For full details of the courses, students are referred to the Faculty publication called Guide to Science Courses. This degree may be obtained on completion of advanced studies of not less than two years of experimental and observational work, after completion of the course for the B.Sc.
Special Course Requirements
Recognition of Work Done at Technical Colleges
List of Recognized Technical Colleges*
Approved Technical College Prerequisites for Exemption from Single Subjects
Attendance at the University
External Studies
They must take the university exam in this subject and will be required to pay an exam fee of $4.50 when they sit for the exam. A certificate of completion of the practical work must be submitted upon entry for the examination and candidates' practical notebooks must be made available for inspection to the Head of the relevant Department of the University.
Evening Lectures
Applicants who obtain this permit must present an outside study enrollment card and pay a registration fee of $6.00 upon enrollment.
Fees
Physics Day IA, IB in I T Physics Day II in II T Physics Day IIIA in IIIB Physiology in Biochemistry Day I.
Examinations
Graduation
Applicants for degrees and diplomas must apply on the prescribed form, available from the Student Administration, by the date specified in the list of main dates.
Student Counselling and Housing
Appointments Board
Student Facilities
Science Students' Society
The Colleges of the University
Dimmick Address: 241 Royal Parade, Parkville, N.2 International House, a University Hall, provides a place of residence, education and corporate life for members of the University. For further information regarding residences, students are referred to the appropriate section of the University's Calendar, and to the custodians of those institutions.
Students' Loan Fund
There is a means test for applicants and scholarships are not available for theology, music, art or education.
Grants from Research Funds
Accounts Department Accounts Department Accounts Department Accounts Department Accounts Department Director-General, Bureau of Forestry and Timber, Canberra, A.C.T. Chemistry Mathematics Metallurgy Metallurgy part I Metallurgy part II Micrology Mining part I Natural science Pathology Physics part IA Physics part II.
60 _ Dwight's Prize
Botany part III Chemistry part IA Chemistry IB Chemistry part IIA Chemistry part IITA Engineering part I Geology part I Geology part II Geology part III Industrial.
50 Exhibition
40 Exhibition
30 Exhibition
70 Exhibition
80 Exhibition
40 Dublin Prize
B. Howard Smith Exhibition
1.6.13.2 Registrar's Office
150, $100 Walker Scholarship
2,000 Anatomy Scholarship
300-$536 MacBain Scholarship
244 Scholarship
C. Fellowships
356 Scholarship
94 Wilson Prize
R.3.24.7 Professor of Metallurgy
REGULÀTIONS
- A candidate for the degree of bachelor of Science must subsequently to his matriculation pursue his studies for at least three Years and comply with the con-
- No candidate shall be admitted to examination in any subject of any Year of the course unless he has performed in the University the practical work prescribed
- The subjects of the pass and honour examinations for the First, Second and Third Years shall be those included in the following groups
Chemistry part IA and Pure Mathematics part I and either Physics part IA or Physics part IB or Physics part IT. Geology part I and either Physics part IA or Physics part IB or Physics part I T and either Pure Mathematics part II or Applied Mathematics part II.
Gnous I
- A candidate proceeding to the degree of bachelor of Science under part B of this regulation shall pass the examinations in the subjects of division I and of one
- of Bachelor of Science (Degree with Honours)
- of Bachelor of Science in Forestry 1. There shall be
- Degree of Master of Science in Forestry
- of Master of Science
- of Doctor of Science
- CHAPTER 4
A report on the work is submitted to the faculty and must be included in the annual examinations in the 4th year. A report on the work is submitted to the faculty and must be included in the annual examinations in the 5th year.
DETAILS OF SUBJECTS
Students are also required to write an essay on a chosen topic that involves reading about six papers drawn from current literature; the list of papers will be published during the year. Students who have not maintained a satisfactory standard in the laboratory course throughout the year must take a practical test.
412. ADVANCED FOREST BOTANY
Students who have not achieved a satisfactory standard in the laboratory subject throughout the year will be required to take a practical examination. ed.) - Formation of wood in forest trees. Final theoretical exams can complement or replace the annual exam in any part of the course.
421. ADVANCED GEOMORPHOLOGY
386. ADVANCED METEOROLOGY
Information obtained in this way determines whether a candidate passes or fails the practical work. The practical work of each student is continuously assessed and is taken into account when determining the year's final result.
410. AERIAL PHOTO-INTERPRETATION
486. AGRICULTURAL CHEMI STRY
Students are also required to write an essay on a selected topic, reading approximately six articles from current literature; the list of articles will be published during the year.
403. AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE
APPLIED MATHEMATICS PART I
APPLIED MATHEMATICS PART II
Differential and integral calculus of scalar and vector functions of position, with applications and illustrations. Solving Laplace's equation with separation of variables and the simplest properties of Bessel and Legendre functions.
95-1. APPLIED MATHEMATICS (PHYSICS COURSE)
APPLIED MATHEMATICS PART III
A course of three lectures per week throughout the year, together with one practical hour per week. i) Potential theory, with applications in electrostatics, gravitation, etc. ii) Cartesian tensors, with applications in continuum mechanics. iii). A selection of topics from: Classical mechanics, potential theory, differential equations, fluid mechanics, elasticity, electromagnetism, special relativity.
380. BACTERIOLOGY
372. BIOCHEMISTRY PART II*
During the course, reference is made to current literature and the department library is available to students. Practical tests are taken during the course, but there is no additional test as part of the annual exam.
351. BIOLOGY
Students will be required to keep notes of practical work completed throughout the year, such notes to be submitted for examination at times to be specified. Three hours of formal laboratory work per week, along with at least one full day field trip; an additional hour per week will be required for demonstrations, etc.
359. BOTANY PART II
Practical exams are conducted during the year and may replace the final practical exam at the discretion of the examiners. The annual written exam in any part of the course can be replaced or supplemented by final written exams.
406. BOTANY PART IIA
Information obtained in this way determines whether a candidate passes or fails the practical work and this is taken into account when awarding honors at the Annual Examination. These written papers may, at the discretion of the examiners, be replaced or supplemented with terminal written examinations.
373. BOTANY PART IIIA
The information obtained in this way determines whether a candidate passes or fails the practical work and is taken into account when awarding awards at the Annual Exam. The exam papers may contain questions that require knowledge of first and second year work.
373-1. BOTANY PART IIIB
353. CHEMISTRY PART IA
General characteristics of the electronic structure and position of the 3d transition metals in the periodic table, aqueous chemistry, oxidation states. Three hours a week, throughout the year, illustrate the principles of inorganic, physical and organic chemistry together with exercises in quantitative and qualitative analysis.
420. CHEMISTRY PART IB
The individual student's practical work is continuously assessed throughout the year and taken into account when assessing the candidates' success at the annual examination. The department delivers all equipment, for which a fee of USD 10 must be paid, to Danmarks Nationalbank's University branch using a specially stamped bank note obtained from the department.
360. CHEMISTRY PART IIA
Aspects of the chemistry of groups O, III, IV, VI and VII of the periodic table. The department provides all equipment that requires a $20 fee to the University Department of the National Bank, using a special stamped bank statement obtained from the department.
361. CHEMISTRY PART IIB
The electronic theory of the reactivities of alkanes, alkenes, alkynes, benzene, alkyl and aryl halides, carboxylic acids and their derivatives, alcohols, phenols alkyl and aryl amines, alkyl and aryl aldehydes, alkyl and aryl ketones. This information will have an influence on the final performance of the student in the subject.
362. CHEMISTRY PART IIC
A course of approximately 55 lectures of inorganic chemistry, 60 lectures of organic chemistry and 60 lectures of physical chemistry, with laboratory work throughout the year. A course of approximately fifty lectures of organic chemistry and thirty-five lectures of physical and inorganic chemistry with twelve hours of laboratory exercises.
368. DESCRIPTIVE GEOMORPHOLOGY
Practical work carried out throughout the year will be assessed and considered as part of the Annual Examination.
384. ELECTRONICS
395. ELEMENTARY CYTOLOGY AND GENETICS
552. ENGINEERING PART I
To pass the course, students must achieve a satisfactory standard in both the office drawing work and each piece of written work.
409. FOREST PRODUCTS
407. FORESTRY PART I
411. FORESTRY PART II
GENERAL MATHEMATICS
The course is designed for students of the less quantitative sciences, and others who may require more knowledge of elementary mathematical methods and their uses than they have previously acquired. It is intended that later parts of the syllabus will demonstrate as many applications as possible. possible from the previous parts, so that the student sees a number of elementary mathematical methods in action.
400. GENERAL METEOROLOGY
While attention will be drawn to the meaning and importance of mathematical rigor, the extent to which the finer points of the argument are pursued will be conditioned by the scope of the work to be covered. - geometry of dimensional coordinates; straight line and circle;. elementary properties of conics; tracking different curves.
396. GENERAL MICROBIOLOGY
385-1. GENETICS A
The use of physicochemical methods in the determination of minerals and their use in the determination of phase boundaries. Students who have not achieved a satisfactory standard in the laboratory course will be required to take a practical examination.
355. GEOGRAPHY PART I SCIENCE COURSE
423. GEOGRAPHY PART II*
GEOмокrноцюу
Students should consult a staff member for a list of materials for reading during the long vacation. The nature and conservation of fossils; their use in geology and biology; structure of the main groups of fossil invertebrates.
363. GEOLOGY PART II
Principles of stratigraphy illustrated by bedded rocks; historical geology of the Permian, Mesozoic and Tertiary. Journal of the Geological Society of Australia.-Geology of the following Australian States-Western Australia, South Australia, Queensland, Tasmania.
399. GEOPHYSICS
- HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE SCIENCE COURSE
- Introductory Lectures on Logic
- The Nature of Mathematics
- General Problems in the Philosophy of Science
The purpose of these lectures is to acquaint the student with some of the tools of modern logical analysis. A detailed historical case study of some part or parts of the history of science that includes careful analysis of relevant primary source material.
405. INTRODUCTION TO GENETICAL TERMINOLOGY
A detailed logical analysis of one of the following sets of physical concepts:. i) force and related concepts, (ii) heat and temperature, (iii) space and time, (iv) measurement. The student will be provided with fairly extensive reading lists of books and journal articles during the course, and source material will be provided by the department.
SCHOOL OF MATHEMATICS
Pure Mathematics part II (Honours) Applied Mathematics part II (Honours) one of: Theory of Statistics part I (Honours). Examinations in Pure Mathematics part III and Applied Mathematics part III (two papers in each), held at the end of the Third Year, will count as the first section of the final examination.
607. METALLURGY PART I
All work done in relation to practical and practical classes and field trips will be taken into account in the assessment of the results of the Annual Examination. All work done in relation to practical and practical classes and field trips will be taken into account in the assessment of the results of the Annual Examination.
377. MICROBIOLOGY
All records made during the year must be retained for submission if required in connection with the Annual Examination.
370. MINING
The practical work done during the course will be assessed as part of the annual exam. Assignment reports on practical work and field trips should be indexed and suitably bound in a folder and retained for re-submission on the last day of the Mining (Science Course) examination if required.
387. NUTRITION
Examination, boring and evaluation of alluvial and related deposits. ed.) - Australian Mining, Metallurgical and Mineral Industry. Students will be required to keep notes of practical work completed throughout the year, such notes to be submitted for examination at times to be specified.
669. OPERATIONAL RESEARCH
378. PATHOLOGY
Records of practical work will be taken into account when assessing results at the Annual Examination. Consideration will be given to the contribution that pharmacology can make to understanding other fields of scientific inquiry.
SCHOOL OF PHYSICS
417. PHYSICS PART IA
357. PHYSICS PART IB
418. PHYSICS PART I T
364. PHYSICS PART II
392-1. PHYSICS PART IIIA
392-2. PHYSICS PART IIIB
367. PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY PART I
Students should report to the Russell Grimwade School of Biochemistry during the last week of the long holiday. The set of preparations must be returned to the Histology Department on the day of the subject's annual examination.
382. PHYSIOLOGY PART IIA AND 389 PART IIВ
369. PRINCIPLES OF GEOPHYSICS
PRINCIPLES OF STATISTICS
Practical assignments and other assignments during the year will be graded as part of the final exam. A list of books recommended for reference will be posted on the notice board in the Department of Statistics.
101. PSYCHOLOGY PART IIA
102. PSYCHOLOGY PART IIB
104. PSYCHOLOGY PART IIIA
390. PSYCHOLOGY PART IIIB
- PURE MATHEMATICS PART I
- PURE MATHEMATICS PART II
- PURE MATHEMATICS. PART II
- PURE MATHEMATICS PART III—COURSE A
- PURE MATHEMATICS PART III—COURSE Ё
- PURE MATHEMATICS PART III—COURSE C
Power series, including the elementary functions of a complex variable. iv) Special functions (about 10 lectures): Boundary value problems with linear partial differential equations. PURE MATHEMATICS PART III—COURSE Ё. A course of three lectures a week, with practice classes, throughout the year.
177. PURE MATHEMATICS PART III (HONOURS)
The purpose of the course is to embed school mathematics in a larger body of knowledge, which in one direction covers the basis and systematic logical development, and in the other direction gives an indication of the role of mathematics in science, culture and science. community. Hadamard, J. — The psychology of invention in the mathematical field. iii) Dubisch, R. - Introduction to Abstract Algebra.
413. SCIENCE FRENCH
One paper of three hours, in addition to which short terminal tests can be taken. Advanced courses in this subject can be offered where the demand exists and staff are available.
414. SCIENCE GERMAN
Special tests can be held before the 2nd week of the first semester each year, to which only students who have otherwise completed their subjects can be admitted.
415. SCIENCE RUSSIAN
Special examinations may be held before the second week of the first term in each year, to which only students who have otherwise completed their courses may be admitted. Advanced courses in this subject can be offered where the demand exists and staff are available. Information about such courses will be circulated early in the year.
639. SURVEYING PART II
There will be no formal practical examination; the practical work carried out during the year will be assessed as part of the Annual Examination. However, any candidate may be asked to submit to a practical test and to resubmit field notes and assignments completed during the course.
426-1. THEORY OF COMPUTATION PART I
A record of the numerical work performed during practice classes should be kept throughout the year. This may be required for exam purposes.
426-2. THEORY OF COMPUTATION PART II
THEORY OF STATISTICS PART I
Three hours per week, on problems and calculations related to the lecture course and involving the use of calculators. A knowledge of mathematics up to the standard of Part I of Pure Mathematics will be assumed in the course.
Students taking this course are considered to have reached the level of Pure Mathematics Part II and are currently taking the Pure Mathematics Part III distinction. Candidates for awards are expected to demonstrate a broader and more detailed knowledge than candidates who pass both the exam and the work done in the practice classes during the year.
398. VIROLOGY
The work prescribed for the passing course is treated in a more advanced manner, together with the prosecution of a special project which may be of a theoretical or practical nature.
371. ZOOLOGY PART II
383. ZOOLOGY PART IIIA
The course includes a supervised project consisting of approx. 75 hours of practical work and a report, which must be handed in by 27 November at the latest. A USD 10 laboratory fee, which includes the cost of renting a microscope, must be paid to the National Bank using a specially stamped bank note available from the department.
383-1. ZOOLOGY PART IIIB
ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE ACADEMY DEТ AILS ' OF SUBJECTS
APPLIED MÀTHEMАТICS PART I
Periodic table: comparative chemistry of selected groups and periods of elements with special reference to periodicity and electronic configuration. Scope of organic chemistry, principles of purification, qualitative and quantitative analysis of organic compounds.
PHYSICS IB
Preparation and reactions of the following classes of compounds paraffins, olefins, acetylenes, benzene, alcohols, phenols, halides, ethers, aldehydes, ketones, carboxylic acids and amines. An account of the development of the laws of electromagnetism (in vacuo) leading to Maxwell's equations in integral form.
PURE MATHEMATICS PART I
SCIENCE FRENCH
PHYSICS PART II
A book of mathematical tables (Kaye and Laby – Four Figure Mathematical Tables, (Longmans)) is provided with the exams. Ехn'iNАТioxs is held at the end of the first, second and third semesters.
PURE MATHEMATICS PART II PASS COURSE
APPLIED MATHEMATICS (PHYSICS COURSE) ` PASS COURSE
PHYSICS PART IIIA
PHYSICS PART IIIB
DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE WITH HONOURS
Students will have to undertake a research task and prepare a report on the results of their work by reviewing the relevant literature. The written and practical work of the year will be taken into account when evaluating the results.
DEGREE OF MASTER OF SCIENCE
The candidate will be required to participate in lectures and practical work that will be specified for each individual. A critical review of the literature relevant to the sub-subject of his research will be undertaken.
STATISTICAL METHODS FOR RESEARCH WORKERS
Students should also obtain a copy of the lecture program and syllabus and obtain approval of their choice of lecture units. Note - Times marked with an asterisk (•) are alternative, but students will be assigned a set of lecture times and/or to one of the alternative tutoring times.
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