Material Science Major  - Overview

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Offered By:

ANU College of Medicine, Biology & Environment, ANU Colleges of Science, ANU College of Medicine and Health Sciences, ANU College of Pysical Sciences, and ANU College of Science

Academic Contact:

Dr Z.H. Stachurski

Areas of Interest:

Chemistry, Earth and Marine Sciences, Engineering, Materials Science, Mathematics, and Physics


Requirements

A minimum of 42 units including:

(a)

(b) 30 units including 18 units group C selected from:

  Biology

  • BIOL2161*                Genes: Replications and Expression
  • BIOL2162*                Molecular Biotechnology
  • BIOL2121*                Plants:  Genes to Environment
  • BIOL2171*                Biochemistry and Nutrition
  • BIOL3161*                Genomics and its Applications
  • BIOL3177*                Advances in Molecular Plant Science

  Chemistry

  • CHEM2201*                Applied Spectroscopy
  • CHEM2202*                Chemical Structure and Reactivity I - CSR I
  • CHEM2203*                Chemical Structure and Reactivity II - CSR II
  • CHEM2204*                Environmental Chemistry
  • CHEM2205*                Symmetry, Spectroscopy & Structure of Molecules
  • CHEM2206*                Materials Chemistry
  • CHEM3011*                Medicinal Chemistry
  • CHEM3012*                Topics in Biological and Organic Chemistry
  • CHEM3013*                Techniques in Organic and Biological Chemistry
  • CHEM3021*                Physical Chemistry
  • CHEM3022*                Spectroscopic Techniques in Biophysical Chemistry
  • CHEM3023*                Physical Aspects of Inorganic Chemistry
  • CHEM3031*                Organometallic Chemistry
  • CHEM3032*                Selected Topics in Modern Inorganic Chemistry 
  • CHEM3060*                Research Project in Chemistry
  • CHEM3061*                Laboratory Techniques in Chemical Synthesis
  • CHEM3062*                Advanced Laboratory Techniques in Chemical Synthesis
  • CHEM3063*                Physical and Analytical Methods Laboratory
  • CHEM3064*                Practical Aspects of Computational Chemistry

  Engineering

  • ENGN2214*                Mechanics of Materials
  • ENGN2222*                Thermal Energy Systems
  • ENGN3224*                Energy System Engineering
  • ENGN4507*                Microelectronic and Photonic Technology
  • ENGN4511*                Composite Materials
  • ENGN4519*                Semiconductor and Optoelectronic Devices
  • ENGN4524*                Solar Energy Technologies
  • ENGN4601*                Engineering Materials

  Earth and Marine Science

  • EMSC2015*                Chemistry of the Earth
  • EMSC2017*                Mineralogy
  • EMSC2020*                The Lithosphere
  • EMSC3022*                Planetary Science
  • EMSC3024*                Magmatism and Matamorphism

  Mathematics

  • MATH2307*                Bioinformatics and Biological Modelling
  • MATH3353*                Topics in Bioinformatics
  • MATH3062*                Fractal Geometry and Chaotic Dynamics
  • MATH3501*                Scientific and Industrial Modelling

  Physics

  • PHYS2013*                Quantum Mechanics
  • PHYS2020*                Thermal and Statistical Physics
  • PHYS3031*                Atomic Spectroscopy and Laser Physics
  • PHYS3032*                Solid State and Statistical Physics
  • PHYS3052*                Solid State Physics
  • PHYS3053*                Semiconductors for Optical Systems
  • PHYS3059*                Photonics
  • PHYS3060*                Fibre Optic Communication System

  Resources, Environment and Society

  • ENVS3008*                Fire in the Environment
  • ENVS4008*                Forest Products

*This course has a prerequisite. Please refer to the course entries section of the handbook for further details.

A double major in material science consists of an additional 18 units of group C from the above list.

First year course advice

Students must take CHEM1101, CHEM1102 and ENGN1215.