2016 Course Handbook
  • Students are to follow the requirements of the Handbook for the year they commenced the course.

    However, the subject links below do not contain the subject information for the current year. You can view current subject information through the new Course Handbook.

Minor Study Areas

The course information on this page is for new students commencing their degree in 2016 only. 

Students should follow the rules and requirements for the year that they commenced their course. The online course information for years prior to 2016 are available from the Archives link in the menu.

Students should also review current subject availabilities via the Subject Descriptions link in the menu.

The Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences offers the following Minors to students in any degree, where their course rules allow:

General Physics

The minor in General Physics requires satisfactory completion of the following 24 credit points of subjects:

Subject Code Subject Name Credit Points Session(s)
PHYS154Energy, Climate Change and Human Society6Autumn
PHYS155Introduction to Biomedical Physics6Spring
PHYS233Introduction to Environmental Physics6Autumn
PHYS295Astronomy - Concepts of the Universe6Spring

Informatics

The minor in Informatics requires satisfactory completion of the following 24 credit points of subjects:

Subject Code Subject Name Credit Points Session(s)
CSIT114System Analysis6Autumn, Spring
CSIT111Programming Fundamentals6Autumn, Spring
Plus 12 credit points from the following:
ISIT204Principles of eBusiness6Autumn
ISIT224Management Information Systems6Not offered in 2016
CSIT226Human Computer Interaction6Spring

Mathematics 

The minor in Mathematics requires satisfactory completion of the following 24 credit points of subjects:  

Subject CodeSubject NameCredit PointsSession(s)
MATH201Multivariate and Vector Calculus*6Autumn
Plus 18 credit points (3 subjects) from the following lists:
200-Level Subjects
MATH202Differential Equations 26Spring
MATH203Linear Algebra6Autumn
MATH204Complex Variables and Group Theory6Spring
MATH212Applied Mathematical Modelling 26Spring
MATH222Continuous Mathematics6Autumn
STAT231Probability and Random Variables6Autumn
STAT232Estimation and Hypothesis Testing6Spring
300-Level Subjects
MATH302Differential Equations 36Autumn
MATH305Partial Differential Equations6Spring
MATH312Applied Mathematical Modelling 36Spring
MATH313Industrial Mathematical Modelling6Spring
MATH317Financial Calculus6Autumn
MATH318Operations Research6Autumn
MATH321Numerical Analysis6Spring
MATH322Algebra6Not offered in 2016
MATH323Topology and Chaos6Not offered in 2016
MATH324Calculus of Variations and Geometry6Spring
MATH325Wavelets6Not offered in 2016
MATH329Medical Mathematics and Applications6Autumn
MATH371Special Topics in Industrial and Applied Mathematics 36Not offered in 2016
MATH372Special Topics in Mathematical Analysis 36Not offered in 2016
STAT304Applied Probability and Financial Risk6Autumn
STAT332Linear and Generalised Linear Models6Spring
STAT333Statistical Inference6Spring
STAT335Sample Surveys and Experimental Design6Autumn
STAT373Special Topics in Probability and Statistics 36Not offered in 2016
STAT374Special Topics in Applied Statistics 36Spring
INFO411Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery6Autumn
INFO412Mathematics for Cryptography6Autumn
*Note: MATH201 pre-requisites are usually MATH187 and MATH188

Physics

The minor in Physics requires satisfactory completion of the following 36 credit points of subjects: 

Subject Code Subject Name Credit Points Session(s)
PHYS141Fundamentals of Physics A6Autumn
PHYS142Fundamentals of Physics B6Spring
MATH187Mathematics 1: Algebra and Differential Calculus6Autumn
MATH188Mathematics 2: Series and Integral Calculus6Spring
PHYS205Advanced Modern Physics6Autumn
And one of the following
PHYS225Electromagnetism and Optoelectronics6Spring
Or
PHYS255Radiation Physics6Spring

 

Last reviewed: 14 November, 2016