MATHEMATICS THESIS A

MAT4THA

2020

Credit points: 15

Subject outline

Students commence a project that takes the equivalent of six months of continuous work under the supervision of a member of staff. The project is completed and written up as a thesis when the student completes the subject MAT4THB. All students are required to present a 10-minute talk outlining the proposed project at a time to be determined by the mathematics honours coordinator. A list of prospective topics and supervisors is available from the Department of Mathematics and Statistics.

School: Engineering and Mathematical Sciences (Pre 2022)

Credit points: 15

Subject Co-ordinator: Tomasz Kowalski

Available to Study Abroad/Exchange Students: Yes

Subject year level: Year Level 4 - UG/Hons/1st Yr PG

Exchange Students: No

Available as Elective: No

Learning Activities: N/A

Capstone subject: No

Subject particulars

Subject rules

Prerequisites: A pass in 60 credit points of third year Mathematics subjects with at least a B average. Enrolment requires co-ordinators approval

Co-requisites: N/A

Incompatible subjects: N/A

Equivalent subjects: N/A

Quota Management Strategy: N/A

Quota-conditions or rules: N/A

Special conditions: This subject is part of a 45 credit point thesis program. Students will not be given a final mark until they complete MAT4THB

Minimum credit point requirement: N/A

Assumed knowledge: N/A

Career Ready

Career-focused: No

Work-based learning: No

Self sourced or Uni sourced: N/A

Entire subject or partial subject: N/A

Total hours/days required: N/A

Location of WBL activity (region): N/A

WBL addtional requirements: N/A

Graduate capabilities & intended learning outcomes

Graduate Capabilities

Intended Learning Outcomes

01. Demonstrate advanced theoretical and technical knowledge of the topic of the thesis.

02. Use advanced cognitive and technical skills to select and apply research methods to critically analyse, evaluate and interpret literature relevant to the topic.

03. Use advanced cognitive and technical skills to analyse, generate and transmit solutions to, or an exposition of, complex problems relevant to the topic.

04. Use advanced communication skills to transmit knowledge and ideas of the research to others.

05. Demonstrate autonomy, well-developed judgement, adaptability and responsibility as a researcher.

Melbourne (Bundoora), 2020, Semester 1, Day

Overview

Online enrolment: Yes

Maximum enrolment size: N/A

Enrolment information: N/A

Subject Instance Co-ordinator: Tomasz Kowalski

Class requirements

Supervised ResearchWeek: 10 - 22
One 1.00 hour supervised research per study period on weekdays during the day from week 10 to week 22 and delivered via face-to-face.
Supervised Research under the direction of a member of staff equivalent to a total of 150 hours

Assessments

Assessment element	Comments	Category	Contribution	Hurdle	%	ILO*
A thesis equivalent to 13,000-wordsThis is the combined assessment for MAT4THA and MAT4THB	N/A	N/A	N/A	No	100	SILO1, SILO2, SILO3, SILO4, SILO5

Melbourne (Bundoora), 2020, Semester 2, Day