Overview (2027)
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Duration
Minimum 1 Year, up to a maximum of 3 years.
Location
CRICOS: 030420J
Duration
Minimum 1 year, up to a maximum of 3 years.
Location
Caitlin Silberberg
Take your academic journey further with an Honours degree.
The Bachelor of Science (Honours) is a prestigious one-year course designed for students who have demonstrated academic excellence and wish to deepen their understanding of a specific scientific discipline. Building upon the foundational knowledge gained during the three-year Bachelor of Science, this optional fourth year offers an immersive experience in advanced scientific study and independent research.
Students undertake a substantial research project under the guidance of expert academics, gaining firsthand experience in scientific inquiry, experimental design, and data analysis. The programme fosters critical thinking, creativity, and resilience, while equipping students with the skills required to tackle complex scientific problems.
Through a combination of coursework and research, students develop expertise in:
- independent investigation and scientific methodology,
- critical analysis and interpretation of data,
- problem-solving and innovation,
- designing and conducting experiments,
- effective written and oral communication,
- ethical research practices and professional conduct.
Graduates of the Honours programme are well-prepared for entry into competitive job markets, and are ideally positioned to pursue postgraduate study, including research degrees such as a Master of Philosophy or Doctor of Philosophy (PhD). The Honours year is not only a pathway to further academic achievement, but also a transformative experience that cultivates the skills and confidence needed to become a leader in the scientific community.
Whether you're aiming to boost your employability, develop specialised analytical skills, or pave the way to a PhD, an Honours degree offers a powerful platform to elevate your academic and professional future.
Postgraduate study
In addition to the above, if you successfully complete this course, you may be also be eligible to apply for a range of other postgraduate courses including Graduate Certificates and Graduate Diplomas and Masters by coursework and research. Specifically the Master of Chemistry and Economic Geology postgraduate courses.
- 1 Select and apply practical and theoretical techniques to conduct an independent and ethical scientific research project
- 2 Design, implement and critically evaluate a scientific investigation to address a research question
- 3 Communicate scientific ideas and research findings to informed professional audiences, both orally and in a written thesis
Improve your communication, teamwork and leadership skills, meet new people, inspire and help others, and developing lasting friendships and networks as a student ambassador. Our ambassadors proudly represent the University throughout Tasmania in schools, at University and community events, and support a range of recruitment and engagement activities.
Through the Student Ambassador Program you will have many opportunities for training and professional development, experience in real-world community engagement and outreach, networking, and public speaking, plus end up with a key point of distinction on your CV.
Tasmania is a place filled with creativity, industry, nature, and adventure. Because we’re the only university in the state, you get close access to the industry leaders, artists, and deep thinkers who are shaping our island. That means learning alongside the very best so you can hone your job skills for a successful career.
Whatever you’re passionate about, we’ll give you a hands-on education and an unforgettable adventure with our work integrated learning opportunities.
Career outcomes
As an Honours graduate, you will be highly competitive for professional careers in your area of specialisation. Depending on your area of research, you may find career opportunities in both the public and private sectors.
Whether your goal is to enhance your career prospects, develop specialised analytical expertise, or lay the groundwork for doctoral study, an Honours degree provides a dynamic and rewarding platform to advance both your academic and professional journey.
Careers include:
- Academic and teaching
- Laboratory technician
- Life Scientist
- Researcher
- Data analyst
- Ecologist
- Environmental scientist
- Forensic scientist
- Mathematician
- Science communicator or journalist
- Animal research scientist
- Microbiologist
- Physicist
- Agricultural scientist
Course structure
Each candidate will conduct research and write a thesis. In addition, candidates maybe required to study and pass one or more advanced level units and undertake other activities which may include the preparation of literature reviews, essays and grant applications and the presentation of seminars.
Each specialisation has a set of core units that must be enrolled in to complete the research project, and some specialisations allow the student to enrol in elective coursework units. We strongly advise that you plan your enrolment in consultation with your Honours Co-ordinator.
Candidates must satisfactorily complete four 25% Honours units.
Honours Co-ordinator: Alex Bissember
This unit represents 25% of the work to satisfy the requirements of Bachelor of Science with Honours. Intending Honours students should first consult the Honours Coordinator and potential supervisors well before the end of the final year of their undergraduate…
Credit Points: 25
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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| Hobart | Semester 1 |  |  |  | |
| Semester 2 | | | | ||
- Key:
- On-campus
Off-Campus- International students
- Domestic students
This unit represents 25% of the work to satisfy the requirements of Bachelor of Science with Honours. Intending Honours students should first consult the Honours Coordinator and potential supervisors well before the end of the final year of their undergraduate…
Credit Points: 25
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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| Hobart | Semester 1 | | | | |
| Semester 2 | | | | ||
- Key:
- On-campus
- Off-Campus
- International students
- Domestic students
This unit represents 25% of the work to satisfy the requirements of Bachelor of Science with Honours. Intending Honours students should first consult the Honours Coordinator and potential supervisors well before the end of the final year of their undergraduate…
Credit Points: 25
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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| Hobart | Semester 1 | | | | |
| Semester 2 | | | | ||
- Key:
- On-campus
- Off-Campus
- International students
- Domestic students
This unit represents 25% of the work to satisfy the requirements of Bachelor of Science with Honours. Intending Honours students should first consult the Honours Coordinator and potential supervisors well before the end of the final year of their undergraduate…
Credit Points: 25
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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| Hobart | Semester 1 | | | | |
| Semester 2 | | | | ||
- Key:
- On-campus
- Off-Campus
- International students
- Domestic students
Administrative unit to be used for recording Honours grades and marks…
Credit Points: 0
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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| Hobart | Semester 1 | | | | |
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| Launceston | Semester 1 | | | | |
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- Key:
- On-campus
- Off-Campus
- International students
- Domestic students
Candidates must satisfactorily complete:
- two coursework 12.5% units
- a research dissertation over three 25% units
The coursework units consist of:
KEA401: Exploration Mapping Camp (1 week) and Essential skills course.
KEA402: Choice of two Honours-level topics. A list of available topics will be provided by the Honours coordinator, and may include topics from in-house Master-level units. Students can potentially enroll in external topics, subject to the Honours coordinator's approval, which will be granted at their discretion.
Honours Coordinator: Martin Jutzeler
This unit is compulsary for Honours in Earth Sciences students who specialise in Earth Sciences, Economic Geology or Environmental Geosciences, and is optional for students specialising in Geophysics.This unit introduces students to specialist topics in earth sciences, including field mapping…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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| Hobart | Semester 1 | | | | |
| Semester 2 | | | | ||
- Key:
- On-campus
- Off-Campus
- International students
- Domestic students
View all details for KEA401 Advanced Topics in Earth Science
This unit is compulsary for Honours in Earth Sciences students who specialise in Economic Geology and is optional for students specialising in Earth Sciences, Environmental Geology, or Geophysics.This unit introduces students to specialist topics in Economic Geology, including ore deposit…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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| Hobart | Semester 1 | | | | |
| Semester 2 | | | | ||
- Key:
- On-campus
- Off-Campus
- International students
- Domestic students
View all details for KEA402 Advanced Topics in Economic Geology
This unit represents 25% of the work to satisfy the requirements of Bachelor of Science with Honours. Intending Honours students should first consult the Honours Coordinator and potential supervisors well before the end of the final year of their undergraduate…
Credit Points: 25
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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| Hobart | Semester 1 | | | | |
| Semester 2 | | | | ||
- Key:
- On-campus
- Off-Campus
- International students
- Domestic students
This unit represents 25% of the work to satisfy the requirements of Bachelor of Science with Honours. Intending Honours students should first consult the Honours Coordinator and potential supervisors well before the end of the final year of their undergraduate…
Credit Points: 25
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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| Hobart | Semester 1 | | | | |
| Semester 2 | | | | ||
- Key:
- On-campus
- Off-Campus
- International students
- Domestic students
This unit represents 25% of the work to satisfy the requirements of Bachelor of Science with Honours. Intending Honours students should first consult the Honours Coordinator and potential supervisors well before the end of the final year of their undergraduate…
Credit Points: 25
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobart | Semester 1 | | | | |
| Semester 2 | | | | ||
- Key:
- On-campus
- Off-Campus
- International students
- Domestic students
Administrative unit to be used for recording Honours grades and marks…
Credit Points: 0
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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| Hobart | Semester 1 | | | | |
| Semester 2 | | | | ||
| Launceston | Semester 1 | | | | |
| Semester 2 | | | | ||
- Key:
- On-campus
- Off-Campus
- International students
- Domestic students
Candidates must satisfactorily complete four 25% Biological Sciences 4 (Honours) units.
Honours Co-ordinator: Elizabeth Wandrag
This unit represents 25% of the work to satisfy the requirements of Bachelor of Science with Honours. Intending Honours students should first consult the Honours Coordinator and potential supervisors well before the end of the final year of their undergraduate…
Credit Points: 25
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobart | Semester 1 | | | | |
| Semester 2 | | | | ||
- Key:
- On-campus
- Off-Campus
- International students
- Domestic students
This unit represents 25% of the work to satisfy the requirements of Bachelor of Science with Honours. Intending Honours students should first consult the Honours Coordinator and potential supervisors well before the end of the final year of their undergraduate…
Credit Points: 25
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobart | Semester 1 | | | | |
| Semester 2 | | | | ||
- Key:
- On-campus
- Off-Campus
- International students
- Domestic students
This unit represents 25% of the work to satisfy the requirements of Bachelor of Science with Honours. Intending Honours students should first consult the Honours Coordinator and potential supervisors well before the end of the final year of their undergraduate…
Credit Points: 25
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobart | Semester 1 | | | | |
| Semester 2 | | | | ||
- Key:
- On-campus
- Off-Campus
- International students
- Domestic students
This unit represents 25% of the work to satisfy the requirements of Bachelor of Science with Honours. Intending Honours students should first consult the Honours Coordinator and potential supervisors well before the end of the final year of their undergraduate…
Credit Points: 25
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobart | Semester 1 | | | | |
| Semester 2 | | | | ||
- Key:
- On-campus
- Off-Campus
- International students
- Domestic students
Administrative unit to be used for recording Honours grades and marks…
Credit Points: 0
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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| Hobart | Semester 1 | | | | |
| Semester 2 | | | | ||
| Launceston | Semester 1 | | | | |
| Semester 2 | | | | ||
- Key:
- On-campus
- Off-Campus
- International students
- Domestic students
Honours enables students to develop independent, cost-effective research skills. This includes the ability to design, budget, manage, and implement research investigations; to record, collate, analyse and summarise data; and to effectively communicate key research outcomes to a high standard…
Credit Points: 25
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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| Cradle Coast | Semester 1 | | | | |
| Semester 2 | | | | ||
| Hobart | Semester 1 | | | | |
| Semester 2 | | | | ||
| Launceston | Semester 1 | | | | |
| Semester 2 | | | | ||
- Key:
- On-campus
- Off-Campus
- International students
- Domestic students
Honours enables students to develop independent, cost-effective research skills. This includes the ability to design, budget, manage, and implement research investigations; to record, collate, analyse and summarise data; and to effectively communicate key research outcomes to a high standard both…
Credit Points: 25
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cradle Coast | Semester 1 | | | | |
| Semester 2 | | | | ||
| Hobart | Semester 1 | | | | |
| Semester 2 | | | | ||
| Launceston | Semester 1 | | | | |
| Semester 2 | | | | ||
- Key:
- On-campus
- Off-Campus
- International students
- Domestic students
Honours enables students to develop independent, cost-effective research skills. This includes the ability to design, budget, manage, and implement research investigations; to record, collate, analyse and summarise data; and to effectively communicate key research outcomes to a high standard both…
Credit Points: 25
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cradle Coast | Semester 1 | | | | |
| Semester 2 | | | | ||
| Hobart | Semester 1 | | | | |
| Semester 2 | | | | ||
| Launceston | Semester 1 | | | | |
| Semester 2 | | | | ||
- Key:
- On-campus
- Off-Campus
- International students
- Domestic students
Honours enables students to develop independent, cost-effective research skills. This includes the ability to design, budget, manage, and implement research investigations; to record, collate, analyse and summarise data; and to effectively communicate key research outcomes to a high standard both…
Credit Points: 25
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cradle Coast | Semester 1 | | | | |
| Semester 2 | | | | ||
| Hobart | Semester 1 | | | | |
| Semester 2 | | | | ||
| Launceston | Semester 1 | | | | |
| Semester 2 | | | | ||
- Key:
- On-campus
- Off-Campus
- International students
- Domestic students
Administrative unit to be used for recording Honours grades and marks…
Credit Points: 0
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobart | Semester 1 | | | | |
| Semester 2 | | | | ||
| Launceston | Semester 1 | | | | |
| Semester 2 | | | | ||
- Key:
- On-campus
- Off-Campus
- International students
- Domestic students
Candidates must satisfactorily complete four 25% Biological Sciences 4 (Honours) units.
Honours Co-ordinator: Elizabeth Wandrag
This unit represents 25% of the work to satisfy the requirements of Bachelor of Science with Honours. Intending Honours students should first consult the Honours Coordinator and potential supervisors well before the end of the final year of their undergraduate…
Credit Points: 25
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobart | Semester 1 | | | | |
| Semester 2 | | | | ||
- Key:
- On-campus
- Off-Campus
- International students
- Domestic students
This unit represents 25% of the work to satisfy the requirements of Bachelor of Science with Honours. Intending Honours students should first consult the Honours Coordinator and potential supervisors well before the end of the final year of their undergraduate…
Credit Points: 25
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobart | Semester 1 | | | | |
| Semester 2 | | | | ||
- Key:
- On-campus
- Off-Campus
- International students
- Domestic students
This unit represents 25% of the work to satisfy the requirements of Bachelor of Science with Honours. Intending Honours students should first consult the Honours Coordinator and potential supervisors well before the end of the final year of their undergraduate…
Credit Points: 25
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobart | Semester 1 | | | | |
| Semester 2 | | | | ||
- Key:
- On-campus
- Off-Campus
- International students
- Domestic students
This unit represents 25% of the work to satisfy the requirements of Bachelor of Science with Honours. Intending Honours students should first consult the Honours Coordinator and potential supervisors well before the end of the final year of their undergraduate…
Credit Points: 25
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobart | Semester 1 | | | | |
| Semester 2 | | | | ||
- Key:
- On-campus
- Off-Campus
- International students
- Domestic students
Administrative unit to be used for recording Honours grades and marks…
Credit Points: 0
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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| Hobart | Semester 1 | | | | |
| Semester 2 | | | | ||
| Launceston | Semester 1 | | | | |
| Semester 2 | | | | ||
- Key:
- On-campus
- Off-Campus
- International students
- Domestic students
Candidates must satisfactorily complete:
- three 25 credit point research dissertation units (KGP401, KGP402, KGP403);
- KGA446 (25 credit points) or alternative coursework units as approved by the Honours Co-ordinator.
Honours Co-ordinator: Kathy Allen
This unit is the first of three Honours ‘research’ units related to your project. In this unit you will work with your supervisor and the Honours coordinator to formulate your research activities in a written plan. After this plan is…
Credit Points: 25
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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| Hobart | Semester 1 | | | | |
| Semester 2 | | | | ||
| Trimester | | | | ||
| Online | Semester 1 | | | | |
| Semester 2 | | | | ||
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- Key:
- On-campus
- Off-Campus
- International students
- Domestic students
View all details for KGP401 Honours Research: Project Foundations
This unit is the second of three Honours units related to your research project. In this unit you will continue to advance your research work with your supervisor. You will also participate in semi-regular seminars, workshops and presentations with your…
Credit Points: 25
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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| Hobart | Semester 1 | | | | |
| Semester 2 | | | | ||
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| Online | Semester 1 | | | | |
| Semester 2 | | | | ||
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- Key:
- On-campus
- Off-Campus
- International students
- Domestic students
View all details for KGP402 Honours Research: Project Methods
This is the final unit in the Honours program. In this unit you will work towards the final production of a substantive research work, typically a thesis or professional portfolio. Throughout the semester you will attend regular meetings and seminars…
Credit Points: 25
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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| Hobart | Semester 1 | | | | |
| Semester 2 | | | | ||
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| Online | Semester 1 | | | | |
| Semester 2 | | | | ||
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- Key:
- On-campus
- Off-Campus
- International students
- Domestic students
View all details for KGP403 Honours Research: Project Communications
Administrative unit to be used for recording Honours grades and marks…
Credit Points: 0
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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| Hobart | Semester 1 | | | | |
| Semester 2 | | | | ||
| Launceston | Semester 1 | | | | |
| Semester 2 | | | | ||
- Key:
- On-campus
- Off-Campus
- International students
- Domestic students
This flexible 12-week project unit offers honours students the opportunity to design and carry out a focused research task in any area of geographical, geospatial or planning inquiry. Students have the freedom to tailor the project to their interests and…
Credit Points: 25
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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| Hobart | Semester 1 | | | | |
| Semester 2 | | | | ||
| Trimester | | | | ||
| Online | Semester 1 | | | | |
| Semester 2 | | | | ||
| Trimester | | | | ||
- Key:
- On-campus
- Off-Campus
- International students
- Domestic students
Candidates must satisfactorily complete:
- four coursework 12.5% elective units;
- a research dissertation over two 25% units (KNS400, KNS401).
The coursework elective units are subject to the following conditions:
- A maximum of two third year mathematics units not already completed
- A maximum of two third- or fourth-year units from outside mathematics, subject to approval by the project supervisor and honours coordinator;
- A maximum of two units from the Australian Mathematical Sciences Institute (AMSI), students will be enrolled in shell units KAA4x1, KAA4x2 to indicate enrolment in AMSI units after discussion with the honours coordinator.
- Additional variations subject to approval by the project supervisor and honours coordinator.
Honours Co-ordinator: Jeremy Sumner
This unit represents 25% of the work to satisfy the requirements of Bachelor of Science with Honours. Intending Honours students should first consult the Honours Coordinator and potential supervisors well before the end of the final year of their undergraduate…
Credit Points: 25
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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| Hobart | Semester 1 | | | | |
| Semester 2 | | | | ||
- Key:
- On-campus
- Off-Campus
- International students
- Domestic students
This unit represents 25% of the work to satisfy the requirements of Bachelor of Science with Honours. Intending Honours students should first consult the Honours Coordinator and potential supervisors well before the end of the final year of their undergraduate…
Credit Points: 25
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobart | Semester 1 | | | | |
| Semester 2 | | | | ||
- Key:
- On-campus
- Off-Campus
- International students
- Domestic students
Administrative unit to be used for recording Honours grades and marks…
Credit Points: 0
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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| Hobart | Semester 1 | | | | |
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| Launceston | Semester 1 | | | | |
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- Key:
- On-campus
- Off-Campus
- International students
- Domestic students
The unit equips students to proficiently analyse real-world systems with inherent uncertainties using contemporary probability models. Skills and knowledge gained will be applicable to a broad spectrum of scientific and industrial challenges. It deepens understanding through both theory and practice,…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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| Hobart | Semester 1 | | | | |
| Online | Semester 1 | | | | |
- Key:
- On-campus
- Off-Campus
- International students
- Domestic students
This third year, first-semester unit continues the development of mathematical ideas, in particular providing core knowledge in abstract algebra and real analysis. The focus is an appreciation of the unity of algebraic structures appearing across many areas of mathematics and…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Hobart | Semester 1 | | | | |
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- On-campus
- Off-Campus
- International students
- Domestic students
This third year, second-semester unit covers some of the fundamental abstract structures, processes and relationships that underpin all of mathematics. The first half of the unit focuses on the central role groups play in modern algebra together with their application…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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| Hobart | Semester 2 | | | | |
- Key:
- On-campus
- Off-Campus
- International students
- Domestic students
View all details for KMA322 Group Theory and Functional Analysis
This unit gives an overview of some of the key ideas and concepts that underpin modern applied mathematics. There are three distinct elements that will be covered: (i) an introduction to complex analysis, in which we discuss the important theories…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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| Hobart | Semester 1 | | | | |
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- On-campus
- Off-Campus
- International students
- Domestic students
View all details for KMA323 Complex Analysis and Transform Theory
Numerical methods are necessary in science and engineering, because most problems of practical interest are just too difficult to be solved in “closed form”. While many important problems, such as the motion of a mass on a spring etc., have…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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| Hobart | Semester 1 | | | | |
- Key:
- On-campus
- Off-Campus
- International students
- Domestic students
Data Handling and Statistics 3 is the third applied statistics units offered by the School of Natural Sciences (Mathematics). This unit is required in the Statistics and Decision Science major and it provides an extension of the concepts, methods and…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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| Hobart | Semester 1 | | | | |
| Online | Semester 1 | | | | |
- Key:
- On-campus
- Off-Campus
- International students
- Domestic students
Partial differential equations (PDEs) are arise in many areas of applied mathematics; whenever a problem changes continuously in space and in time as, for example, in fluid flow or a description of the spread of a virus, PDEs are inevitably…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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| Hobart | Semester 2 | | | | |
- Key:
- On-campus
- Off-Campus
- International students
- Domestic students
View all details for KMA354 Partial Differential Equations, Applications and Methods 3
This unit equips students with skills in modelling and optimising real world systems using discrete-state-space models and modern optimisation methods. These approaches are fundamental for analysing systems that evolve over time, particularly under uncertainty. Throughout the unit, you will develop…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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| Hobart | Semester 2 | | | | |
- Key:
- On-campus
- Off-Campus
- International students
- Domestic students
Modern statistical modelling (KMA356) is a third year undergraduate unit offered by the School of Natural Sciences (Mathematics). The unit presents modern statistical methods for developing applied models and confronting them with real world data. You will be shown how simulation…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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| Hobart | Semester 2 | | | | |
| Online | Semester 2 | | | | |
- Key:
- On-campus
- Off-Campus
- International students
- Domestic students
This is a physics and mathematics discipline elective unit. Recommended for students doing an Honours in Physics or Applied Mathematics. Suitable unit for graduate students in interdisciplinary applied science who lack theoretical background in dynamical systems. Offered only in odd…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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| Hobart | Semester 2 | | | | |
- Key:
- On-campus
- Off-Campus
- International students
- Domestic students
This is a physics and mathematics discipline elective unit which is recommended for students doing an Honours in Physics or Applied Mathematics. The unit is suitable for graduate students in interdisciplinary applied science who lack theoretical background in fluid mechanics.…
Credit Points: 12.5
This unit enables students to undertake external studies offered by other universities where the subject matter is not provided locally. Students can choose to study one or two courses, with permission from a course coordinator, to gain credit towards their…
Credit Points: 12.5
This unit enables students to undertake external studies offered by other universities where the subject matter is not provided locally. Students can choose to study one or two courses, with permission from a course coordinator, to gain credit towards their…
Credit Points: 12.5
This Honours-level unit provides topics in algebra suitable for advanced undergraduate learning. Specifics may differ slightly from year to year based on staff availability and students’ interests. Topics will be typically chosen from: i) Matrix groups and Lie algebras; ii)…
Credit Points: 12.5
Mathematical analysis is the branch of mathematics dealing with limits and related theories, such as differentiation, integration, measure, infinite series, and analytic functions. This unit offers studies in Advanced Analysis suitable for Honours level. Topics offered may vary from year…
Credit Points: 12.5
This will introduce honours level students to advanced topics in applied mathematics. The topics may vary from year to year depending on student interest and staff availability. Possible topics include: * Solution of systems of ordinary and partial differential equations…
Credit Points: 12.5
View all details for KMA455 Advanced Topics in Applied Mathematics
Discrete mathematics is an important part of every mathematician's armoury: from simple counting, recurrence relations and more advanced combinatorics to graph theory and network analysis: anywhere there are discrete objects and structures, their enumeration and analysis is the domain of…
Credit Points: 12.5
View all details for KMA456 Advanced Topics in Discrete Mathematics
“Mathematics Is Biology's Next Microscope, Only Better; Biology Is Mathematics' Next Physics, Only Better” - Joel E Cohen (2004) The topics covered in this unit may differ slightly from year to year based on staff availability and students’ interests. Topics…
Credit Points: 12.5
View all details for KMA457 Advanced Topics in Mathematical Biology
This Honours-level unit is available for students enrolled in Honours Mathematics, Statistics, or Physics, or by permission of the Unit Coordinator. Students will study modern topics in statistics and operations research. The unit will cover a range of models, examples…
Credit Points: 12.5
View all details for KMA458 Advanced Topics in Statistics and Operations Research
This Honours-level unit is for special topics that are not covered in other units such as KMA453 - KMA458 or externally run units such as those provided by AMSI. It is offered only with sufficient student interest and subject to…
Credit Points: 12.5
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- International students
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View all details for KMA459 Special Topics in Advanced Mathematics
Statistics is the science of decision making and forms a key foundation of scientific research. This unit will present to postgraduate students, that are early in their research studies, a broad range of applied quantitative data analysis techniques. Students will…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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| Hobart | Winter | | | | |
| Online | Winter | | | | |
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- On-campus
- Off-Campus
- International students
- Domestic students
Bioinformatics is a core skill that is desperately needed by practitioners in the life sciences, from health to pathology and epidemiology to fundamental biological research. It is a discipline that brings together tools from mathematics, statistics, and computer science, to…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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| Hobart | Semester 1 | | | | |
- Key:
- On-campus
- Off-Campus
- International students
- Domestic students
Honours enables students to develop independent, cost-effective research skills. This includes the ability to design, budget, manage, and implement research investigations; to record, collate, analyse and summarise data; and to effectively communicate key research outcomes to a high standard…
Credit Points: 25
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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| Cradle Coast | Semester 1 | | | | |
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| Hobart | Semester 1 | | | | |
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| Launceston | Semester 1 | | | | |
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- Key:
- On-campus
- Off-Campus
- International students
- Domestic students
Honours enables students to develop independent, cost-effective research skills. This includes the ability to design, budget, manage, and implement research investigations; to record, collate, analyse and summarise data; and to effectively communicate key research outcomes to a high standard both…
Credit Points: 25
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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| Cradle Coast | Semester 1 | | | | |
| Semester 2 | | | | ||
| Hobart | Semester 1 | | | | |
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| Launceston | Semester 1 | | | | |
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- Key:
- On-campus
- Off-Campus
- International students
- Domestic students
Honours enables students to develop independent, cost-effective research skills. This includes the ability to design, budget, manage, and implement research investigations; to record, collate, analyse and summarise data; and to effectively communicate key research outcomes to a high standard both…
Credit Points: 25
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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| Cradle Coast | Semester 1 | | | | |
| Semester 2 | | | | ||
| Hobart | Semester 1 | | | | |
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| Launceston | Semester 1 | | | | |
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- Key:
- On-campus
- Off-Campus
- International students
- Domestic students
Honours enables students to develop independent, cost-effective research skills. This includes the ability to design, budget, manage, and implement research investigations; to record, collate, analyse and summarise data; and to effectively communicate key research outcomes to a high standard both…
Credit Points: 25
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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| Cradle Coast | Semester 1 | | | | |
| Semester 2 | | | | ||
| Hobart | Semester 1 | | | | |
| Semester 2 | | | | ||
| Launceston | Semester 1 | | | | |
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- Key:
- On-campus
- Off-Campus
- International students
- Domestic students
Administrative unit to be used for recording Honours grades and marks…
Credit Points: 0
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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| Hobart | Semester 1 | | | | |
| Semester 2 | | | | ||
| Launceston | Semester 1 | | | | |
| Semester 2 | | | | ||
- Key:
- On-campus
- Off-Campus
- International students
- Domestic students
Candidates must satisfactorily complete four 25% Honours units.
Honours Co-ordinator: Dino Premilovac
This unit of study aims: (a) to provide training in research, in order to give students a competitive edge in their vocational career path; (b) to provide students with the opportunity to plan, execute, interpret and analyse purposeful experiments, appropriate…
Credit Points: 25
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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| Cradle Coast | Semester 1 | | | | |
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| Hobart | Semester 1 | | | | |
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| Launceston | Semester 1 | | | | |
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| Online | Semester 1 | | | | |
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| Sydney | Semester 1 | | | | |
| Semester 2 | | | | ||
- Key:
- On-campus
- Off-Campus
- International students
- Domestic students
This unit of study aims: (a) to provide training in research, in order to give students a competitive edge in their vocational career path; (b) to provide students with the opportunity to plan, execute, interpret and analyse purposeful experiments, appropriate…
Credit Points: 25
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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| Cradle Coast | Semester 1 | | | | |
| Semester 2 | | | | ||
| Hobart | Semester 1 | | | | |
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| Launceston | Semester 1 | | | | |
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| Online | Semester 1 | | | | |
| Semester 2 | | | | ||
| Sydney | Semester 1 | | | | |
| Semester 2 | | | | ||
- Key:
- On-campus
- Off-Campus
- International students
- Domestic students
This unit of study aims: (a) to provide training in research, in order to give students a competitive edge in their vocational career path; (b) to provide students with the opportunity to plan, execute, interpret and analyse purposeful experiments, appropriate…
Credit Points: 25
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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| Cradle Coast | Semester 1 | | | | |
| Semester 2 | | | | ||
| Hobart | Semester 1 | | | | |
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| Launceston | Semester 1 | | | | |
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| Online | Semester 1 | | | | |
| Semester 2 | | | | ||
| Sydney | Semester 1 | | | | |
| Semester 2 | | | | ||
- Key:
- On-campus
- Off-Campus
- International students
- Domestic students
This unit of study aims: (a) to provide training in research, in order to give students a competitive edge in their vocational career path; (b) to provide students with the opportunity to plan, execute, interpret and analyse purposeful experiments, appropriate…
Credit Points: 25
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cradle Coast | Semester 1 | | | | |
| Semester 2 | | | | ||
| Hobart | Semester 1 | | | | |
| Semester 2 | | | | ||
| Launceston | Semester 1 | | | | |
| Semester 2 | | | | ||
| Online | Semester 1 | | | | |
| Semester 2 | | | | ||
| Sydney | Semester 1 | | | | |
| Semester 2 | | | | ||
- Key:
- On-campus
- Off-Campus
- International students
- Domestic students
Administrative unit to be used for recording Honours grades and marks…
Credit Points: 0
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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| Hobart | Semester 1 | | | | |
| Semester 2 | | | | ||
| Launceston | Semester 1 | | | | |
| Semester 2 | | | | ||
- Key:
- On-campus
- Off-Campus
- International students
- Domestic students
Candidates must satisfactorily complete:
- four coursework 12.5% elective units;
- a research dissertation over two 25% units (KNS400, KNS401).
Honours Co-ordinator: Prof. Anya Reading
Honours in Physics provides a pathway to graduate careers in many scientific and quantitative professions, including industry and government roles. It is also a pathway to higher degree by research (Master or PhD) in physics or related fields. Carrying out a research project is at the heart of the Honours year, and the University of Tasmania typically offers projects in Astronomy, Astrophysics, Cosmology, Space Sciences, Geodesy, Geophysics as well as other fields of physics. Students select 4 elective units to support their ongoing learning in physics and related mathematics/statistical subjects, where lecturers and project supervisors are internationally regarded experts in their fields. A considerable proportion of self-motivated learning and research is expected at Honours level in physics, supported by an inclusive and friendly environment.
This unit represents 25% of the work to satisfy the requirements of Bachelor of Science with Honours. Intending Honours students should first consult the Honours Coordinator and potential supervisors well before the end of the final year of their undergraduate…
Credit Points: 25
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobart | Semester 1 | | | | |
| Semester 2 | | | | ||
- Key:
- On-campus
- Off-Campus
- International students
- Domestic students
This unit represents 25% of the work to satisfy the requirements of Bachelor of Science with Honours. Intending Honours students should first consult the Honours Coordinator and potential supervisors well before the end of the final year of their undergraduate…
Credit Points: 25
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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| Hobart | Semester 1 | | | | |
| Semester 2 | | | | ||
- Key:
- On-campus
- Off-Campus
- International students
- Domestic students
Administrative unit to be used for recording Honours grades and marks…
Credit Points: 0
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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| Hobart | Semester 1 | | | | |
| Semester 2 | | | | ||
| Launceston | Semester 1 | | | | |
| Semester 2 | | | | ||
- Key:
- On-campus
- Off-Campus
- International students
- Domestic students
The unit equips students to proficiently analyse real-world systems with inherent uncertainties using contemporary probability models. Skills and knowledge gained will be applicable to a broad spectrum of scientific and industrial challenges. It deepens understanding through both theory and practice,…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobart | Semester 1 | | | | |
| Online | Semester 1 | | | | |
- Key:
- On-campus
- Off-Campus
- International students
- Domestic students
This third year, first-semester unit continues the development of mathematical ideas, in particular providing core knowledge in abstract algebra and real analysis. The focus is an appreciation of the unity of algebraic structures appearing across many areas of mathematics and…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobart | Semester 1 | | | | |
- Key:
- On-campus
- Off-Campus
- International students
- Domestic students
This third year, second-semester unit covers some of the fundamental abstract structures, processes and relationships that underpin all of mathematics. The first half of the unit focuses on the central role groups play in modern algebra together with their application…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobart | Semester 2 | | | | |
- Key:
- On-campus
- Off-Campus
- International students
- Domestic students
View all details for KMA322 Group Theory and Functional Analysis
This unit gives an overview of some of the key ideas and concepts that underpin modern applied mathematics. There are three distinct elements that will be covered: (i) an introduction to complex analysis, in which we discuss the important theories…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobart | Semester 1 | | | | |
- Key:
- On-campus
- Off-Campus
- International students
- Domestic students
View all details for KMA323 Complex Analysis and Transform Theory
Numerical methods are necessary in science and engineering, because most problems of practical interest are just too difficult to be solved in “closed form”. While many important problems, such as the motion of a mass on a spring etc., have…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobart | Semester 1 | | | | |
- Key:
- On-campus
- Off-Campus
- International students
- Domestic students
Data Handling and Statistics 3 is the third applied statistics units offered by the School of Natural Sciences (Mathematics). This unit is required in the Statistics and Decision Science major and it provides an extension of the concepts, methods and…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobart | Semester 1 | | | | |
| Online | Semester 1 | | | | |
- Key:
- On-campus
- Off-Campus
- International students
- Domestic students
Partial differential equations (PDEs) are arise in many areas of applied mathematics; whenever a problem changes continuously in space and in time as, for example, in fluid flow or a description of the spread of a virus, PDEs are inevitably…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobart | Semester 2 | | | | |
- Key:
- On-campus
- Off-Campus
- International students
- Domestic students
View all details for KMA354 Partial Differential Equations, Applications and Methods 3
This unit equips students with skills in modelling and optimising real world systems using discrete-state-space models and modern optimisation methods. These approaches are fundamental for analysing systems that evolve over time, particularly under uncertainty. Throughout the unit, you will develop…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobart | Semester 2 | | | | |
- Key:
- On-campus
- Off-Campus
- International students
- Domestic students
Modern statistical modelling (KMA356) is a third year undergraduate unit offered by the School of Natural Sciences (Mathematics). The unit presents modern statistical methods for developing applied models and confronting them with real world data. You will be shown how simulation…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobart | Semester 2 | | | | |
| Online | Semester 2 | | | | |
- Key:
- On-campus
- Off-Campus
- International students
- Domestic students
Statistics is the science of decision making and forms a key foundation of scientific research. This unit will present to postgraduate students, that are early in their research studies, a broad range of applied quantitative data analysis techniques. Students will…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobart | Winter | | | | |
| Online | Winter | | | | |
- Key:
- On-campus
- Off-Campus
- International students
- Domestic students
Stellar and Planetary Physics is an advanced unit in the Physics Major focusing on the production of energy in stars and the structure and energy balance of planets, including the Earth-Sun system and the physics of climate. Different sections of…
Credit Points: 12.5
Astrophysics is the investigation of the Universe. It enables us to study the behaviour of matter in extreme environments that cannot be replicated on Earth. In this unit you will study the solar system, stars, stellar evolution, collapsed objects such…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobart | Semester 1 | | | | |
- Key:
- On-campus
- Off-Campus
- International students
- Domestic students
View all details for KYA306 Galactic and Extragalactic Astrophysics
This is a physics and mathematics discipline elective unit. Recommended for students doing an Honours in Physics or Applied Mathematics. Suitable unit for graduate students in interdisciplinary applied science who lack theoretical background in dynamical systems. Offered only in odd…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobart | Semester 2 | | | | |
- Key:
- On-campus
- Off-Campus
- International students
- Domestic students
This is a physics and mathematics discipline elective unit which is recommended for students doing an Honours in Physics or Applied Mathematics. The unit is suitable for graduate students in interdisciplinary applied science who lack theoretical background in fluid mechanics.…
Credit Points: 12.5
The objective of this course is to provide a thorough grounding in statistical physics and solid state physics. Statistical physics describes the structure of bulk matter - solids, liquids, gases, plasmas - in terms of very general assumptions about the…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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| Hobart | Semester 2 | | | | |
- Key:
- On-campus
- Off-Campus
- International students
- Domestic students
View all details for KYA322 Statistical Physics and Solid State Physics
Atomic and Nuclear Physics is an advanced unit in the physics major designed for students majoring in physics and explores the extension of foundational quantum mechanics to real-world systems, providing the foundational knowledge and practical skills required for solving problems in…
Credit Points: 12.5
This Honours level unit will be taught as part of the coursework component of the respective degree. Honours students have some degree of flexibility in choosing their units, and should consult with their project supervisor for the most appropriate choices.…
Credit Points: 12.5
View all details for KYA407 Experimental Astrophysics, Geodesy and Geophysics
KYA424 (General Relativity) is an elective coursework unit designed for Physics and Mathematics Honours students. In this unit, you will learn the theoretical foundations and modern applications of Einstein’s theory of gravity. You will develop the mathematical framework of spacetime,…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobart | Semester 1 | | | | |
- Key:
- On-campus
- Off-Campus
- International students
- Domestic students
This unit is an elective coursework unit aimed at students enrolled in honours in physics. The objective is to provide a thorough grounding in the theoretical underpinnings and modern observational understanding of advanced topics in astrophysics including plasma physics, exoplanets,…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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| Hobart | Semester 1 | | | | |
- Key:
- On-campus
- Off-Campus
- International students
- Domestic students
Candidates must satisfactorily complete four 25% Honours Research units.
Honours Co-ordinator: Elizabeth Wandrag
This unit represents 25% of the work to satisfy the requirements of Bachelor of Science with Honours. Intending Honours students should first consult the Honours Coordinator and potential supervisors well before the end of the final year of their undergraduate…
Credit Points: 25
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobart | Semester 1 | | | | |
| Semester 2 | | | | ||
- Key:
- On-campus
- Off-Campus
- International students
- Domestic students
This unit represents 25% of the work to satisfy the requirements of Bachelor of Science with Honours. Intending Honours students should first consult the Honours Coordinator and potential supervisors well before the end of the final year of their undergraduate…
Credit Points: 25
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobart | Semester 1 | | | | |
| Semester 2 | | | | ||
- Key:
- On-campus
- Off-Campus
- International students
- Domestic students
This unit represents 25% of the work to satisfy the requirements of Bachelor of Science with Honours. Intending Honours students should first consult the Honours Coordinator and potential supervisors well before the end of the final year of their undergraduate…
Credit Points: 25
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobart | Semester 1 | | | | |
| Semester 2 | | | | ||
- Key:
- On-campus
- Off-Campus
- International students
- Domestic students
This unit represents 25% of the work to satisfy the requirements of Bachelor of Science with Honours. Intending Honours students should first consult the Honours Coordinator and potential supervisors well before the end of the final year of their undergraduate…
Credit Points: 25
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobart | Semester 1 | | | | |
| Semester 2 | | | | ||
- Key:
- On-campus
- Off-Campus
- International students
- Domestic students
Administrative unit to be used for recording Honours grades and marks…
Credit Points: 0
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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| Hobart | Semester 1 | | | | |
| Semester 2 | | | | ||
| Launceston | Semester 1 | | | | |
| Semester 2 | | | | ||
- Key:
- On-campus
- Off-Campus
- International students
- Domestic students
Candidates must satisfactorily complete:
- four coursework 12.5% elective units;
- a research dissertation over two 25% units (KNS400, KNS401).
The coursework elective units are subject to the following conditions:
- A maximum of two third year mathematics units not already completed;
- A maximum of two third- or fourth-year units from outside mathematics, subject to approval by the project supervisor and honours coordinator;
- A maximum of two units from the Australian Mathematical Sciences Institute (AMSI), students will be enrolled in shell units KAA4x1, KAA4x2 to indicate enrolment in AMSI units after discussion with the honours coordinator;
- Additional variations subject to approval by the project supervisor and honours coordinator.
Honours Co-ordinator: Jeremy Sumner
This unit represents 25% of the work to satisfy the requirements of Bachelor of Science with Honours. Intending Honours students should first consult the Honours Coordinator and potential supervisors well before the end of the final year of their undergraduate…
Credit Points: 25
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobart | Semester 1 | | | | |
| Semester 2 | | | | ||
- Key:
- On-campus
- Off-Campus
- International students
- Domestic students
This unit represents 25% of the work to satisfy the requirements of Bachelor of Science with Honours. Intending Honours students should first consult the Honours Coordinator and potential supervisors well before the end of the final year of their undergraduate…
Credit Points: 25
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobart | Semester 1 | | | | |
| Semester 2 | | | | ||
- Key:
- On-campus
- Off-Campus
- International students
- Domestic students
Administrative unit to be used for recording Honours grades and marks…
Credit Points: 0
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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| Hobart | Semester 1 | | | | |
| Semester 2 | | | | ||
| Launceston | Semester 1 | | | | |
| Semester 2 | | | | ||
- Key:
- On-campus
- Off-Campus
- International students
- Domestic students
The unit equips students to proficiently analyse real-world systems with inherent uncertainties using contemporary probability models. Skills and knowledge gained will be applicable to a broad spectrum of scientific and industrial challenges. It deepens understanding through both theory and practice,…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobart | Semester 1 | | | | |
| Online | Semester 1 | | | | |
- Key:
- On-campus
- Off-Campus
- International students
- Domestic students
This third year, first-semester unit continues the development of mathematical ideas, in particular providing core knowledge in abstract algebra and real analysis. The focus is an appreciation of the unity of algebraic structures appearing across many areas of mathematics and…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobart | Semester 1 | | | | |
- Key:
- On-campus
- Off-Campus
- International students
- Domestic students
This third year, second-semester unit covers some of the fundamental abstract structures, processes and relationships that underpin all of mathematics. The first half of the unit focuses on the central role groups play in modern algebra together with their application…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobart | Semester 2 | | | | |
- Key:
- On-campus
- Off-Campus
- International students
- Domestic students
View all details for KMA322 Group Theory and Functional Analysis
This unit gives an overview of some of the key ideas and concepts that underpin modern applied mathematics. There are three distinct elements that will be covered: (i) an introduction to complex analysis, in which we discuss the important theories…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobart | Semester 1 | | | | |
- Key:
- On-campus
- Off-Campus
- International students
- Domestic students
View all details for KMA323 Complex Analysis and Transform Theory
Numerical methods are necessary in science and engineering, because most problems of practical interest are just too difficult to be solved in “closed form”. While many important problems, such as the motion of a mass on a spring etc., have…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobart | Semester 1 | | | | |
- Key:
- On-campus
- Off-Campus
- International students
- Domestic students
Data Handling and Statistics 3 is the third applied statistics units offered by the School of Natural Sciences (Mathematics). This unit is required in the Statistics and Decision Science major and it provides an extension of the concepts, methods and…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobart | Semester 1 | | | | |
| Online | Semester 1 | | | | |
- Key:
- On-campus
- Off-Campus
- International students
- Domestic students
Partial differential equations (PDEs) are arise in many areas of applied mathematics; whenever a problem changes continuously in space and in time as, for example, in fluid flow or a description of the spread of a virus, PDEs are inevitably…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobart | Semester 2 | | | | |
- Key:
- On-campus
- Off-Campus
- International students
- Domestic students
View all details for KMA354 Partial Differential Equations, Applications and Methods 3
This unit equips students with skills in modelling and optimising real world systems using discrete-state-space models and modern optimisation methods. These approaches are fundamental for analysing systems that evolve over time, particularly under uncertainty. Throughout the unit, you will develop…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobart | Semester 2 | | | | |
- Key:
- On-campus
- Off-Campus
- International students
- Domestic students
Modern statistical modelling (KMA356) is a third year undergraduate unit offered by the School of Natural Sciences (Mathematics). The unit presents modern statistical methods for developing applied models and confronting them with real world data. You will be shown how simulation…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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| Hobart | Semester 2 | | | | |
| Online | Semester 2 | | | | |
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This unit enables students to undertake external studies offered by other universities where the subject matter is not provided locally. Students can choose to study one or two courses, with permission from a course coordinator, to gain credit towards their…
Credit Points: 12.5
This unit enables students to undertake external studies offered by other universities where the subject matter is not provided locally. Students can choose to study one or two courses, with permission from a course coordinator, to gain credit towards their…
Credit Points: 12.5
This Honours-level unit provides topics in algebra suitable for advanced undergraduate learning. Specifics may differ slightly from year to year based on staff availability and students’ interests. Topics will be typically chosen from: i) Matrix groups and Lie algebras; ii)…
Credit Points: 12.5
Mathematical analysis is the branch of mathematics dealing with limits and related theories, such as differentiation, integration, measure, infinite series, and analytic functions. This unit offers studies in Advanced Analysis suitable for Honours level. Topics offered may vary from year…
Credit Points: 12.5
This will introduce honours level students to advanced topics in applied mathematics. The topics may vary from year to year depending on student interest and staff availability. Possible topics include: * Solution of systems of ordinary and partial differential equations…
Credit Points: 12.5
View all details for KMA455 Advanced Topics in Applied Mathematics
Discrete mathematics is an important part of every mathematician's armoury: from simple counting, recurrence relations and more advanced combinatorics to graph theory and network analysis: anywhere there are discrete objects and structures, their enumeration and analysis is the domain of…
Credit Points: 12.5
View all details for KMA456 Advanced Topics in Discrete Mathematics
“Mathematics Is Biology's Next Microscope, Only Better; Biology Is Mathematics' Next Physics, Only Better” - Joel E Cohen (2004) The topics covered in this unit may differ slightly from year to year based on staff availability and students’ interests. Topics…
Credit Points: 12.5
View all details for KMA457 Advanced Topics in Mathematical Biology
This Honours-level unit is available for students enrolled in Honours Mathematics, Statistics, or Physics, or by permission of the Unit Coordinator. Students will study modern topics in statistics and operations research. The unit will cover a range of models, examples…
Credit Points: 12.5
View all details for KMA458 Advanced Topics in Statistics and Operations Research
This Honours-level unit is for special topics that are not covered in other units such as KMA453 - KMA458 or externally run units such as those provided by AMSI. It is offered only with sufficient student interest and subject to…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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| Hobart | Semester 1 | | | | |
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View all details for KMA459 Special Topics in Advanced Mathematics
Statistics is the science of decision making and forms a key foundation of scientific research. This unit will present to postgraduate students, that are early in their research studies, a broad range of applied quantitative data analysis techniques. Students will…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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| Hobart | Winter | | | | |
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Bioinformatics is a core skill that is desperately needed by practitioners in the life sciences, from health to pathology and epidemiology to fundamental biological research. It is a discipline that brings together tools from mathematics, statistics, and computer science, to…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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| Hobart | Semester 1 | | | | |
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Candidates must satisfactorily complete four 25% Honours Research units.
Honours Co-ordinator: Elizabeth Wandrag
This unit represents 25% of the work to satisfy the requirements of Bachelor of Science with Honours. Intending Honours students should first consult the Honours Coordinator and potential supervisors well before the end of the final year of their undergraduate…
Credit Points: 25
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This unit represents 25% of the work to satisfy the requirements of Bachelor of Science with Honours. Intending Honours students should first consult the Honours Coordinator and potential supervisors well before the end of the final year of their undergraduate…
Credit Points: 25
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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| Hobart | Semester 1 | | | | |
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- International students
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This unit represents 25% of the work to satisfy the requirements of Bachelor of Science with Honours. Intending Honours students should first consult the Honours Coordinator and potential supervisors well before the end of the final year of their undergraduate…
Credit Points: 25
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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| Hobart | Semester 1 | | | | |
| Semester 2 | | | | ||
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- International students
- Domestic students
This unit represents 25% of the work to satisfy the requirements of Bachelor of Science with Honours. Intending Honours students should first consult the Honours Coordinator and potential supervisors well before the end of the final year of their undergraduate…
Credit Points: 25
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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| Hobart | Semester 1 | | | | |
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Administrative unit to be used for recording Honours grades and marks…
Credit Points: 0
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| Hobart | Semester 1 | | | | |
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| Launceston | Semester 1 | | | | |
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Entry requirements
Bachelor of Science degree or equivalent with prerequisites in the specialisation of study. Admission is subject to appropriate supervision being available. Graduates from other universities with prerequisites acceptable to the College may be accepted as candidates for the Bachelor of Science with Honours degree.
Admission to Honours courses at the University of Tasmania require qualifications equivalent to an Australian bachelor degree. Applicants must achieve the required grade in their qualifying studies, meet any prerequisite subjects and the English language requirements to be eligible for an offer. Admission is conditional on research project and supervisor availability.
English Language Requirements
For students who do not meet the English Language Requirement through citizenship or prior studies in English in an approved country, evidence of an approved English language test completed within the last 2 years must be provided. See the English Language Requirements page for more information.
Course Specific Requirements
Bachelor of Science degree or equivalent with prerequisites in the specialisation of study. Admission is subject to appropriate supervision being available. Graduates from other universities with prerequisites acceptable to the College may be accepted as candidates for the Bachelor of Science with Honours degree.
Articulation from: Students can articulate into the BSc (Hons) from the BSc offered at UTAS.
Articulation to: Students can articulate into a PhD or MSc.
Detailed admissions information and advice for all undergraduate courses, including comprehensive, course-level student profiles, is available from UTAS Admissions.
Fees & scholarships
Domestic students
Commonwealth supported places (CSP) are available for this course. For eligible domestic students, this means your fees will be subsidised by the Australian Government. You’ll only need to pay the student contribution amount for each unit you study within the course.
Commonwealth Supported Place indicative annual fee: $9,272
How is this calculated?
This is an estimate. The calculation is based on the average full-time enrolment for this course in 2026. All figures are indicative only for 2027. Actual tuition fees will depend on specific unit enrolment, and are subject to annual increases each year. You can find the complete fee details for each unit of study on the individual unit pages. The units for this course are found in the course structure section of this page.
These figures do not include other costs such as the Student Services and Amenities Fee (SSAF). For further information, please visit Scholarships, fees and costs.
HECS-HELP loans
You may be able to defer payment of the student contribution amount by accessing a HECS-HELP loan from the Government. If eligible, you’ll only have to pay your tuition fees once you start earning above a specific amount.
Further information on student loans and a CSP eligibility checker can be found at Australian Government Study Assist.
International students
2027 annual international student tuition fee: $44,950 AUD
The standard year of study for this course is 100 credit points.
Indicative total tuition fee for international students: $ 44,950 AUD.
This total tuition fee is indicative only. Please visit fees and costs for further information on how this is calculated.
International students are charged the Student Services and Amenities Fee but this fee is incorporated in the annual rate. International students do not have to make any additional SSAF payments.
Domestic scholarships
For information on general scholarships available at the University of Tasmania, please visit the scholarships website.
International scholarships
The University of Tasmania offers a range of scholarships for full fee-paying international students, designed to recognise academic merit and support access to university study.
For many of our international scholarships you will be automatically assessed when you submit your International Student Application, meaning no separate scholarship application is required. Some scholarships may require additional application steps. Explore our International Scholarships to learn more about available opportunities and application requirements.
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