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Courses Handbook 2012

This handbook contains information for courses and units at Curtin in 2012.
Information for current year courses and units is available at Courses Handbook 2011.

3380 (v.9) Geophysics Project 302

Area: Department of Exploration Geophysics
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 2.5
Tuition Patterns: The tuition pattern provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. Precise information is included in the unit outline.
Lecture: 1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Fieldwork: 1 x 7 Days Once-only
Prerequisite(s): 12454 (v.5) Gravity and Magnetics for Exploration 301 or any previous version
AND
12455 (v.5) Introduction to Seismic Exploration 303 or any previous version
AND
12456 (v.5) Resistivity and Induced Polarisation Exploration Methods 305 or any previous version
AND
302652 (v.2) Seismic Acquisition for Exploration 315 or any previous version
AND
311770 (v.2) Geophysical Data Processing 312 or any previous version
Syllabus: Apply skills learned in previous courses to a "real world" mineral exploration setting by carrying out a range of geophysical survey methods at a remote project area, and writing an industry standard report summarising the project background, problems addressed, methods applied in the field, data processing - analysis - interpretation methodology and final outcomes.
Unit references, texts, outcomes and assessment details The most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes, will be provided in the unit outline.
Field of Education: 010705 Geophysics
Result Type: Grade/Mark

Availability

Year Location Period Internal Partially Online Internal Area External Central External Fully Online
2012 Bentley Campus Semester 2 Y        

Area External refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.

Central External refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area

Partially Online Internal refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External

Fully Online refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External