Current Honours Student Information
Students should check this website regularly for all information regarding their Honours year. The Bulletin Board and Calendar of Events will be updated as new events are planned or new information is available.
Students should make themselves familiar with the rules for their degree by checking the guidelines available both on this website and available at the first meeting planned for Week 1.
Contact Information
Honours Coordinator for the School of Mathematics and Applied Statistics and,
Degree Coordinator for Bachelor of Mathematics and Economics (Hons)
Dr Mark Nelson
Ph: + 61 2 4221 4400
Rm: 15.G26
Consultation times are on Dr Nelson's door and change with each session. It is recommended that an appointment be made directly with Dr Nelson.
Degree Coordinator for Bachelor of Mathematics and Finance (Hons)
Dr Chandra Gulati
Ph: + 61 2 4221 3836
Rm: 15.135
BULLETIN BOARD
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Honours Meeting, Week 1
Monday 25 Feb, 4.30-5.30pm in 15.113
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Seminars on presentation techniques and slide preparation packages may be given during Autumn session. Information will be posted on this website when available.
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
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What
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Info
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Week 1 Autumn Session
to be advised
Held in Rm15.107
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Meeting with Honours Coordinator |
This meeting is compulsory. You should contact Mark to RSVP as soon as possible. If you cannot attend or you have a clash with a class please let him know as soon as possible. |
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Friday, Week 11, Autumn
for students who commenced in Spring 2008
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Submission of Honours Thesis
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You should download the thesis submission form below and submit to your Supervisor.
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Enrolment Information
Subject Information
ICE-EM/AMSI Summer School 07-08
The Summer School is designed for honours and postgraduate students in the mathematical and statistical sciences and runs over four weeks from 14 January to 8 February 2008 at Monash University. A list of the courses on offer can be found at http://amsiss.maths.monash.edu.au//courses.html
The School will significantly subsidse the attendance at the Summer School of students who are going to do honours in 2008.
Students should consult the Honours Coordinator before applying for the Summer School. Only 1 subject from Summer School will be counted towards your Honours degree.
Topics offered via the Access Grid (Autumn 2008)
Link to timetable of the maths/ stats AGR Hons courses
Topics offered via the Access Grid (Spring 2008)
Degree Specific Enrolment Information
Bachelor of Mathematics (Honours)
Please note: students intending on enrolling in the Bachelor of Mathematics (Honours) should make sure they have completed an Undergraduate Application form and submitted this to UniAdvice.
Full-time students enrolling in this degree need to enrol in MATH402 or STAT402 (24 cp) two consecutive sessions on the SOLS system and complete the following internal enrolment form and return it to Kerrie Gamble (Admin Assistant). Part-time students enrol in MATH403 or STAT403 (12 cp) for four consecutive sessions.
Bachelor of Mathematics Advanced (Honours)
Please note: students intending on enrolling in the Bachelor of Mathematics Advanced (Honours) should make sure they have completed an Undergraduate Application form and submitted this to UniAdvice.
Full-time s tudents enrolling in this degree need to enrol in MATH409 or STAT409 (24 cp) for two consecutive sessions on the SOLS system and complete the following internal enrolment form and return it to Kerrie Gamble (Admin Assistant). Part-time students enrol in MATH410 or STAT410 (12 cp) for four consecutive sessions.
Bachelor of Mathematics and Finance (Honours) and,
Bachelor of Mathematics and Economics (Honours)
Students enrolling in the above degrees should enrol in the project subject code - INFO401 OR INFO402 respectively on the SOLS system and consult the University Calendar for other subject information. Students studying the special Honours Coursework Topics under the codes MATH471, MATH472, STAT471, STAT472 etc. on the SOLS system, should complete the following internal enrolment form and return to the Administrative Assistant.
It is imperative that this information be kept up to date for both degress in order that marks be awarded for the correct subject. It is the student's responsibility to ensure that the Administrative Assistant is made aware of any change by using the following form.
Change of enrolment forms for
Project Information
Students should talk to academic staff regarding a Project for their Honours degree or strand. Following is a list of projects available.
Part of the requirement for your Honours degree is conducting two talks (one minor and one major talk). Please refer to your guidelines for specific information about these. Using Power Point is acceptable, however, following is a template for using Latex for your presentation.
Latex Presentation
Guidelines
The guidelines are available in pdf by clicking on the relevant degree below. They will be updated at the beginning of each session. The guidelines will have changes made to them from time to time. In the case of a slight change or style change, which does not affect the outcome of the guidelines, they will not be made available during the session. However, changes pertinent to marking, subjects, presentation or thesis submission will be put on the website as soon as possible. Each version will be recorded in an additional appendix found at the end of the guidelines document for that degree.
Thesis Information
Students should refer to the guidelines relevant to their degree to see what the requirement for page length should be. As a guide, students should ensure that the thesis is 1.5 or double spaced and printed on single sided A4 white paper. Although there is no standard layout, the Thesis should include the following:
- Title
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Body of thesis
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Notation (if required)
In addition to describing the work that you have carried out in your honours year, the body of your thesis should also contain a literature survey that places your work in a wider context. For more information regarding how to write a literature survey please read the following web-page
http://www.lib.unimelb.edu.au/postgrad/litreview/home.html
Please find below an example Latex file in the following documents. Please download these files and open the 'read me' file to find instructions. If there are any concerns, please contact Grant Cox. Latex courses are run during the session. Information about these courses are sent to students.
Latex example files
Handing in Your Thesis
You should consult the guidelines for detailed information on procedures in handing in your completed thesis. You will need a cover sheet to go with the thesis which can be found below in pdf form. Submissions are due before 5pm on the Friday Week 11 of Autumn or Spring (depending on when you started).
Information from Previous Years
Topics
Projects
Guidelines
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