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SCI3920Science internship

UnitLevel 3|6 credit points|Science

In this unit you will undertake a science based internship of three full-time weeks (or part-time equivalent hours), where you will put into practice the knowledge and skills developed in your course. The internship experience will give...

Summer ASemester 1WinterSemester 2Summer BClayton

SCI3925Science internship (Extended)

UnitLevel 3|12 credit points|Science

In this unit you will undertake a science internship of six full-time weeks (or part-time equivalent hours), where you will put into practice the knowledge and skills developed in your course. The internship experience will give you...

Summer ASemester 1Semester 2Clayton

SRU0014Science 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.

Malaysia

SCI1005Scientific research and communication

UnitLevel 1|6 credit points|Science

SCI1005 will provide you with the foundational skills needed to be a practising scientist and effectively communicate your science to diverse audiences. You will learn professional science-based skills, including: The ability to acquire...

Semester 1Clayton

ENS5310Securing biodiversity and ecosystems

UnitLevel 5|6 credit points|Science

This unit examines the ways in which multiple forms of global change interact to drive the loss of biodiversity and ecosystem services. Solutions for securing biodiversity and ecosystem services and ensuring the protection and sustainable...

Semester 1Clayton

PHY3111Sensory and cognitive neuroscience

UnitLevel 3|6 credit points|Science

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

GNA5022Sequencing technologies

UnitLevel 5|6 credit points|Science

This unit will cover the theory behind the commonly used sequencing platforms. You will gain a detailed understanding of how sequence data is generated. You will learn about the many different methodologies for sample and library...

Semester 1Clayton

EAE3321Soils and land management

UnitLevel 3|6 credit points|Science

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

EAE2322Soil, water and vegetation

UnitLevel 2|6 credit points|Science

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

EAE5068Spatial data analysis

UnitLevel 5|6 credit points|Science

This unit aims to teach the knowledge and skills for exploring the spatial patterns that result from social and physical processes on or near the Earth's surface. It examines the theories and methods of quantitative geography, including...

Semester 1Clayton

EAE5051Spatial databases

UnitLevel 5|6 credit points|Science

Spatial data are associated with geographical locations. A spatial database is a database system that provides spatial data types in its data model and query language and supports spatial data types in its implementation. This unit focuses...

Semester 2Clayton

EAE5052Spatial data interoperability and integration

UnitLevel 5|6 credit points|Science

Spatial data interoperability is the ability to access, share, exchange and manipulate spatial data stored in heterogeneous distributed repositories. It is a cornerstone tenet of a spatial data infrastructure and enables the sharing and...

Semester 2Clayton

MTH5010Special topics in advanced mathematics 1

UnitLevel 5|6 credit points|Science

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

MTH5020Special topics in advanced mathematics 2

UnitLevel 5|6 credit points|Science

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

MTH3401Special topics in mathematics 1

UnitLevel 3|6 credit points|Science

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

MTH3402Special topics in mathematics 2

UnitLevel 3|6 credit points|Science

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

CHM2922Spectroscopy and analytical chemistry

UnitLevel 2|6 credit points|Science

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

ASP3012Stars and galaxies

UnitLevel 3|6 credit points|Science

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

PHS3102Statistical and condensed matter physics

UnitLevel 3|6 credit points|Science

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

MTH5540Statistical learning in finance

UnitLevel 5|6 credit points|Science

Bayesian inference. Linear Gaussian models. Kalman filter. Maximum likelihood. Fischer information. Cramer-Rao bound. Supervised classification. Tree based methods. Support vector machines. Introduction to R.

Semester 1Clayton