MathsStats Hons Thesis A - MATH4001
Faculty: Faculty of Science
School: School of Mathematics and Statistics
Course Outline: Click Here
Campus: Sydney
Career: Undergraduate
Units of Credit: 6
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 1
CSS Contribution Charge: 2 (more info)
Tuition Fee: See Tuition Fee Schedule
Further Information: See Class Timetable
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Description
This course along with MATH4002 (MathStats Hons Thesis B) form the thesis component of the honours streams for applied mathematics, pure mathematics, physical oceanography or statistics. The two courses form part of the one thesis/project. Students will normally complete MATH4001 before MATH4002, but with permission of the appropriate honours coordinator, the order may be reversed. The two thesis courses must be complete in successive semesters.
For the thesis component, a student will undertake independent study in the appropriate area of applied mathematics, pure mathematics, physical oceanography or statistics according to their honours stream. The student will be supervised by at least one member of the academic staff of the School of Mathematics and Statistics, possibly jointly with an academic external to the School, or, with the permission of the Head of School, a suitable other person in a non-university research position. The student will write a thesis and give an oral presentation on the thesis to the appropriate department.
Weekly honours seminars will be timetabled as part of the two thesis courses. The main purpose of these seminars is to provide a forum for honours students to give an oral presentation of their work to, and receive feedback from, their peers, the honours coordinators and their supervisor(s). The seminars will also be used for other honours training purposes, such how to use and access mathematical and statistical literature, research methodology in mathematics and statistics and how to write mathematics and statistics.
The written thesis will be assessed on four major areas:
exposition
literature coverage
critical analysis and insight
originality
The weighting of these components will depend on the type of thesis, as determined by discussion between the student and supervisor(s) when the topic is chosen. All theses are expected to address all four areas.
Two academic staff members will assess the thesis. The supervisor(s) are expected to provide a report on the thesis but they may not be one of the two markers.
The written thesis mark will account for 90% of the final grade; the oral presentation for the other 10%. The final mark awarded will be decided at specially convened meetings. Students will receive a marker's report on their written thesis, outlining how the final mark was decided and possibly listing errors that ought to be corrected.
For the thesis component, a student will undertake independent study in the appropriate area of applied mathematics, pure mathematics, physical oceanography or statistics according to their honours stream. The student will be supervised by at least one member of the academic staff of the School of Mathematics and Statistics, possibly jointly with an academic external to the School, or, with the permission of the Head of School, a suitable other person in a non-university research position. The student will write a thesis and give an oral presentation on the thesis to the appropriate department.
Weekly honours seminars will be timetabled as part of the two thesis courses. The main purpose of these seminars is to provide a forum for honours students to give an oral presentation of their work to, and receive feedback from, their peers, the honours coordinators and their supervisor(s). The seminars will also be used for other honours training purposes, such how to use and access mathematical and statistical literature, research methodology in mathematics and statistics and how to write mathematics and statistics.
The written thesis will be assessed on four major areas:
exposition
literature coverage
critical analysis and insight
originality
The weighting of these components will depend on the type of thesis, as determined by discussion between the student and supervisor(s) when the topic is chosen. All theses are expected to address all four areas.
Two academic staff members will assess the thesis. The supervisor(s) are expected to provide a report on the thesis but they may not be one of the two markers.
The written thesis mark will account for 90% of the final grade; the oral presentation for the other 10%. The final mark awarded will be decided at specially convened meetings. Students will receive a marker's report on their written thesis, outlining how the final mark was decided and possibly listing errors that ought to be corrected.
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