Honours Chemistry
Chemistry students who obtain a sufficiently good grade in their third year examinations are invited to proceed to a fourth Honours year in Chemistry, which is made up of advanced course work and an individual research project. The Honours program in the Department of Chemistry provides the opportunity to be involved in a research program at the cutting edge of Science and provides training in research techniques and experience with contemporary research instrumentation.
The discipline of Chemistry is broad in scope and there is a wide variety of project areas to choose from in our department. Indeed most of the projects offered will overlap with several of the areas outlined below:
| Analytical Chemistry | Computational Chemistry |
| Drug Design | Electrochemistry |
| Environmental Analytical Chemistry | Forensic Science |
| Forensic Organic Chemistry | Heterocyclic Chemistry |
| Inorganic Synthesis | Luminescence Spectroscopy |
| Mass Spectrometry | Materials Chemistry |
| Medicinal Chemistry | Molecular Modeling |
| Nanotechnology | NMR Spectroscopy |
| Organic Synthesis | Photoelectrochemistry |
| Sensors/Microsensors | Stereospecific Organic Synthesis |
| Surface Science and Surface Analysis | Technological/Environmental Chemistry |
We frequently offer projects that are partly or wholly off campus in collaboration with external bodies such as the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Department of Primary Iindustries (DPI), The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research (WEHI), CSIRO, Victoria Police Forensics Department and other universities.