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394 results in the 2027 handbookUndergraduateScience
  1. PHY3111Sensory and cognitive neuroscience

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    UnitLevel 36 credit pointsScience

    This unit explores cutting-edge research in the area of brain function, specifically looking at sensation and higher brain function in humans. You will learn about the way the brain functions normally to analyse sensory information and to...

    Semester 1Clayton

  2. EAE3321Soils and land management

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    UnitLevel 36 credit pointsScience

    Soils are critical for food and water security, effective nutrient cycling for terrestrial ecosystems and sustaining human life. Sustainable land management of the soil resource is one of the important contemporary challenges facing...

    Semester 2Clayton

  3. EAE2322Soil, water and vegetation

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    UnitLevel 26 credit pointsScience

    In this unit, you will learn to analyse the intricate relationship between soils, water, and vegetation in natural and human-modified environments. These components play a critical role in the development, maintenance, and functioning of...

    Semester 2Clayton

  4. MTH5020Special topics in advanced mathematics 2

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    UnitLevel 56 credit pointsScience

    This unit enables you to work on specifically-designed mathematical content, not otherwise covered in the other units offered in the masters of the School of Mathematics. This work can be individual or in small groups, and could, for...

    Semester 1Semester 2Summer BClayton

  5. MTH3401Special topics in mathematics 1

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    UnitLevel 36 credit pointsScience

    Advanced studies by lectures or reading project in an area of mathematics, statistics or related discipline, or a comparable project under the supervision of a member of academic staff in the School of Mathematics.

    Semester 1Clayton

  6. MTH3402Special topics in mathematics 2

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    UnitLevel 36 credit pointsScience

    Advanced studies by lectures or reading project in an area of mathematics, statistics or related discipline, or a comparable project under the supervision of a member of academic staff in the School of Mathematics.

    Semester 2Clayton

  7. CHM2922Spectroscopy and analytical chemistry

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    UnitLevel 26 credit pointsScience

    This unit covers the theory and instrumentation behind common physical and analytical instrumental techniques such as infrared, Raman, UV/Vis absorption, fluorescence, atomic spectroscopies, mass spectrometry, chromatography and...

    Semester 2ClaytonMalaysia

  8. ASP3012Stars and galaxies

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    UnitLevel 36 credit pointsScience

    Stars and Galaxies are the most fundamental objects in astronomy. This unit will introduce you to the modern study of stars and galaxies, how we collect data and how computational tools work hand in hand with telescopes to advance our...

    Semester 2Clayton

  9. PHS3102Statistical and condensed matter physics

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    UnitLevel 36 credit pointsScience

    This unit explores topics of foundational many-body physics. The unit consists of two theory-only sub-units, and the key areas for each sub-unit are: Statistical physics: Classical statistical ensembles and distributions Boltzmann factors,...

    Semester 2Clayton

  10. STA1010Statistical methods for science

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    UnitLevel 16 credit pointsScience

    Descriptive statistics, scatter plots, correlation, line of best fit. Elementary probability theory. Confidence intervals and hypothesis tests using normal, t and binomial distributions. Use of computer software. Formal treatment of...

    Semester 1Semester 2Clayton

  11. MTH3260Statistics of stochastic processes

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    UnitLevel 36 credit pointsScience

    Many practical experiments involve repeated measurements made over a period of time, where the individuals or systems being observed are evolving during the study period. Examples of this kind of data arise in signal processing, financial...

    Semester 2Clayton

  12. MTH4260Statistics of stochastic processes

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    UnitLevel 46 credit pointsScience

    Many practical experiments involve repeated measurements made over a period of time, where the individuals or systems being observed are evolving during the study period. Examples of this kind of data arise in signal processing, financial...

    Semester 2Clayton

  13. DEV3032Stem cells in development, disease and regeneration

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    UnitLevel 36 credit pointsScience

    This unit is structured into four overarching themes. It begins with an introduction to pluripotency, reprogramming and the microenvironment, followed by a focus on stem cell biology in reproductive development and fertility. The...

    Semester 2Clayton

  14. BCH2011Structure and function of cellular biomolecules

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    UnitLevel 26 credit pointsScience

    This is the first of two units in the Biochemistry second year curriculum. These are two 6-credit point units introducing you to the fundamental concepts and knowledge required to understand cellular function at a molecular level and...

    Semester 1Clayton

  15. CHM3972Sustainable chemistry

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    UnitLevel 36 credit pointsScience

    The development of chemical tools that allow realisation of the concept of a sustainable future - meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs - is the basis for the course...

    Semester 2Clayton

  16. CHM2722Systems approaches in sustainable chemistry

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    UnitLevel 26 credit pointsScience

    This unit examines chemistry’s importance in sustainability and society and equips you with core skills to effectively practise as a chemist in a range of real-world career contexts. The unit shifts focus from molecular design and...

    Semester 2Clayton

  17. MTH1030Techniques for modelling

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    UnitLevel 16 credit pointsScience

    This unit develops a comprehensive understanding of basic linear algebra and advanced calculus, equipping you with versatile techniques and skills applicable within the natural sciences, engineering, computer science, economics and many...

    Semester 1Semester 2Clayton

  18. MTH1035Techniques for modelling (Advanced)

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    UnitLevel 16 credit pointsScience

    This unit develops a comprehensive understanding of basic linear algebra and advanced calculus, equipping you with versatile techniques and skills applicable within the natural sciences, engineering, computer science, economics and many...

    Semester 1Clayton

  19. GNA2022The dynamic cell

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    UnitLevel 26 credit pointsScience

    In this unit you will study the cell as a dynamic unit capable of responding to environmental, cellular and molecular cues that can result in a range of outcomes such as: motility; movement or rearrangement of internal structures;...

    Semester 2Clayton

  20. MCB2022The dynamic cell

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    UnitLevel 26 credit pointsScience

    In this unit you will study the cell as a dynamic unit capable of responding to environmental, cellular and molecular cues that can result in a range of outcomes such as: motility; movement or rearrangement of internal structures;...

    Semester 2Clayton