UnitLevel 4Postgraduate

EAE4001 Atmospheric science research project B

Faculty of Science

EAE4001 Atmospheric science research project B is a level 4, 12-credit-point, postgraduate unit from the Faculty of Science, offered in 2025 in Semester 1 and Semester 2 at Clayton. It has no prerequisites.

Credit points
12
Offered in 2025
Semester 1, Semester 2
Clayton
Assessment
No exam
3 tasks
Workload
24 hours
per semester

This is the 2025 handbook entry. See the 2026 entry.

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Requisites

Before EAE4001

No prerequisites or corequisites besides the enrolment rules below.

After EAE4001

No unit lists EAE4001 as a prerequisite in the 2025 handbook.

Enrolment rules

COREQUISITE: Enrolment in the Master of Science

PREREQUISITE: EAE4000

Overview

You will do a research project in weather, climate or ocean science. The main relevant areas of research are aerosols (including cloud seeding), boundary layers, climate change, clouds, convection, ENSO, general circulation, synoptic-dynamical meteorology, mesoscale meteorology, numerical modeling, tropical meteorology, and bushfires and fire weather. A full list of projects will be made available to you before enrolling in the MSC program. The research project may be theoretical, computational or observation-based. You will work under the supervision of at least one of the academic members of staff. The project will involve a literature review, original research, a written thesis and an oral report on the work. In most cases, the project will continue into the second year of the MSc.

Offerings in 2025

Teaching periodCampusMode
First semesterClaytonImmers blk
Second semesterClaytonImmers blk

Assessment

  • Literature reviewWritten
    20%
  • Oral presentation:Presentation
    10%
  • ThesisWritten
    70%

Learning outcomes

When you finish this unit, you should be able to:

  1. 1

    Understand, synthesise and summarise the existing literature.

  2. 2

    Identify gaps in our knowledge in their chosen area of research.

  3. 3

    Advance our knowledge in the chosen area through original research.

  4. 4

    Present their findings in a written thesis and oral presentation.

Workload and teaching

A total of 24 hours per week comprising:

  • Attendance at a 1-hour seminar
  • A 1-hour consultation with the supervisor
  • 17 hours per week of research (averaged over the semester)
  • 4 hours per week writing the thesis (averaged over the semester)
  • 1 hour per week preparing the oral report (averaged over the semester).

Contacts

Unit Coordinators
Professor Dietmar Dommenget
Chief Examiners
Professor Dietmar Dommenget

Common questions

What are the prerequisites for EAE4001?

EAE4001 has no prerequisites, but enrolment rules apply.

When is EAE4001 offered?

In 2025, EAE4001 runs in Semester 1 and Semester 2 at Clayton.

How much work is EAE4001?

The handbook expects about 24 hours of study across the semester. No students have rated its difficulty yet.

Does EAE4001 have an exam?

No. EAE4001 has 3 assessment tasks and no exam.

More details

Credit points
12
Level
4
Study level
Postgraduate
Faculty
Faculty of Science
Organisational unit
School of Earth, Atmosphere and Environment
Type
Coursework
EFTSL
0.250
Student contribution
SCA Band 2
Study abroad
Not available
Handbook years
2020202120222023202420252026