MA4011 - Mathematics Honours Part 1 of 2

Credit points:	12
Year:	2016
Student Contribution Band:	Band 2
Subject chain:	MA4011 MA4012
Administered by:	College of Science and Engineering

Available to graduates who have reached a satisfactory standing in mathematics at this University. Graduates from other universities with equivalent qualifications will be considered for acceptance. Except with the approval of the Head of School/Associate Dean, all subjects in a chain must be studied in consecutive teaching periods.

The honours year is primarily a preparation for students wishing to undertake a research higher degree. Areas of research emphasis in mathematics are computational applied mathematics and numerical modelling.

Learning Outcomes

• ability to carry out a substantial piece of research and write a dissertation;
• ability to formulate and solve research problems;
• to understand theoretical concepts in a broad range of topics which give background to the research project.

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
Coord/Lect:	Assoc. Professor Shaun Belward.
Assessment:	periodic informal examinations, seminar and research thesis.
Townsville, Internal, Study Period 2
Census Date 25-Aug-2016
Coord/Lect:	Assoc. Professor Shaun Belward.
Assessment:	periodic informal examinations, seminar and research thesis.

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.