Honours/Masters Timeline 2012

Date	Event	Location
Feb. 1, 10 am	Honours/Masters introduction talk	4^th floor tea room, School of Earth Sciences
Feb. 1, 11 am	VIEPS/MTEC welcome	Hills lab (2^nd floor)
Feb. 1, 2 pm	Intro to local computing facilities	PC lab, 3^rd floor
Feb. 2, 10 am	Introduction to map resources	PC lab, 3^rd floor
Feb. 3, 9:30am-4:30pm	First Aid Course	Skeats lab (2^nd floor)
Feb. 8, 10am-12pm	Getting started in research	eLearning Centre, 1st floor ERC
Feb. 9, 10 am	Unix Part A	Unix lab, 3rd floor
Feb. 10, 10am-12pm	Staying current in your research	eLearning Centre, 1st floor ERC
mid-Feb, to be confirmed	4WD course (with permission of supervisor)
Feb. 21, 9:30 am	Faculty Masters orientation	Hercus Theatre, Physics Building
Feb. 22, 10am-4pm	Short course on Adobe Illustrator, graphics and Endnote	3rd floor PC lab
Late Feb., TBA	Dean’s Masters welcome and lunch	TBA
March 1	Final deadline for VIEPS course changes; changes after this date only allowed with permission of supervisor and honours/Masters coordinator
March	Unix Part B and Fortran	Unix lab
March 9	Final date to change University of Melbourne subjects and to complete enrolment
About 31 March	Census date. Last day to withdraw without being financially liable.
April 16, 5pm	Literature review deadline (honours)
May 1, 5pm	Mid-year thesis deadline
June 1, 5pm	Literature review deadline (Masters)
June, TBA	How to write a thesis course: HURDLE REQUIREMENT FOR HONOURS	PC lab
Late Sept.	Honours talks	TBA
Friday, October 12 12pm	Honours and Masters thesis deadline
Late October	Students to fill out "completion of honours or Masters" forms and evaluation forms (note extra questions)