EA4503 - Honours in Earth and Environmental Science (Part-Time) (Part 3 of 4)

Credit points:	06
Year:	2016
Student Contribution Band:	Band 2
Subject chain:	EA4501 EA4502 EA4503 EA4504
Administered by:	College of Science and Engineering

Available to level 4 honours students in the degrees listed above. Except with the approval of Head of School/Associate Dean, all subjects in a chain must be studied in the consecutive teaching periods.

Candidates may enrol to commence study at the beginning of either Teaching Period 1 or 2. The subject includes: a thesis involving original research work; additional studies in the school and/or a specialised program of studies.

Learning Outcomes

• improved skills in verbal and written communication, data analysis, literature survey and presentation;
• experience of the processes and procedures required to undertake a successful independent research project in Earth and Environmental Science.

Prerequisites:

Satisfactory fulfilment of requirements for entry into Honours program in the School of Earth and Environmental Sciences.

Availabilities
As this subject is part of a subject chain, a final standard grade (e.g. P, C) will only be recorded for each subject after successful completion of all parts of the subject chain.
Townsville, Internal, Study Period 1
Census Date 24-Mar-2016
Coordinator:	Assoc. Professor Eric Roberts, Dr Christa Placzek
Lecturers:	Dr Ioan Sanislav, Assoc. Professor Carl Spandler, Dr Rob Holm, Assoc. Professor Eric Roberts, Assoc. Professor Zhaoshan Chang, Dr Christa Placzek, Dr Cassian Pirard, Dr James Daniell, Dr Jan Huizenga.
Assessment:	thesis (75%); other studies (25%).
Townsville, Internal, Study Period 2
Census Date 25-Aug-2016
Coordinator:	Assoc. Professor Eric Roberts, Dr Christa Placzek
Lecturers:	Dr Ioan Sanislav, Assoc. Professor Carl Spandler, Dr Rob Holm, Assoc. Professor Eric Roberts, Assoc. Professor Zhaoshan Chang, Dr Christa Placzek, Dr Cassian Pirard, Dr James Daniell, Dr Jan Huizenga.
Assessment:	thesis (75%); other studies (25%).
Cairns, Internal, Study Period 1
Census Date 24-Mar-2016
Coord/Lect:	Professor Jonathan Nott.
Assessment:	thesis (75%); other studies (25%).
Cairns, Internal, Study Period 2
Census Date 25-Aug-2016
Coord/Lect:	Professor Jonathan Nott.
Assessment:	thesis (75%); other studies (25%).

Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.