Balance of credit points required
TOTAL CREDIT POINTS REQUIRED FOR THIS PROGRAM 32

Notes

The part-time program is available through distance education with some on campus attendance in the general field of applied geosciences.
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