• ANAT 458 Current Topics in Anatomical Science

• ANAT 495 Master's Thesis Preparation


• Three of:
  • ANAT 451 Functional Human Anatomy
  • ANAT 452 Reproductive Biology
  • ANAT 453 Advanced Topics in Anatomical Science 1
  • ANAT 454 Neurobiology
  • ANAT 455 Research Topic
  • ANAT 456 Developmental Biology
  • ANAT 457 Advanced Topics in Anatomical Science 2
  • BIOA 401 Advanced Biological Anthropology

• ANAT 5 (thesis)

  Note: The papers are normally taken before undertaking the thesis.

• BIOC 495 Master's Thesis Preparation

• Four of:
  • BIOC 461 Research Design and Analysis in Biochemistry
  • BIOC 462 Molecular Biology
  • BIOC 463 Contemporary Technologies in Biochemistry
  • BIOC 464 Applied Biochemistry

• Thesis: BIOC 5

  Note: The papers are normally taken before undertaking the thesis.

• BIOE 401 Research Methods
• BIOE 404 Medical Devices and Technology
• BIOE 495 Master's Thesis Preparation
• Two further approved papers at 400-level which may include:
  • BIOE 403 Bioengineering Design
    and/or
  • BIOE 405 Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cells
• Thesis: BIOE 5

• BTNY 495 Master's Thesis Preparation

• Four of:
  • BTNY 461 Plant Physiology and Biotechnology
  • BTNY 465 Plant and Environment
  • BTNY 467 New Zealand Plant Ecology and Evolution
  • BTNY 470 Special Topics
  Note: With the approval of the Head of Department, another 400-level paper may be substituted for one of BTNY 461-470.

• Thesis: BTNY 5

  Note: The papers are normally taken before undertaking the thesis.

• CHEM 495 Master's Thesis Preparation

• Four of:
  • CHEM 461 Topics in Advanced Chemistry
  • CHEM 462 Topics in Advanced Chemistry
  • CHEM 463 Topics in Advanced Chemistry
  • CHEM 464 Topics in Advanced Chemistry
  • HAZA 401 Management of Chemical Hazards

• Thesis: CHEM 5

  Note: The papers are normally taken before undertaking the thesis.

• COGS 495 Master's Thesis Preparation

• Papers worth 80 points from:
  • COGS 515 Special Topic
  • INFO 411 Machine Learning and Data Mining
  • COSC 420 Neural Networks
  • PSYC 424 Contexts of Development
  • PSYC 429 Advanced Methods in Cognitive Neuroscience
  • PSYC 435 Developmental Psychopathology
  • PSYC 437 Cognitive Neuroscience Seminar
  • ZOOL 412 Neurobiology and Behaviour

• COGS 5 (thesis)

  Note: The papers are normally taken before undertaking the thesis.

• COMO 401 (this paper is not currently offered)

• MATH 495 Master's Thesis Preparation

• Three further approved papers at 400-level from MATH, STAT, or COSC

• Thesis: COMO 5

  Note: The papers are normally taken before undertaking the thesis.

• COSC 480 Applied Project, or COSC 490 Dissertation

• Four of :
  COSC 402, COSC 410, COSC 411, COSC 412, COSC 420, COSC 421, COSC 422, COSC 430, COSC 431, COSC 440, COSC 441, COSC 450, COSC 470, COSC 471

• Thesis: COSC 5

  Note: The papers are normally taken before undertaking the thesis.

• FOSC 495 Master's Thesis Preparation

• Four further papers from FOSC 421, FOSC 422, FOSC 423, FOSC 424, FOSC 425, Topics in Advanced Consumer Food Science 1-5 approved by the Head of the Department of Food Science

  Note: 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

• ECOL 495 Master's Thesis Preparation

• ECOL 411 Reading Ecology

• Three of BTNY 465, BTNY 467, BTNY 469, GEOG 454, GEOG 459, GEOG 460, GEOG 461, GEOG 471, MARI 401, MARI 431, SURV 509, SURV 511, ZOOL 410, ZOOL 411, ZOOL 415, ZOOL 416, ZOOL 417, ZOOL 418, ZOOL 422, ZOOL 423, ZOOL 425 or other suitable papers as approved by the Programme Director

• Thesis: ECOL 5

  Note: The papers are normally taken before undertaking the thesis.

• ECON 485 Master's Thesis Preparation

• Five of ECON 402, ECON 403, ECON 404, ECON 405, ECON 406, ECON 407, ECON 410, ECON 411, ECON 412, ECON 413

• Thesis: ECON 5

  Note: The papers are normally taken before undertaking the thesis.

40 points from:

• ELEC 441 Linear Systems and Noise
• ELEC 442 Digital Signal Processing
• ELEC 443 Boundary Value Problems of Mathematical Physics
• ELEC 444 Logic Synthesis
• ELEC 445 Inverse Problems and Imaging
• ELEC 446 Computational Inference
• 80 further 400-level points, as approved by the Programme Director Only one of ELEC 480 or ELEC 490 may be included.
• Thesis: ELEC 5

• EMAN 490 Dissertation

• Three 400-level EMAN papers

• Thesis: ENST 5

  Note: The papers are normally taken before undertaking the thesis.

• GEOG 495 Master's Thesis Preparation

• GEOG 471 Impact Assessment and Sustainability

• GEOG 472 Developments in Environmental Management

• Two further approved papers at 400-level

• Thesis: ENVM 5

  Note: The papers are normally taken before undertaking the thesis.

• ENVS 495 (this paper is not currently offered)

• Four 400-level papers from appropriate subjects approved by the Programme Director

• Thesis: ENVS 5

  Note: The papers are normally taken before undertaking the thesis.

• FOSC 495 Master's Thesis Preparation

• Four of FOSC 401, FOSC 402, FOSC 403, FOSC 404, FOSC 405, FOSC 406, FOSC 407 Topics in Advanced Food Science 1-7, approved by the Head of the Department of Food Science. Note: 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

  Note: The papers are normally taken before undertaking the thesis.

• GENE 411 Current Topics in Genetic

• GENE 412 Current Topics in Genetics

• GENE 495 Master's Thesis Preparation

• Two of:
  • ANAT 456 Developmental Biology
  • BIOC 462 Molecular Biology
  • BIOC 463 Contemporary Technologies in Biochemistry
  • BTNY 467 New Zealand Plant Ecology and Evolution
  • MICR 461 Molecular Microbiology
  • PLBI 401 Special Topic
  • STAT 435 Data Analysis for Bioinformatics
  • ZOOL 410 Evolutionary Genetics
  Note: With approval from the Programme Director, another 400-level paper may be substituted for one of the papers listed above.

• Thesis: GENE 5

  Note: The papers are normally taken before undertaking the thesis.

• GEOG 495 Master's Thesis Preparation

• Four papers from:
  • SURV 509 Introduction to Remote Sensing Technologies
  • SURV 511 Advanced Spatial Analysis and Modelling
  • SURV 512 Geovisualisation and Cartography
  • SURV 513 Resource Mapping and Image Processing
  • SURV 519 Spatial Analysis and Programming
  • and/or other 400- or 500-level papers approved by the Programme Director

• Thesis: GISS 5

  Note: The papers are normally taken before undertaking the thesis.

• GEOG 495 Master's Thesis Preparation

• Four 400-level GEOG papers

• Thesis: GEOG 5

  Note: The papers are normally taken before undertaking the thesis.

• GEOL 401 Current Topics and Advanced Methods in Geoscience or (GEOL 402 Advanced Research Methods in Geoscience 1 and GEOL 403 Advanced Research Methods in Geoscience 2)

• GEOL 495 Master's Thesis Preparation

• Six further 400-level GEOL papers

• Thesis: GEOL 5

  Note: The papers are normally taken before undertaking the thesis.

• GEOL 401 Current Topics and Advanced Methods in Geoscience or (GEOL 402 Advanced Research Methods in Geoscience 1 and GEOL 403 Advanced Research Methods in Geoscience 2)

• GEOL 495 Master's Thesis Preparation

• Further 400-level papers worth a total of at least 60 points from GEOL, MATH, PHSI, or SURV

• Thesis: GEPX 5

  Note: The papers are normally taken before undertaking the thesis.

• HUNT 495 Master's Thesis Preparation
• HUNT 454 Nutritional Biostatistics
• Three of:
  • HUNT 441 Research Methods
  • HUNT 442 Applied Nutrition & Disease Management
  • HUNT 443 Practice in Public Health Nutrition
  • HUNT 445 Applications in Sport and Exercise Nutrition
  • HUNT 452 Nutrition and Human Health
  • HUNT 455 Advanced Topics in Human Nutrition
  • NUTN 407 Advanced Sports Nutrition
  • or another approved 400-level paper

• Thesis: HUNT 5

  Note: The papers are normally taken before undertaking the thesis.Further information regarding the MSc in Human Nutrition is available from the Department of Human Nutrition website.

• IMMU 495 Master's Thesis Preparation

• MICR 461 Molecular Microbiology

• MICR 462 Microbiology and Immunology Research

• MICR 463 Trends in Microbiology

• MICR 464 Medical Microbiology and Immunology

• Thesis: IMMU 5

  Note: The papers are normally taken before undertaking the thesis.

• INFO 490 Dissertation
• Four further 400-level INFO papers

• Thesis: INFO 5

  Note: The papers are normally taken before undertaking the thesis.

• MARI 401 Advanced Methods in Marine Science

• MARI 495 Master's Thesis Preparation

• Three further 400-level MARI papers

Note: With approval from the Head of Department, one MARI 400-level paper may be replaced with a 400-level paper from another relevant subject.

• Thesis: MARI 5

Note: The papers are normally taken before undertaking the thesis.

• MATH 495 Master's Thesis Preparation

• 400-level  MATH papers worth 80 points

• Thesis: MATH 5

  Note: The papers are normally taken before undertaking the thesis.

• MICR 495 Master's Thesis Preparation

• MICR 461 Molecular Microbiology

• MICR 462 Microbiology and Immunology Research

• MICR 463 Trends in Microbiology

• MICR 464 Medical Microbiology and Immunology

• Thesis: MICR 5

  Note: The papers are normally taken before undertaking the thesis.

• NEUR 495 Master's Thesis Preparation

• Papers worth 80 points from:
  ANAT 454, COSC 420, NEUR 452, NEUR 453, NEUR 455, NEUR 456, NEUR 459, NEUR 462, NEUR 463, NEUR 471, NEUR 472, NEUR 473, PHAL 423, PHSL 472, PHSL 474, PSYC 429, PSYC 430, PSYC 437, PSYC 438, PSYC 439, ZOOL 412

• Thesis: NEUR 5

• PHAL 495 Master's Thesis Preparation

• PHAL 421 General Pharmacology and Toxicology

• Three of:
  • PHAL 423 Neuropharmacology
  • PHAL 426 Clinical Pharmacology
  • PHAL 427 Advanced Topic
  • PHAL 428 Current Research Literature in Toxicology
  • PHAL 430 Advanced Topic in Pharmacology and Toxicology
  • PHAL 431 Special Project

• Thesis: PHAL 5

  Note: The papers are normally taken before undertaking the thesis.

• PHSI 480 Research Project
• 60 points from PHSI 421, PHSI 422, PHSI 423, PHSI 424, PHSI 425, PHSI 426, PHSI 427
• 20 further 400-level MATH or PHSI points
• Thesis: PHSI 5
Note: The papers are normally taken before undertaking the thesis.

• PHSL 495 Master's Thesis Preparation

• PHSL 471 Systematic Physiology

• PHSL 472 Neurophysiology

• PHSL 473 Cellular Physiology

• PHSL 474 Research Topics

• Thesis: PHSL 5

  Note: The papers are normally taken before undertaking the thesis.

• PLBI 495 Master's Thesis Preparation

• PLBI 401 Special Topics

• BTNY 461 Plant Physiology and Biotechnology

• BTNY 465 Plant and Environment

• One further approved 400-level BIOC or BTNY paper

• Thesis: PLBI 5

  Note: The papers are normally taken before undertaking the thesis.

• PSYC 495 Master's Thesis Preparation

• Papers worth 80 points from PSYC 401-442

• Thesis: PSYC 5

  Note: The papers are normally taken before undertaking the thesis.

• SPEX 401 Research Methods in Sport, Exercise and Health

• SPEX 495 Master's Thesis Preparation

• Two papers from: SPEX 440 and SPEX 441; or SPEX 450 and SPEX 451; or SPEX 460 and SPEX 461

• One further 400-level paper worth 20 points

• Thesis: SPEX 5

• STAT 490 Dissertation

• Four 400-level STAT papers

• Thesis: STAT 5

  Note: The papers are normally taken before undertaking the thesis.

• SURV 580 Research project

• Four 500-level SURV papers
  or
  Three 500-level SURV papers and PMAN 501

• Thesis: SURV 5

  Note: The papers are normally taken before undertaking the thesis.

• PHAL 495 Master's Thesis Preparation

• PHAL 428 Current Research Literature in Toxicology

• Three further 400-level papers approved by the Programme Director

• Thesis: PHAL 5B

  Note: The papers are normally taken before undertaking the thesis.

• All candidates must have completed the requirements for the Postgraduate Diploma in Wildlife Management

• Thesis: WILM 5

• ZOOL 495 Master's Thesis Preparation

• Four of: ZOOL 410,  ZOOL 411,  ZOOL 412,  ZOOL 413, ZOOL 414, ZOOL 415 , ZOOL 416,  ZOOL 417, ZOOL 418,  ZOOL 419, ZOOL 420, ZOOL 421 , ZOOL 422, ZOOL 423, ZOOL 425

  • Thesis: ZOOL 5

    Note: The papers are normally taken before undertaking the thesis.