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SCI2716Laboratory safety and risk management

UnitLevel 2|6 credit points|Science

This unit is designed to introduce aspiring scientists to the principles of laboratory and risk management, with a focus on your responsibilities as future experts and supervisors. It explores key legislative framework and the duties of...

Semester 2Malaysia

EAE5900Landscape, environment and sustainability in Italy

UnitLevel 5|6 credit points|Science

This field-based unit is taught in the National Park/World Heritage Area of Cinque Terre on the Italian Riviera. Identified by UNESCO as an environment and cultural landscape worth preserving, the region is under immense pressure due to...

Summer AOverseas

EAE3900Landscapes and environments of Hawai'i

UnitLevel 3|6 credit points|Science

This unit offers an immersive field study experience in Hawai’i. You will explore the unique geological and ecological landscapes of the Hawaiian Islands, gaining hands-on experience and deepening their understanding of earth science and...

Summer AOverseas

ENS5530Leading change for sustainable development

UnitLevel 5|6 credit points|Science

Promoting sustainable development involves people working together to initiate and drive change. To do this, individuals and groups need leadership capacity. In this unit you will learn how to manage your own development as a leader,...

Semester 2Clayton

MSI5530Leading change for sustainable development

UnitLevel 5|6 credit points|Science

Promoting sustainable development involves people working together to initiate and drive change. To do this, individuals and groups need leadership capacity. In this unit you will learn how to manage your own development as a leader,...

Indonesia

BIO1042Life in the environment

UnitLevel 1|6 credit points|Science

This unit explores the biosphere, environmental conditions and their effects on animals, plants and communities. You will examine the responses of organisms to environmental conditions; interactions between plants and animals;...

Semester 2Clayton

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

S6011Master of Behaviour and Systemic Change

CourseMaster's Degree (Coursework)|Postgraduate|72 credit points|Science

The Master of Behaviour and Systemic Change is a practical, impact-oriented 1.5-year course, which brings together powerful, transferable, change-oriented theories from behavioural psychology and economics, social and political sciences...

S6001Master of Financial Mathematics

CourseMaster's Degree (Coursework)|Postgraduate|96 credit points|Science

Modern finance relies on deep mathematical concepts and techniques, assembled in what has come to be known as financial mathematics or quantitative finance. Financial institutions have developed an ever-increasing appetite for graduates...

S6004Master of Food Science and Agribusiness

CourseMaster's Degree (Coursework)|Postgraduate|96 credit points|Science

The Monash Master of Food Science and Agribusiness is a forward thinking, interdisciplinary degree. It recognises the urgency to address the future of human food supply in the face of global population and environmental pressures, and the...

S6005Master of Genome Analytics

CourseMaster's Degree (Coursework)|Postgraduate|96 credit points|Science

The Monash Master of Genome Analytics is a two-year future-focused course that provides expert training in bioinformatics, genetics, and genomics, developing graduates to meet the growing demand for expertise in the analysis of genome...

S6007Master of Geographical Information Science and Technology

CourseMaster's Degree (Coursework)|Postgraduate|96 credit points|Science

The Master of Geographical Information Science and Technology provides industry-relevant training to allow you to pursue or further your career in global and Australian geospatial industry. You will learn the principles, techniques and...