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ASP1022Life in the universe: Astrobiology

UnitLevel 1|6 credit points|Science

This unit focuses on understanding astronomical, geological, chemical, biological and technological conditions necessary for primitive and intelligent life. The topics covered include: stellar and planetary formation, dynamics of planetary...

Semester 2Clayton

BIO1022Life on Earth

UnitLevel 1|6 credit points|Science

This unit views the extraordinary diversity of life on Earth through the prism of evolutionary theory and in the context of human and environmental health. You will examine how animals and plants, through the agents of gene mutation and...

Semester 2ClaytonMalaysia

MTH2025Linear algebra (Advanced)

UnitLevel 2|6 credit points|Science

Vector spaces, linear transformations. Determinants, eigenvalue problems. Inner products, symmetric matrices, quadratic forms. Linear functionals and dual spaces. Matrix decompositions, least squares approximation, power method....

Semester 1Clayton

MTH2021Linear algebra with applications

UnitLevel 2|6 credit points|Science

Vector spaces, linear transformations. Determinants, eigenvalue problems, matrix decompositions. Inner products, least squares approximation. Applications to areas such as coding, economics, graph theory, Markov chains, differential...

Semester 1Clayton

MTH4113Low-dimensional topology

UnitLevel 4|6 credit points|Science

The study of low-dimensional topology is the study of spaces of dimensions 2, 3, and 4, including the study of surfaces and their symmetries, knots and links, and structures on 3 and 4-manifolds. It has applications to mathematical fields...

Semester 2Clayton

MTH5113Low-dimensional topology

UnitLevel 5|6 credit points|Science

The study of low-dimensional topology is the study of spaces of dimensions 2, 3, and 4, including the study of surfaces and their symmetries, knots and links, and structures on 3 and 4-manifolds. It has applications to mathematical fields...

MTH5343Magnetohydrodynamics and visualisation of scientific data

UnitLevel 5|6 credit points|Science

This unit briefly discusses plasma physics, covering single particle motion and kinetic plasma theory, and then introduces the fluid description to derive the equations of magnetohydrodynamics (MHD). It then explores basic MHD, including...

BIO3021Marine biology

UnitLevel 3|6 credit points|Science

This unit investigates the organisms and the processes that drive marine ecosystems. We deal with the trophic structure of marine ecosystems, including primary and secondary production, microbial loops, food webs and their importance for...

Semester 1Clayton

MTH5230Markov chains and random walks

UnitLevel 5|6 credit points|Science

Homogeneous Markov chains in finite and countable state space. Foster-Lyapunov criterion for recurrence and transience. Random walks in one and more dimensions. Polya theorem. Limit theorems: law of iterated logarithms, functional central...

Semester 2Clayton

SCI5000Master work integrated learning project

UnitLevel 5|12 credit points|Science

The unit provides students, who fulfil the academic requirements, with an opportunity to undertake a project defined by a host organisation with the approval of the unit coordinator. The placement may be an affiliated arrangement where a...

Semester 2Clayton

CHM3180Materials chemistry

UnitLevel 3|6 credit points|Science

The unit describes the structure, properties and synthesis of biomaterials, macromolecules, and 'smart' inorganic materials, which are designed to carry out a range of sensing or active functions. Includes: biopolymers and...

Semester 2Clayton

CHM2180Materials for energy

UnitLevel 2|6 credit points|Science

The unit explores the structure, property and design principles of materials across a wide range of soft, polymeric and hard materials with a unifying focus on energy applications. This will include colloidal and nanostructured soft...

Semester 2Clayton

MTH4351Mathematical biology

UnitLevel 4|6 credit points|Science

This unit is an introduction to some of the most important mathematical concepts in theoretical biology. The coursework for this unit will be entirely mathematical and assumes no prior expertise in biology. The course also includes a...

MTH5351Mathematical biology

UnitLevel 5|6 credit points|Science

This unit is an introduction to some of the most important mathematical concepts in theoretical biology and a more in depth investigation into an elective area of interest. The coursework for this unit will be entirely mathematical and...

Semester 2Clayton

MTH2232Mathematical statistics

UnitLevel 2|6 credit points|Science

This unit is a rigorous introduction to the theory of mathematical statistics and more specifically of statistical inference. It provides the mathematical theory underlying the methods and concepts used in statistics, such as estimation...

Semester 2Clayton

SRU0005Mathematics and statistics postgraduate research unit

UnitLevel 9|Science

This unit is used by the faculty and/or Monash Institute of Graduate Research to enrol students undertaking Higher Degrees by Research. Students will not be able to enrol in this unit via WES.

Clayton

MTH5835Mathematics industry placement

UnitLevel 5|24 credit points|Science

This unit is designed to provide you with industry experience and work-based learning. Through the placement, you will be able to apply mathematical thinking, modelling techniques and statistical skills acquired throughout the Masters...

Summer ASemester 1Semester 2Clayton

MTH5000Mathematics master project

UnitLevel 5|24 credit points|Science

The master project, which can be academic or industrial, is the capstone unit of the degree. It involves individual work, under supervisor's guidance, on an open topic. To conduct this project, you have to draw on the knowledge assimilated...

Semester 1Semester 2Full yearClayton

MTH2222Mathematics of uncertainty

UnitLevel 2|6 credit points|Science

Introduction to probability - a mathematical treatment. Topics include: probability axioms, conditional probabilities and the law of total probability, discrete and continuous random variables, univariate and multivariate distributions,...

Semester 1Clayton

MTH2225Mathematics of uncertainty (Advanced)

UnitLevel 2|6 credit points|Science

This unit provides an introduction to probability - mathematical treatment. Topics include: probability axioms, conditional probabilities and the law of total probability, discrete and continuous random variables, univariate and...

Semester 1Clayton