Soil Science and Hydrology
Honours
Honours in Soil Science and Hydrology is embedded in the Bachelor of Advanced Studies. It is comprised of a total of 36-credit points that is distributed across 12-credit points of coursework. These units are to be selected in consultation with the supervisor and will be in a relevant complementary field of study. The remaining 24-credit points are dedicated to a research project.
The research project includes five marked assessments: research proposal, literature review, poster, research paper and an oral presentation.
Honours Coordinator:
Professor Balwant Singh
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General Honours Advice:
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Unit outlines will be available though Find a unit outline two weeks before the first day of teaching for 1000-level and 5000-level units, or one week before the first day of teaching for all other units.
| Unit of study | Credit points | A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition | Session |
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SOIL SCIENCE AND HYDROLOGY (HONOURS) |
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| The Bachelor of Advanced Studies (Honours) (Soil Science and Hydrology) requires 36 credit points from this table including: | |||
| (i) 12 credit points of 4000-level Honours coursework selective units, and | |||
| (ii) 24 credit points of 4000-level Honours research project units | |||
Honours Coursework Selective |
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| ENVX4001 GIS, Remote Sensing and Land Management This unit of study is not available in 2020 |
6 | P ENVX3001 or GEOS2111 or GEOS2911 |
Semester 2 |
| SCIE4002 Experimental Design and Data Analysis |
6 | A Completion of units in quantitative research methods, mathematics or statistical analysis at least at 1000-level. P 144 credit points of units of study and including a minimum of 24 credit points at the 3000- or 4000-level and 18 credit points of 3000- or 4000-level units from Science Table A. N ENVX3002 or STAT3X22 or STAT4022 or STAT3X12 |
Intensive March |
| The following unit will not run in 2020: ENVX4001 | |||
| LIFE4XXX and SOIL4XXX to be developed for offering in 2021 | |||
Honours Core Research Project |
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| SOIL4103 Soil Science and Hydrology Honours Project A |
6 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
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| SOIL4104 Soil Science and Hydrology Honours Project B |
6 | C SOIL4103 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| SOIL4105 Soil Science and Hydrology Honours Project C |
6 | C SOIL4104 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| SOIL4106 Soil Science and Hydrology Honours Project D |
6 | C SOIL4105 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |