Overview
The Master of Science (MSc) is a two-year degree which encompasses both coursework and research. The first year involves mainly coursework and preliminary research preparation. MSc students will have the opportunity to contribute to existing fields of research, or to begin to develop new areas.
The Master of Applied Science (MAppSc) is a 180-point, coursework postgraduate degree. A candidate would normally be a graduate but the degree is also open to those with other relevant qualifications. The MAppSc is designed for students who wish to pursue an interdisciplinary programme of study underpinned by science that delivers versatile skills relevant to multiple end-users.
Science Schedule D: Requirements for the degrees of Master of Science and Master of Applied Science
| Subject | MSc Requirements | MAppSc Requirements |
|---|---|---|
| Advanced Nutrition Practice | Not offered | HUNT 443, 445, 452; one of APPS 596, 597, 598; and papers worth 60 points from SPEX 440, 441, 450, 451, NUTN 407, ENTR 411, 413, 414, PUBH 712, 713, 744, SCOM 403, 409, HUNT 441, 444, FOSC 401, 421. Substitutions of other postgraduate papers may be approved by the Head of the Department of Human Nutrition. |
| Anatomy | Papers: ANAT 495, 458, and three of ANAT 451-457, BIOA 401 Thesis: ANAT 5 | Not offered |
| Applied Geology | Not offered | GEOL 401, three other GEOL 400-level papers and three further approved papers at 400-level; APPS 597 |
| Biochemistry | Papers: BIOC 495 and four of BIOC 461-464 Thesis: BIOC 5 | Not offered |
| Bioengineering | Papers: BIOE 401, 495 and three further approved papers at 400-level which may include BIOE 402 Thesis: BIOE 5 | BIOE 401, DETE 402, ENTR 421, and four further approved papers at 400-level which may include BIOE 402 and/or BIOE 480; APPS 597 |
| Botany | Papers: BTNY 495, and BTNY 461, 465, 467, 470 Thesis: BTNY 5 Note: With the approval of the Head of Department another 400-level paper may be substituted for one of BTNY 461-470. | Not offered |
| Chemistry | Papers: CHEM 495 and four of CHEM 461-464, HAZA 401, 404 Thesis: CHEM 5 | Not offered |
| Clothing and Textile Sciences | Papers: CLTE 495 and four of CLTE 451-455, 460 Thesis: CLTE 5 | CLTE 451-454 and three further approved papers at 400-level; APPS 597 |
| Cognitive Science | Papers: COGS 495 and four of COGS 515, INFO 411, COSC 420-422, PSYC 464, 469, 471, ZOOL 412 Thesis: COGS 5 | Not offered |
| Computational Modelling | Papers: COMO 401, MATH 495, and three further approved papers at 400-level from MATH, STAT, COSC, DETE, ELEC No new enrolments will currently be accepted for this subject | COMO 401, three papers from 400-level MATH, STAT, COSC, DETE, ELEC, and three further approved papers at 400-level; APPS 597 or 598 No new enrolments will currently be accepted for this subject |
| Computer Science | Papers: COSC 480 or 490 and four of COSC 402-471 Thesis: COSC 5 | Papers worth 120 points from COSC 402-471; 20 further approved points at 400-level; APPS 597 |
| Consumer Food Science | Papers: FOSC 495, and four of FOSC 421-425 approved by the Head of the Department of Food Science. With approval from the Head of the Department of Food Science, FOSC 460 or one 400-level paper from another relevant subject may be substituted for one elective 400-level FOSC paper. Thesis: FOSC 5 | Four of FOSC 421-425 approved by the Head of the Department of Food Science and three further approved papers at 400-level; APPS 597 or 598 |
| Creative Non-Fiction Writing in Science | Not offered, but see MSciComm regulations | SCOM 402, 403, 404, 409, 413, and two other 400-level papers; APPS 597 (e.g. writing a book) Notes: This programme requires three semesters of study. One of the prescribed papers may be replaced with another 400-level paper with approval from the Head of the Department of Science Communication. With approval, SCOM 5A may replace APPS 597 and one 400-level paper. No new enrolments will currently be accepted for this subject |
| Ecology | Papers: ECOL 495, 411 and three of BTNY 465, 467, ECOL 450, GEOG 454, 459-461, GEOL 427, MARI 425, 427, 432, ZOOL 410, 411, 415-418 or other papers approved by the Course Director Thesis: ECOL 5 | Not offered |
| Economics | Papers: ECON 485 and five of ECON 402-413 Thesis: ECON 5 | Not offered |
| Electronics | 40 points from ELEC 441-446, 80 further 400-level points as approved by the Programme Director. Only one of ELEC 480 or ELEC 490 may be included. No new enrolments will be accepted for this subject | 40 points from ELEC 441-446; 100 further 400-level points as approved by the Programme Director. APPS 597 or 598. No new enrolments will be accepted for this subject |
| Energy Studies | Papers: EMAN 490, three 400-level EMAN papers and one further paper at 400-level approved by the Programme Director Thesis: ENST 5 | Not offered |
| Environmental Management | Papers: GEOG 495, 471, 472, and two further approved papers at 400-level Thesis: ENVM 5 | GEOG 471, 472, and five further approved papers at 400-level; APPS 597 |
| Environmental Science | Papers: ENVS 495 and four 400-level papers from appropriate subjects approved by the Programme Director Thesis: ENVS 5 | Not offered |
| Food Science | Papers: FOSC 495 and four of FOSC 401-405 approved by the Head of Department. With approval from the Head of Department, FOSC 460 or one 400-level paper from another relevant subject may be substituted for one elective 400-level FOSC paper. Thesis: FOSC 5 | Not offered |
| Genetics | Papers: GENE 495, 411, 412 and two of BIOC 462, 463, BTNY 467, MICR 461, PLBI 401, ZOOL 410. With approval from the Programme Director, another 400-level paper may be substituted for one of the papers listed above. Thesis: GENE 5 | Not offered |
| Geographic Information Systems | Papers: GEOG 495 and four papers from SURV 509, 511-513, 519 and other 400- or 500-level papers approved by the Programme Director Thesis: GISS 5 | SURV 509, 511-513, 519 and two further 400- or 500-level papers approved by the Programme Director; APPS 597 or 598 |
| Geography | Papers: GEOG 495 and four 400-level GEOG papers Thesis: GEOG 5 | Not offered |
| Geology | Papers: GEOL 401, 495 and three other GEOL 400-level papers Thesis: GEOL 5 | Not offered |
| Geophysics | Papers: GEOL 401, 495 and three other 400-level papers from GEOL, MATH, PHSI, or SURV Thesis: GEPX 5 | Not offered |
| Human Nutrition | Papers: HUNT 495, 451-454 and one of HUNT 455, NUTN 407 or another approved 400-level paper Thesis: HUNT 5 Note: Any two of HASC 411, 413 or PUBH 721 may be substituted for HUNT 454. | Not offered |
| Immunology | Papers: IMMU 495 and MICR 461-464 Thesis: IMMU 5 | Not offered |
| Information Science | Papers: INFO 490 and four papers from 400-level INFO papers, SENG 401, TELE 404 Thesis: INFO 5 | Not offered |
| Marine Science | Papers: MARI 495, 401 and papers at 400-level in AQFI, MARI or OCEN to a total of 120 points (one may be replaced with an approved 400-level paper in a Science subject). Thesis: MARI 5 | Not offered |
| Mathematics | Papers: MATH 495 and four 400-level MATH papers Thesis: MATH 5 | Not offered |
| Microbiology | Papers: MICR 495, 461-464 Thesis: MICR 5 | MICR 461, 463, 464 and four further approved 400-level papers; one of APPS 596, 597, 598 |
| Molecular Biotechnology | Not offered | Six approved papers from BIOC 461-464, GENE 411, 412, MICR 461-464, PLBI 401 and one further approved paper at 400-level; APPS 597 or 598. |
| Neuroscience | Papers: NEUR 495 and four of ANAT 454, COSC 420-422, NEUR 452-463, PHAL 423, PHSL 472, 474, PSYC 469, 471, 474, 476, ZOOL 412 Thesis: NEUR 5 Notes: | Not offered |
| Pharmacology | Papers: PHAL 495, 421 and three of PHAL 423-431 Thesis: PHAL 5 | Not offered |
| Physics | 60 points from PHSI 421-426, ELEC 441; 60 further 400-level points from PHSI, MATH, ELEC, with no more than 20 MATH points and no more than 20 ELEC points. Only one of PHSI 480 or 490 may be included. Thesis: PHSI 5 | Not offered |
| Physiology | Papers: PHSL 495, 471-474 Thesis: PHSL 5 | Not offered |
| Plant Biotechnology | Papers: PLBI 495, 401, BTNY 461, 465 and one further approved 400-level BIOC or BTNY paper Thesis: PLBI 5 | PLBI 401, BTNY 461, 465, and four further approved 400-level papers; APPS 597. |
| Psychology | Papers: PSYC 495 and papers worth 80 points from PSYC 401-476 Thesis: PSYC 5 | Not offered |
| Quantitative Genetics | Not offered | STAT 435 and QGEN 401; and |
| Science and Natural History Filmmaking | Not offered, but see MSciComm regulations | SCOM 402, 405, 409, 411, 412, 413, 419; APPS 597 (including production of a film) Notes: This programme requires three semesters of study. No new enrolments will currently be accepted for this subject |
| Science Communication | Not offered, but see MSciComm regulations | Any seven 400-level SCOM papers which do not satisfy the requirements for any other endorsement; APPS 597 Notes: This programme requires three semesters of study. |
| Science in Society | Not offered, but see MSciComm regulations | SCOM 402, 404, 406, 409, 413, and two other 400-level papers; APPS 597 (e.g. production of exhibition or multimedia project) Notes: This programme requires three semesters of study. No new enrolments will currently be accepted for this subject |
| Software Engineering | Not offered | SENG 401 and approved papers at 400-level worth 120 points, normally drawn from COSC, INFO or SENG; APPS 597 or 598. SENG 580 can be substituted for APPS 597 or 598. |
| Sport and Exercise Nutrition | No offered | Three of HUNT 451-453, NUTN 407; two of PHSE 500, 501, 511, 512, 514; two further approved 400- or 500-level papers; one of APPS 596, 597, 598. Substitutions of other postgraduate papers may be approved by the Head of the Department of Human Nutrition. |
| Statistics | Papers: STAT 490 and four 400-level STAT papers Thesis: STAT 5 | Not offered |
| Surveying | Papers: 500-level SURV papers worth at least 120 points Thesis: SURV 5 | Not offered |
| Telecommunications | Not offered | Approved papers worth 140 points from 400-level TELE, INFO, ELEC and COSC; APPS 597 or 598. |
| Toxicology | Papers: PHAL 495, 421, and three further 400-level papers approved by the Programme Director Thesis: PHAL 5B | Not offered |
| Wildlife Management | All candidates must have completed the requirements for the Postgraduate Diploma in Wildlife Management. Thesis: WILM 5 | Not offered |
| Zoology | Papers: ZOOL 495 and four of ZOOL 410-421 Thesis: ZOOL 5 | Not offered |
