First year level

Associate Professor Jeremy Bailey is leading a first level course at the University of New South Wales entitled "Astronomy and the Search for Life Elsewhere". PHYS 1160 is a fully online course offered inthe second semester. It is suitable as an introductory course for science students and as a general education course for non-scientists.

Third year level

Professor Malcolm Walter and Dr Brendan Burns are aiming to raise a third year level course in astrobiology for second semester next year. It will be suitable for both science and non-science students who have at least some credit points in science (number to be determined). The course will introduce the concepts in astrobiology - the origin of life on Earth and the relatonship to the search for life elsewhere in our solar system and beyond.

Honours Year or Master of Philosophy?

Are you completing your undergraduate degree in Australia? Did you know that Honours is not the only track to a doctoral program. You can take a Master of Philosophy instead. There are major advantages in the latter: You have 18 months instead of around half that time for an Honours program. Doctoral scholarships are open equally to Honours and MPhil students. But the Honours will cost you HECS that you'll have to pay back later, while the MPhil is offered under the research training scheme. See here for more details.