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and a research topic leading to the production of a minor
thesis. The reading unit will involve one semester of directed
reading of research methods relevant to the proposed minor
thesis and the theoretical underpinning of the thesis topic.
The three coursework units will consist of at least DNO units
at the masters by coursework or honours level and at most
one unit at the third year undergraduate level which has not
been attempted previously. Normally at least two of the
course units will be from computer science masters and
honours units, which are listed below:
Coursework units
(1993) syllabus)
Compulsory units
Credit points
54903 Honours Reading Unit 12.5
SQ908 Honours Computer Graphics 12.5
SQ91 3 Honours Research Project 50.0
Plus three of the following:
IT904* The Software Process 12.5
IT906 Human-Computer Interaction 12.5
IT909 Foundations of Intelligent Systems 12.5
IT914 Systems Analysis 12.5
IT916 Programming the User Interface 12.5
IT924 Object-Oriented Design and Programming 12.5
IT926 Interactive Systems De\nelopment 12.5
IT929 Adaptive Intelligent Systems 12.5
IT934 Real-Time Systems 12.5
IT944* Advanced Database Technology 12.5
* Units in the Master of Information Technology.
Application procedure
See entry under 'General information'.
2066 Honours Year in Medical Biophysics
See below 2068.
2067 Honours Year in Scientific
lnstrumentation
See below 2068.
2068 Honours Year in Medical Biophysics
and Scientific lnstrumentation
These three programs provide opportunities for selected
students, who have achieved a high standard in the major
areas of study, medical biophysics or scientific
instrumentation, to continue their undergraduate studies to
an honours leiel. Subjects can be combined from both the
scientific instrumentation and medical biophysics areas of
study to allow students to graduate with honours in one of
the three available programs.
Topics in the medical biophysics program include: membrane
biophysics, biophysical techniques, information processing
within neural systems, clinical, cortical, subcortical, and
EEGIscalp surface recording techniques, clinical exercise
testing, and ergometry and work and power assessment.
Scientific instrumentation topics include: artificial neural
network applications; industrial, scientific and medical
applications of nuclear radiation; specialised instrumentation
electronics, including microcontroller applications; lasers and
their applications, Fourier transforms and imagery.
In addition to the two project units, students must complete
a minimum of four subjects in medical biophysics or
scientific instrumentation, or a minimum of two subjects
from each of medical biophysics and scientific
instrumentation. The remaining four hours must be made up
from one or more acceptable subjects, convened by the
Physics Department or by another department or school,
subject to the approval of the Head of Physics Department
and the convening department or school. Credit for industry
based learning may be given toward the major project if
such experience is deemed appropriate and of sufficient
merit. Contact the department for more detailed information.
Course structure
Full-time course
(1993 syllabus)
Semester 1 (6 units and minor project) Credit points
Medical biophysics subjects:
SP711 Biosensors and Membranes 6.0
SP712 Physics of Biomaterials 6.0
SP713 Neurophysiological Techniques A 6.0
SP714 Neurophysiological Techniques B 6.0
SP7 16 Exercise Biophysics 6.0
Scientific instrumentation subjects:
SP751 Neural Network Applications 6.0
SP752 Advanced Instrument Electronics 6.0
SP753 Optical Instrumentation 6.0
SP754 Microcontroller Design Techniques 6.0
SP755 Nuclear Instrumentation 6.0
SP756 Advanced Instrumentation 6.0
SP722 Minor Project 14.0
Semester 2
SP822 Major Project 50.0
For more information please contact the Applied Chemistry
Department for more detailed information.
2069 Honours Year in Environmental
Health
This program provides an opportunity for selected students.
who have achieved a high standard during the
environmental health course, to graduate with a degree with
honours. For more information please contact the Applied
Chemistry Department.
2071 Honours Year in Mathematics
An honours year program provides high-achieving students
with an opportunity to pursue their undergraduate studies at
an advanced level into an extra year of research-oriented
study. It allows enhancement of academic results at a time
when the job market is increasingly competitive with
employers placing more emphasis on academic results. It is
also the first step towards a Masters or Ph.D. postgraduate
degree.
The course requires one academic year of full-time study
following the completion of all requirements for a Bachelor
of Applied Science degree. Students who have completed
Swinburne's Bachelor of Applied Science (Mathematics and
Computer Science) or Bachelor of Applied Science (Applied
and Industrial Mathematics) at a sufficiently high standard
will be considered for the honours program. Students who
have completed any other degree with a major study in
mathematics, statistics, operations research, computer
science or other quantitative discipline deemed appropriate
may also be considered.
Course structure and student workload
Honours students will undertake a program involving a short
course in research techniques, four coursework subjects of
12.5 credit points each, one reading program of 12.5 credit
points, and a research project over two semesters leading to
the production of a minor thesis worth 37.5 credit points.
Semester 1
Credit points
Introduction to research skills no formal credit
SM700 Reading Program 12.5
Course Work Subject 12.5
Course Work Subject 12.5
SM711 Research Project 12.5