Course list for the Computational Science and Geological Sciences Dual Major

Information valid for students commencing 2018

Computational Science and Geological Sciences (Dual Major)

(This major is available at St Lucia only)

Prerequisites required for progression in this major:

Course Code Units Course Title
ERTH1000 2 Planet Earth: The Big Picture
GEOM1000 2 Geographical Information and Data Analysis

Dual Major requirements (22 units)

Computational Science component (8 units)

4 units for -

Course Code Units Course Title
COSC2500 2 Numerical Methods in Computational Science
SCIE2100 2 Introduction to Bioinformatics

and 4 units from -

Course Code Units Course Title
BIOL3014 2 Advanced Bioinformatics
COMP3506 2 Algorithms & Data Structures
COSC3000 2 Visualization, Computer Graphics & Data Analysis
COSC3500 2 High-Performance Computing
MATH3104 2 Mathematical Biology
PHYS3071 2 Computational Physics
STAT3004 2 Probability Models & Stochastic Processes

Geological Sciences component (14 units)

4 units for -

Course Code Units Course Title
ERTH2003 2 Sedimentology, Stratigraphy and Palaeoenvironments
ERTH2004 2 Structural Geology

and 2 units from -

Course Code Units Course Title
ERTH2002 2 Palaeobiology
ERTH2005 2 Mineralogy
ERTH2006 2 Igneous & Metamorphic Petrology
ERTH2020 2 Introduction to Geophysics
ERTH2050 2 Field Geology
GEOM2000 2 Introduction to Earth Observation Sciences (EOS)
GEOS2110 2 Tectonics and Geomorphology of Active Plate Boundaries

and 8 units from -

Course Code Units Course Title
ERTH3001 2 Ore Deposits & Exploration Geology
ERTH3002 2 Advanced Field Experience
ERTH3003 2 Geomicrobiology
ERTH3021 2 Exploration & Mining Geophysics
ERTH3050 2 Field Geology: Mapping in the Outback
ERTH3060 2 Advanced Structural Geology [1]
ERTH3103 2 Sedimentary Environments [2]
ERTH3104 2 Tectonics and Crustal Evolution
ERTH3110 2 Marine Geoscience and Palaeoceanography
ERTH3203 2 Energy Resources [1]
ERTH3205 2 Geochemistry and Geochronology
ERTH3212 2 Geology of Coral Reefs
ERTH3222 2 Exploration Geochemistry
ERTH3250 2 Hydrogeology
ERTH3301 2 Ore Body Modelling
GEOM3001 2 Advanced Earth Observation Sciences (EOS)
PHYS3071 2 Computational Physics
SCIE3230 2 Introduction to Research in Geological Sciences
SCIE3231 2 Research Project II in Geological Sciences

End notes

  • [1] Course is offered in even-numbered years only.
  • [2] Course is offered in odd-numbered years only.