Overview 2024
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Course objectives
The course aims to provide:
- advanced training in the major area of the student's pass degree,
- opportunity for training in research, to prepare candidates for further research study, eg MSc and PhD programs and employment in research organisations, and
- in-depth knowledge in a single area of science.
Learning Outcomes
Career outcomes
Honours graduates are highly competitive for professional careers in their area of specialisation.
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.
Honours candidates are accepted in:
Honours Specialisations
Chemistry
Candidates must satisfactorily complete four 25% Honours units.
Honours Co-ordinator: Associate Professor Alex Bissember
Compulsory Units
The honours program in chemistry is a one-year course, comprising broad training associated with a research-based project and some advanced coursework. The whole program is conducted under the KRA426 - 429 (for BSc) or KRA438 - 441 (for BBiotechMedRes) unit…
Credit Points: 25
Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
Launceston | Semester 1 | ||||
Launceston | Semester 2 |
The honours program in chemistry is a one-year course, comprising broad training associated with a research-based project and some advanced coursework. The whole program is conducted under the KRA426 - 429 (for BSc) or KRA438 - 441 (for BBiotechMedRes) unit…
Credit Points: 25
Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
Launceston | Semester 1 | ||||
Launceston | Semester 2 |
The honours program in chemistry is a one-year course, comprising broad training associated with a research-based project and some advanced coursework. The whole program is conducted under the KRA426 - 429 (for BSc) or KRA438 - 441 (for BBiotechMedRes) unit…
Credit Points: 25
Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
Launceston | Semester 1 | ||||
Launceston | Semester 2 |
The honours program in chemistry is a one-year course, comprising broad training associated with a research-based project and some advanced coursework. The whole program is conducted under the KRA426 - 429 (for BSc) or KRA438 - 441 (for BBiotechMedRes) unit…
Credit Points: 25
Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
Launceston | Semester 1 | ||||
Launceston | Semester 2 |
Administrative unit to be used for recording Honours grades and marks…
Credit Points: 0
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Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
Hobart | Summer school | ||||
Launceston | Semester 1 | ||||
Launceston | Semester 2 | ||||
Launceston | Summer school (early) |
Earth Sciences
Candidates must satisfactorily complete:
- two coursework 12.5% elective units;
- a research dissertation over three 25% units (KEA425, KEA426, KEA427).
Honours Co-ordinator: Dr Indrani Mukherjee
Compulsory Units
The Honours course in Geology at the University of Tasmania runs over a period of 40 weeks. Coursework components vary depending on the individual, and may include units taken within or outside the Discipline of Earth Sciences. The course is…
Credit Points: 25
Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
Hobart | Semester 2 |
The Honours course in Geology at the University of Tasmania runs over a period of 40 weeks. Coursework components vary depending on the individual, and may include units taken within or outside the Discipline of Earth Sciences. The course is…
Credit Points: 25
Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
Hobart | Semester 2 |
The Honours course in Geology at the University of Tasmania runs over a period of 40 weeks. Coursework components vary depending on the individual, and may include units taken within or outside the Discipline of Earth Sciences. The course is…
Credit Points: 25
Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
Hobart | Semester 2 |
Administrative unit to be used for recording Honours grades and marks…
Credit Points: 0
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Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
Hobart | Summer school | ||||
Launceston | Semester 1 | ||||
Launceston | Semester 2 | ||||
Launceston | Summer school (early) |
Choose 2 from
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 | ||||
Hobart | Semester 2 |
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 | ||||
Hobart | Semester 2 |
View all details for KEA402 Advanced Topics in Economic Geology
This unit is compulsory for Honours in Earth Sciences students who specialise in Environmental Geosciences, and is optional for students specialising in Earth Sciences, Economic Geology or Geophysics. This unit introduces students to advanced topics in Environmental Geoscience, including field…
Credit Points: 12.5
Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
Hobart | Semester 2 |
View all details for KEA403 Advanced Topics in Environmental Geoscience
This unit is compulsory for Honours in Earth Sciences students who specialise in Geophysics, and is optional for students specialising in Earth Sciences, Economic Geology or Environmental Geosciences. This unit introduces students to specialist topics in Geophysics, including field techniques,…
Credit Points: 12.5
Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
Hobart | Semester 2 |
Ecology
Candidates must satisfactorily complete four 25% Biological Sciences 4 (Honours) units.
Honours Co-ordinator: Associate Professor Eloise Foo
Compulsory Units
Intending Honours students should first consult the Honours Coordinator and potential supervisors before the end of the final year of their undergraduate course. The Honours course starts either in the first week of February with a thesis being submitted by…
Credit Points: 25
Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
Hobart | Semester 2 |
View all details for KPZ405 Biological Sciences 4 (Honours) A
Intending Honours students should first consult the Honours Coordinator and potential supervisors before the end of the final year of their undergraduate course. The Honours course starts either in the first week of February with a thesis being submitted by…
Credit Points: 25
Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
Hobart | Semester 2 |
View all details for KPZ406 Biological Sciences 4 (Honours) B
Intending Honours students should first consult the Honours Coordinator and potential supervisors before the end of the final year of their undergraduate course. The Honours course starts either in the first week of February with a thesis being submitted by…
Credit Points: 25
Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
Hobart | Semester 2 |
View all details for KPZ407 Biological Sciences 4 (Honours) C
Intending Honours students should first consult the Honours Coordinator and potential supervisors before the end of the final year of their undergraduate course. The Honours course starts either in the first week of February with a thesis being submitted by…
Credit Points: 25
Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
Hobart | Semester 2 |
View all details for KPZ408 Biological Sciences 4 (Honours) D
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 | ||||
Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
Hobart | Summer school | ||||
Launceston | Semester 1 | ||||
Launceston | Semester 2 | ||||
Launceston | Summer school (early) |
Economic Geology
Candidates must satisfactorily complete:
- two coursework 12.5% elective units;
- a research dissertation over three 25% units (KEA425, KEA426, KEA427).
Honours Co-ordinator: Dr Indrani Mukherjee
Compulsory Units
The Honours course in Geology at the University of Tasmania runs over a period of 40 weeks. Coursework components vary depending on the individual, and may include units taken within or outside the Discipline of Earth Sciences. The course is…
Credit Points: 25
Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
Hobart | Semester 2 |
The Honours course in Geology at the University of Tasmania runs over a period of 40 weeks. Coursework components vary depending on the individual, and may include units taken within or outside the Discipline of Earth Sciences. The course is…
Credit Points: 25
Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
Hobart | Semester 2 |
The Honours course in Geology at the University of Tasmania runs over a period of 40 weeks. Coursework components vary depending on the individual, and may include units taken within or outside the Discipline of Earth Sciences. The course is…
Credit Points: 25
Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
Hobart | Semester 2 |
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 | ||||
Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
Hobart | Summer school | ||||
Launceston | Semester 1 | ||||
Launceston | Semester 2 | ||||
Launceston | Summer school (early) |
Choose 2 from
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 | ||||
Hobart | Semester 2 |
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 | ||||
Hobart | Semester 2 |
View all details for KEA402 Advanced Topics in Economic Geology
This unit is compulsory for Honours in Earth Sciences students who specialise in Environmental Geosciences, and is optional for students specialising in Earth Sciences, Economic Geology or Geophysics. This unit introduces students to advanced topics in Environmental Geoscience, including field…
Credit Points: 12.5
Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
Hobart | Semester 2 |
View all details for KEA403 Advanced Topics in Environmental Geoscience
This unit is compulsory for Honours in Earth Sciences students who specialise in Geophysics, and is optional for students specialising in Earth Sciences, Economic Geology or Environmental Geosciences. This unit introduces students to specialist topics in Geophysics, including field techniques,…
Credit Points: 12.5
Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
Hobart | Semester 2 |
Environmental Geoscience
Candidates must satisfactorily complete:
- two coursework 12.5% elective units;
- a research dissertation over three 25% units (KEA425, KEA426, KEA427).
Honours Co-ordinator: Dr Indrani Mukherjee
Compulsory Units
The Honours course in Geology at the University of Tasmania runs over a period of 40 weeks. Coursework components vary depending on the individual, and may include units taken within or outside the Discipline of Earth Sciences. The course is…
Credit Points: 25
Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
Hobart | Semester 2 |
The Honours course in Geology at the University of Tasmania runs over a period of 40 weeks. Coursework components vary depending on the individual, and may include units taken within or outside the Discipline of Earth Sciences. The course is…
Credit Points: 25
Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
Hobart | Semester 2 |
The Honours course in Geology at the University of Tasmania runs over a period of 40 weeks. Coursework components vary depending on the individual, and may include units taken within or outside the Discipline of Earth Sciences. The course is…
Credit Points: 25
Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
Hobart | Semester 2 |
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 | ||||
Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
Hobart | Summer school | ||||
Launceston | Semester 1 | ||||
Launceston | Semester 2 | ||||
Launceston | Summer school (early) |
Choose 2 from
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 | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
Hobart | Semester 2 |
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 | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
Hobart | Semester 2 |
View all details for KEA402 Advanced Topics in Economic Geology
This unit is compulsory for Honours in Earth Sciences students who specialise in Environmental Geosciences, and is optional for students specialising in Earth Sciences, Economic Geology or Geophysics. This unit introduces students to advanced topics in Environmental Geoscience, including field…
Credit Points: 12.5
Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
Hobart | Semester 2 |
View all details for KEA403 Advanced Topics in Environmental Geoscience
This unit is compulsory for Honours in Earth Sciences students who specialise in Geophysics, and is optional for students specialising in Earth Sciences, Economic Geology or Environmental Geosciences. This unit introduces students to specialist topics in Geophysics, including field techniques,…
Credit Points: 12.5
Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
Hobart | Semester 2 |
Environmental Remediation
Candidates must satisfactorily complete four 25% Honours units.
Honours Co-ordinator: Associate Professor Alex Bissember
Compulsory Units
The honours program in chemistry is a one-year course, comprising broad training associated with a research-based project and some advanced coursework. The whole program is conducted under the KRA426 - 429 (for BSc) or KRA438 - 441 (for BBiotechMedRes) unit…
Credit Points: 25
Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
Launceston | Semester 1 | ||||
Launceston | Semester 2 |
The honours program in chemistry is a one-year course, comprising broad training associated with a research-based project and some advanced coursework. The whole program is conducted under the KRA426 - 429 (for BSc) or KRA438 - 441 (for BBiotechMedRes) unit…
Credit Points: 25
Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
Launceston | Semester 1 | ||||
Launceston | Semester 2 |
The honours program in chemistry is a one-year course, comprising broad training associated with a research-based project and some advanced coursework. The whole program is conducted under the KRA426 - 429 (for BSc) or KRA438 - 441 (for BBiotechMedRes) unit…
Credit Points: 25
Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
Launceston | Semester 1 | ||||
Launceston | Semester 2 |
The unit will develop knowledge and skills in research oriented towards environmental science. Research training will be provided through workshops, seminars and completion of a research project in an appropriate area of environmental science. Students will be required to further…
Credit Points: 25
This unit is currently unavailable.
View all details for KRA430 Bachelor of Environmental Science Honours in Chemistry A
Administrative unit to be used for recording Honours grades and marks…
Credit Points: 0
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Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
Hobart | Summer school | ||||
Launceston | Semester 1 | ||||
Launceston | Semester 2 | ||||
Launceston | Summer school (early) |
Food Safety and Innovation
Compulsory Units
The Honours program enables students to develop independent research skills, project planning and management skills, high level verbal and written communication skills and subject specific knowledge in their chosen area of specialism. Students will be permitted to enrol in honours…
Credit Points: 25
Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
Launceston | Semester 1 | ||||
Launceston | Semester 2 | ||||
Cradle Coast | Semester 1 | ||||
Cradle Coast | Semester 2 |
The Honours program enables students to develop independent research skills, project planning and management skills, high level verbal and written communication skills and subject specific knowledge in their chosen area of specialism. Students will be permitted to enrol in honours…
Credit Points: 25
Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
Launceston | Semester 1 | ||||
Launceston | Semester 2 | ||||
Cradle Coast | Semester 1 | ||||
Cradle Coast | Semester 2 |
The Honours program enables students to develop independent research skills, project planning and management skills, high level verbal and written communication skills and subject specific knowledge in their chosen area of specialism. Students will be permitted to enrol in honours…
Credit Points: 25
Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
Launceston | Semester 1 | ||||
Launceston | Semester 2 | ||||
Cradle Coast | Semester 1 | ||||
Cradle Coast | Semester 2 |
The Honours program enables students to develop independent research skills, project planning and management skills, high level verbal and written communication skills and subject specific knowledge in their chosen area of specialism. Students will be permitted to enrol in honours…
Credit Points: 25
Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
Launceston | Semester 1 | ||||
Launceston | Semester 2 | ||||
Cradle Coast | Semester 1 | ||||
Cradle Coast | Semester 2 |
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 | ||||
Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
Hobart | Summer school | ||||
Launceston | Semester 1 | ||||
Launceston | Semester 2 | ||||
Launceston | Summer school (early) |
Genetics
Candidates must satisfactorily complete four 25% Biological Sciences 4 (Honours) units.
Honours Co-ordinator: Associate Professor Eloise Foo
Compulsory Units
Intending Honours students should first consult the Honours Coordinator and potential supervisors before the end of the final year of their undergraduate course. The Honours course starts either in the first week of February with a thesis being submitted by…
Credit Points: 25
Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
Hobart | Semester 2 |
View all details for KPZ405 Biological Sciences 4 (Honours) A
Intending Honours students should first consult the Honours Coordinator and potential supervisors before the end of the final year of their undergraduate course. The Honours course starts either in the first week of February with a thesis being submitted by…
Credit Points: 25
Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
Hobart | Semester 2 |
View all details for KPZ406 Biological Sciences 4 (Honours) B
Intending Honours students should first consult the Honours Coordinator and potential supervisors before the end of the final year of their undergraduate course. The Honours course starts either in the first week of February with a thesis being submitted by…
Credit Points: 25
Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
Hobart | Semester 2 |
View all details for KPZ407 Biological Sciences 4 (Honours) C
Intending Honours students should first consult the Honours Coordinator and potential supervisors before the end of the final year of their undergraduate course. The Honours course starts either in the first week of February with a thesis being submitted by…
Credit Points: 25
Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
Hobart | Semester 2 |
View all details for KPZ408 Biological Sciences 4 (Honours) D
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 | ||||
Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
Hobart | Summer school | ||||
Launceston | Semester 1 | ||||
Launceston | Semester 2 | ||||
Launceston | Summer school (early) |
Geography and Environment
Candidates must satisfactorily complete:
- three 25% research dissertation units (KGA436, KGA437, KGA438);
- KGA461 and KGA452 or alternative coursework units as approved by the Honours Co-ordinator.
Honours Co-ordinator: Dr Luke Wallace
Compulsory Units
This unit is the first of three honours units that is related to the construction of your major research work. In this unit you will work with your supervisor and the honours coordinator to propose your research activities as part…
Credit Points: 25
Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
Launceston | Semester 1 | ||||
Launceston | Semester 2 | ||||
Online | Semester 1 | ||||
Online | Semester 2 |
This unit is the second of three that are dedicated to supporting the development of your honours research project. In this unit you will continue to advance your research work with your supervisor and you will also participate in semi…
Credit Points: 25
Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
Launceston | Semester 1 | ||||
Launceston | Semester 2 | ||||
Online | Semester 1 | ||||
Online | Semester 2 |
This is your 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
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Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
Launceston | Semester 1 | ||||
Launceston | Semester 2 | ||||
Online | Semester 1 | ||||
Online | Semester 2 |
An honours graduate must acquire advanced discipline-specific knowledge of their research area, as well as the ability to demonstrate higher level skills in method development, project execution and communication. This unit allows you - a commencing Honours candidate in the…
Credit Points: 12.5
Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
Launceston | Semester 1 | ||||
Launceston | Semester 2 | ||||
Online | Semester 1 | ||||
Online | Semester 2 |
This unit provides opportunities for students enrolled in an Honours program in the School of Geography, Planning and Spatial Sciences to undertake a series of activities related to (but not replicating) their dissertation topic, with such activities being negotiated and…
Credit Points: 12.5
Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
Launceston | Semester 1 | ||||
Launceston | Semester 2 | ||||
Online | Semester 1 | ||||
Online | Semester 2 |
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 | ||||
Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
Hobart | Summer school | ||||
Launceston | Semester 1 | ||||
Launceston | Semester 2 | ||||
Launceston | Summer school (early) |
Geophysics
Candidates must satisfactorily complete:
- two coursework 12.5% elective units;
- a research dissertation over three 25% units (KEA425, KEA426, KEA427).
Honours Co-ordinator: Dr Indrani Mukherjee
Compulsory Units
The Honours course in Geology at the University of Tasmania runs over a period of 40 weeks. Coursework components vary depending on the individual, and may include units taken within or outside the Discipline of Earth Sciences. The course is…
Credit Points: 25
Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
Hobart | Semester 2 |
The Honours course in Geology at the University of Tasmania runs over a period of 40 weeks. Coursework components vary depending on the individual, and may include units taken within or outside the Discipline of Earth Sciences. The course is…
Credit Points: 25
Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
Hobart | Semester 2 |
The Honours course in Geology at the University of Tasmania runs over a period of 40 weeks. Coursework components vary depending on the individual, and may include units taken within or outside the Discipline of Earth Sciences. The course is…
Credit Points: 25
Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
Hobart | Semester 2 |
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 | ||||
Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
Hobart | Summer school | ||||
Launceston | Semester 1 | ||||
Launceston | Semester 2 | ||||
Launceston | Summer school (early) |
Choose 2 from
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
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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
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Hobart | Semester 2 |
View all details for KEA402 Advanced Topics in Economic Geology
This unit is compulsory for Honours in Earth Sciences students who specialise in Environmental Geosciences, and is optional for students specialising in Earth Sciences, Economic Geology or Geophysics. This unit introduces students to advanced topics in Environmental Geoscience, including field…
Credit Points: 12.5
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View all details for KEA403 Advanced Topics in Environmental Geoscience
This unit is compulsory for Honours in Earth Sciences students who specialise in Geophysics, and is optional for students specialising in Earth Sciences, Economic Geology or Environmental Geosciences. This unit introduces students to specialist topics in Geophysics, including field techniques,…
Credit Points: 12.5
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Hobart | Semester 2 |
Geospatial Science
Candidates must satisfactorily complete:
- three 25% research dissertation units (KGG445, KGG446, KGG447); and
- KGG422 and KGG423 or alternative coursework units as approved by the Honours Co-ordinator.
Honours Co-ordinator: Dr Luke Wallace
Compulsory Units
This unit provides opportunities for students enrolled in honours in a Surveying and Spatial Sciences related honours course to undertake a series of activities related to (but not replicating) their dissertation topic, with such activities being negotiated and documented with…
Credit Points: 12.5
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Hobart | Semester 2 |
This unit provides opportunities for students enrolled in honours in a Surveying and Spatial Sciences related honours course to undertake a series of activities related to (but not replicating) their dissertation topic, with such activities being negotiated and documented with…
Credit Points: 12.5
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Hobart | Semester 2 |
In this unit students engage in work related to the production of an original thesis on an approved subject in one of the major sub-disciplines of spatial information science. This unit is the first of three units as follows: KGG445,…
Credit Points: 25
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Hobart | Semester 2 |
In this unit students engage in work related to the production of an original thesis on an approved subject in one of the major sub-disciplines of spatial information science. This unit is the first of three units as follows: KGG445,…
Credit Points: 25
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Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
Hobart | Semester 2 |
In this unit students engage in work related to the production of an original thesis on an approved subject in one of the major sub-disciplines of spatial information science. This unit is the first of three units as follows: KGG445,…
Credit Points: 25
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Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
Hobart | Semester 2 |
Administrative unit to be used for recording Honours grades and marks…
Credit Points: 0
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Launceston | Summer school (early) |
Mathematics
Candidates must satisfactorily complete:
- four coursework 12.5% elective units;
- a research dissertation over two 25% units (KMA415, KMA416).
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.
Honours Co-ordinator: A/Prof Jeremy Sumner
Compulsory Units
The Mathematics Honours programme prepares students for a career in mathematics. Students do a combination of Advanced level coursework units as well as a project which extends their knowledge to the frontiers of research. Coursework units are offered in statistics…
Credit Points: 25
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Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
Hobart | Semester 2 |
The Mathematics Honours programme prepares students for a career in mathematics. Students do a combination of Advanced level coursework units as well as a project which extends their knowledge to the frontiers of research. Coursework units are offered in statistics…
Credit Points: 25
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Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
Hobart | Semester 2 |
Administrative unit to be used for recording Honours grades and marks…
Credit Points: 0
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Launceston | Summer school (early) |
Coursework units
List A
The unit develops foundation skills for the analysis of real-life systems with elements of uncertainty, useful for careers in the Physical and Biological Sciences, Operations Research, Statistics, Engineering, Computer Science, Finance and Economics. The unit covers major topics from Probability…
Credit Points: 12.5
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Hobart | Semester 1 |
This third year, first-semester unit continues the development of crucial 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…
Credit Points: 12.5
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Hobart | Semester 1 |
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
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Hobart | Semester 2 |
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
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Hobart | Semester 1 |
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
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Hobart | Semester 1 |
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
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Hobart | Semester 1 |
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
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Hobart | Semester 2 |
View all details for KMA354 Partial Differential Equations, Applications and Methods 3
Unit Description This unit develops skills in the optimization of real-world deterministic or probabilistic systems, and is particularly useful for students interested in careers in Engineering, Management, Finance, Economics and Teaching. Topics from: Deterministic and Probabilistic Operations Research Models, with…
Credit Points: 12.5
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Hobart | Semester 2 |
A general introduction to Statistical Inference, topics include: foundations of statistics, point estimation and hypothesis testing, maximum likelihood estimation, likelihood ratio tests, Bayesian methods, sufficiency, consistency, general linear models and least squares, generalised linear models.…
Credit Points: 12.5
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Hobart | Semester 2 |
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
This unit is currently unavailable.
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
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Hobart | Semester 2 |
List B
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
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Hobart | Semester 2 |
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
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Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
Hobart | Semester 2 |
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
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Hobart | Semester 2 |
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
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Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
Hobart | Semester 2 |
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
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Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
Hobart | Semester 2 |
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
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Hobart | Semester 2 |
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
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Hobart | Semester 2 |
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
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Hobart | Semester 2 |
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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Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
Hobart | Semester 2 |
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
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Hobart | Intensive Session Jun |
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
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Hobart | Semester 1 |
Microbiology
Compulsory Units
The Honours program enables students to develop independent research skills, project planning and management skills, high level verbal and written communication skills and subject specific knowledge in their chosen area of specialism. Students will be permitted to enrol in honours…
Credit Points: 25
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Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
Launceston | Semester 1 | ||||
Launceston | Semester 2 | ||||
Cradle Coast | Semester 1 | ||||
Cradle Coast | Semester 2 |
The Honours program enables students to develop independent research skills, project planning and management skills, high level verbal and written communication skills and subject specific knowledge in their chosen area of specialism. Students will be permitted to enrol in honours…
Credit Points: 25
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Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
Launceston | Semester 1 | ||||
Launceston | Semester 2 | ||||
Cradle Coast | Semester 1 | ||||
Cradle Coast | Semester 2 |
The Honours program enables students to develop independent research skills, project planning and management skills, high level verbal and written communication skills and subject specific knowledge in their chosen area of specialism. Students will be permitted to enrol in honours…
Credit Points: 25
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Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
Launceston | Semester 1 | ||||
Launceston | Semester 2 | ||||
Cradle Coast | Semester 1 | ||||
Cradle Coast | Semester 2 |
The Honours program enables students to develop independent research skills, project planning and management skills, high level verbal and written communication skills and subject specific knowledge in their chosen area of specialism. Students will be permitted to enrol in honours…
Credit Points: 25
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Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
Launceston | Semester 1 | ||||
Launceston | Semester 2 | ||||
Cradle Coast | Semester 1 | ||||
Cradle Coast | Semester 2 |
Administrative unit to be used for recording Honours grades and marks…
Credit Points: 0
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Launceston | Semester 2 | ||||
Launceston | Summer school (early) |
Molecular Bioscience
Candidates must satisfactorily complete four 25% Honours units.
Honours Co-ordinator: Dr Dino Premilovac
Core
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
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Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
Launceston | Semester 1 | ||||
Launceston | Semester 2 | ||||
Cradle Coast | Semester 1 | ||||
Cradle Coast | Semester 2 | ||||
Rozelle - Sydney | Semester 1 | ||||
Rozelle - Sydney | Semester 2 | ||||
Online | Semester 1 | ||||
Online | Semester 2 |
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
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Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
Launceston | Semester 1 | ||||
Launceston | Semester 2 | ||||
Cradle Coast | Semester 1 | ||||
Cradle Coast | Semester 2 | ||||
Rozelle - Sydney | Semester 1 | ||||
Rozelle - Sydney | Semester 2 | ||||
Online | Semester 1 | ||||
Online | Semester 2 |
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
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Launceston | Semester 1 | ||||
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Cradle Coast | Semester 1 | ||||
Cradle Coast | Semester 2 | ||||
Rozelle - Sydney | Semester 1 | ||||
Rozelle - Sydney | Semester 2 | ||||
Online | Semester 1 | ||||
Online | Semester 2 |
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
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Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
Launceston | Semester 1 | ||||
Launceston | Semester 2 | ||||
Cradle Coast | Semester 1 | ||||
Cradle Coast | Semester 2 | ||||
Rozelle - Sydney | Semester 1 | ||||
Rozelle - Sydney | Semester 2 | ||||
Online | Semester 1 | ||||
Online | Semester 2 |
Administrative unit to be used for recording Honours grades and marks…
Credit Points: 0
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Launceston | Semester 2 | ||||
Launceston | Summer school (early) |
Physics
Candidates must satisfactorily complete:
- four coursework 12.5% elective units;
- a research dissertation over two 25% units (KYA418, KYA419).
Honours Co-ordinator: Associate Professor Stas Shabala
Compulsory Units
From 2021: you willl enrol in KYA418 and KYA419 plus four coursework units. You also have the option to undertake honours part time over two years (25 each credit points per semester for four semesters). Pre 2021 Physics Honours is…
Credit Points: 25
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Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
Hobart | Semester 2 |
From 2021: you willl enrol in KYA418 and KYA419 plus four coursework units. You also have the option to undertake honours part time over two years (25 each credit points per semester for four semesters). Pre 2021 Physics Honours is…
Credit Points: 25
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Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
Hobart | Semester 2 |
Administrative unit to be used for recording Honours grades and marks…
Credit Points: 0
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Launceston | Summer school (early) |
Choose 4 from
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
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Hobart | Semester 1 |
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
This unit is currently unavailable.
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
This unit is currently unavailable.
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
Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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Hobart | Semester 2 |
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
This unit is currently unavailable.
View all details for KYA322 Statistical Physics and Solid State Physics
The objective of the atomic physics part of this course is to provide a comprehensive introduction to atomic structure allowing you to understand atomic spectra, the behaviour of angular momentum in quantum mechanical systems, and many-electron atoms. The nuclear and…
Credit Points: 12.5
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Hobart | Semester 2 |
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
This unit is currently unavailable.
View all details for KYA407 Experimental Astrophysics, Geodesy and Geophysics
This is an elective coursework unit intended for physics and maths honours students. This unit in mathematical physics aims to provide an understanding of general relativity as a theory of gravity relating to the geometric properties of spacetime. We begin…
Credit Points: 12.5
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Hobart | Semester 1 |
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
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Hobart | Semester 1 |
Plant Science
Candidates must satisfactorily complete four 25% Biological Sciences 4 (Honours) units.
Honours Co-ordinator: Associate Professor Eloise Foo
Compulsory Units
Intending Honours students should first consult the Honours Coordinator and potential supervisors before the end of the final year of their undergraduate course. The Honours course starts either in the first week of February with a thesis being submitted by…
Credit Points: 25
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Hobart | Semester 2 |
View all details for KPZ405 Biological Sciences 4 (Honours) A
Intending Honours students should first consult the Honours Coordinator and potential supervisors before the end of the final year of their undergraduate course. The Honours course starts either in the first week of February with a thesis being submitted by…
Credit Points: 25
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Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
Hobart | Semester 2 |
View all details for KPZ406 Biological Sciences 4 (Honours) B
Intending Honours students should first consult the Honours Coordinator and potential supervisors before the end of the final year of their undergraduate course. The Honours course starts either in the first week of February with a thesis being submitted by…
Credit Points: 25
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Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
Hobart | Semester 2 |
View all details for KPZ407 Biological Sciences 4 (Honours) C
Intending Honours students should first consult the Honours Coordinator and potential supervisors before the end of the final year of their undergraduate course. The Honours course starts either in the first week of February with a thesis being submitted by…
Credit Points: 25
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Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
Hobart | Semester 2 |
View all details for KPZ408 Biological Sciences 4 (Honours) D
Administrative unit to be used for recording Honours grades and marks…
Credit Points: 0
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Launceston | Semester 2 | ||||
Launceston | Summer school (early) |
Statistics and Decision Science
Candidates must satisfactorily complete:
- four coursework 12.5% elective units;
- a research dissertation over two 25% units (KMA415, KMA416).
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.
Honours Co-ordinator: Dr Michael Brideson
Compulsory Units
The Mathematics Honours programme prepares students for a career in mathematics. Students do a combination of Advanced level coursework units as well as a project which extends their knowledge to the frontiers of research. Coursework units are offered in statistics…
Credit Points: 25
Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
Hobart | Semester 2 |
The Mathematics Honours programme prepares students for a career in mathematics. Students do a combination of Advanced level coursework units as well as a project which extends their knowledge to the frontiers of research. Coursework units are offered in statistics…
Credit Points: 25
Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
Hobart | Semester 2 |
Administrative unit to be used for recording Honours grades and marks…
Credit Points: 0
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Launceston | Semester 2 | ||||
Launceston | Summer school (early) |
Coursework units
Choose up to two units from
The unit develops foundation skills for the analysis of real-life systems with elements of uncertainty, useful for careers in the Physical and Biological Sciences, Operations Research, Statistics, Engineering, Computer Science, Finance and Economics. The unit covers major topics from Probability…
Credit Points: 12.5
Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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Hobart | Semester 1 |
This third year, first-semester unit continues the development of crucial 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…
Credit Points: 12.5
Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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Hobart | Semester 1 |
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
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Hobart | Semester 2 |
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
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Hobart | Semester 1 |
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
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Hobart | Semester 1 |
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
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Hobart | Semester 1 |
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
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Hobart | Semester 2 |
View all details for KMA354 Partial Differential Equations, Applications and Methods 3
Unit Description This unit develops skills in the optimization of real-world deterministic or probabilistic systems, and is particularly useful for students interested in careers in Engineering, Management, Finance, Economics and Teaching. Topics from: Deterministic and Probabilistic Operations Research Models, with…
Credit Points: 12.5
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Hobart | Semester 2 |
A general introduction to Statistical Inference, topics include: foundations of statistics, point estimation and hypothesis testing, maximum likelihood estimation, likelihood ratio tests, Bayesian methods, sufficiency, consistency, general linear models and least squares, generalised linear models.…
Credit Points: 12.5
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Hobart | 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
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Hobart | Semester 2 |
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
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Hobart | Semester 2 |
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
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Hobart | Semester 2 |
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
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Hobart | Semester 2 |
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
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Hobart | Semester 2 |
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
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Hobart | Semester 2 |
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
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Hobart | Semester 2 |
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
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Hobart | Semester 2 |
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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Hobart | Semester 2 |
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
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Hobart | Intensive Session Jun |
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
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Hobart | Semester 1 |
Zoology
Candidates must satisfactorily complete four 25% Biological Sciences 4 (Honours) units.
Honours Co-ordinator: Associate Professor Eloise Foo
Compulsory Units
Intending Honours students should first consult the Honours Coordinator and potential supervisors before the end of the final year of their undergraduate course. The Honours course starts either in the first week of February with a thesis being submitted by…
Credit Points: 25
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Hobart | Semester 2 |
View all details for KPZ405 Biological Sciences 4 (Honours) A
Intending Honours students should first consult the Honours Coordinator and potential supervisors before the end of the final year of their undergraduate course. The Honours course starts either in the first week of February with a thesis being submitted by…
Credit Points: 25
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Hobart | Semester 2 |
View all details for KPZ406 Biological Sciences 4 (Honours) B
Intending Honours students should first consult the Honours Coordinator and potential supervisors before the end of the final year of their undergraduate course. The Honours course starts either in the first week of February with a thesis being submitted by…
Credit Points: 25
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Hobart | Semester 2 |
View all details for KPZ407 Biological Sciences 4 (Honours) C
Intending Honours students should first consult the Honours Coordinator and potential supervisors before the end of the final year of their undergraduate course. The Honours course starts either in the first week of February with a thesis being submitted by…
Credit Points: 25
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Hobart | Semester 2 |
View all details for KPZ408 Biological Sciences 4 (Honours) D
Administrative unit to be used for recording Honours grades and marks…
Credit Points: 0
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Launceston | Summer school (early) |
Entry requirements
For Domestic students
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.
For International students
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
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
Detailed admissions information and advice for all undergraduate courses, including comprehensive, course-level student profiles, is available from UTAS Admissions.
Fees & scholarships
Domestic students
Cost shouldn’t get in the way of you studying.
If you’re a domestic student, you may be eligible for a Commonwealth Supported Place in this course. 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.
You may also 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 is available at Scholarships, fees and costs.
Student contributionStudent contribution amounts are charged for each unit of study. This means that how much you’ll pay will depend on which units you choose. Find out more about student contribution amounts.
Further informationDetailed fee information for domestic students is available at Scholarships, fees and costs, including additional information in relation to the compulsory Student Services and Amenities Fee (SSAF).
International students
2024 Total Course Fee (international students): $38,950 AUD*.
Course cost based on a rate of $38,950 AUD per standard, full-time year of study (100 credit points).
* Please note that this is an indicative fee only.
International students
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.
Scholarships
For information on general scholarships available at the University of Tasmania, please visit the scholarships website.
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