Bachelor of Advanced Science (Honours) - Space and Planetary Science

Curtin University

Advanced Science is an academically elite, honours degree course in which you can tailor your study to your interests in science, technology and mathematics. During your course, you will have access to world-class research groups, work-integrated learning, industry engagement, student-led projects and accelerated learning pathways. This course is unique in Western Australia in its multidisciplinary, project-based learning and scientific professional practice involving entrepreneurship, communication and leadership skills. These professional skills are essential in enabling agile and innovative responses to changing industry and employment circumstances. You’ll graduate with the skills to be a STEM leader who can apply advanced, multidisciplinary knowledge to address major science challenges.This course equips you with leadership and entrepreneurial skills so that you can contribute to science innovation. Curtin hosts numerous esteemed groups and centres undertaking high-impact research, ranging from agriculture to space sciences. Benefit from work-integrated learning opportunities from your second year. Develop real-world experience before you graduate. Learn how work-integrated learning helps you build career skills and connect with industry early.This is an Advanced Science honours course designed for high-performing students to pursue their interest in space and planetary science through a core of discipline knowledge alongside project-based learning, leadership and entrepreneurship. Through embedded research and industry engagement, you will have the opportunity to investigate various specialist areas of space and planetary science, and tailor your study plan to your career aims. You’ll benefit from working across disciplines with Advanced Science peers, networking opportunities and workshops in career skills, entrepreneurship, leadership and communication. From second year, you’ll undertake year-long projects alongside leading researchers or engage with industry experts. In addition, you’ll have the opportunity to pursue for-credit applied work experiences. This major will give you a solid foundation in space and planetary sciences that you can either deepen or broaden through elective units and year-long, student-led projects that are unique to Advanced Science majors. You can also use elective units to study a minor or specialisation to tailor your degree for technical careers that incorporate, for example, data science, geophysics, artificial intelligence, ICT and intelligent robotics. The course explores the structure and evolution of the Solar System, including Earth as a planet, and the practicalities of space exploration. Within that realm, your studies will cover space environments and operations and space system design, as well as the key drivers of space exploration. You'll learn digital technologies and how to gather and interpret data that are relevant to planetary and terrestrial geoscience.

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