The Minerals Geoscience Honours (MGH) Program

The MGH courses have been prepared based on the advice of a panel of senior professionals from the mining and exploration industry. Each course is designed to address specific knowledge and skills relevant to your future employment as a minerals industry professional.

The program includes both field- and lecture-based courses with a diverse range of content based on the expertise of staff at the participating universities. Brief course descriptions are attached to this website.

The courses are intended to seamlessly mesh with your home university’s honours program, providing a component of your required course work, whilst offering you the opportunity to study a range of specialised subjects with experts from around the country. The program includes financial support, via a travel bursary, to help with travel expenses for one (1) MTEC course being offered outside your hometown (details below).

Please discuss your MTEC course participation with your intended honours supervisor or honours co-ordinator from your university. Think carefully about the type of course that will most fulfil your needs (including relevance to your proposed honours project) and take heed of the advice of your supervisor.

In order to minimise travel costs you should aim to register for courses and apply for travel bursaries as soon as possible. Early registration will also help us to plan the courses more effectively.

Assessment

All of the Minerals Geoscience Honours Program courses are designed to be completed within the one (1) week timetabled for the course. The nature of assessment will vary depending on the nature and content of the course. All students taking courses toward their honours degree will be assessed in the same way, however, the weighting of the courses (as a proportion of your degree) may vary slightly between universities. All work submitted for assessment will be completed and handed in by the conclusion of the course – there will be no take-home work. Course co-ordinators will endeavour to provide assessments within a week of completion of the course.

The Travel Bursary

As part of its support for the Minerals Geoscience Honours Program, MTEC has provided financial assistance to offset the cost of students participating in courses outside their hometown. The bursary is designed to assist you with the costs of travel to the city where the course is being run. The organisation of this aspect of your travel and accommodation is your responsibility and it is advisable to book early.

In the case of field-based courses the travel bursary is designed to assist your travel to the start point of the course, after which travel and accommodation will be arranged by the course co-ordinator.

As a participating MTEC student you can apply for one (1) travel bursary. If you choose to participate in two (2) courses away from your home institution you will have to find an alternate source of funding for transport to the second course. The level of support varies depending on the distance between locations, based on a zone system outlined below.

There is no need to apply separately for a travel bursary. Your course registration will be sufficient for this process.

Registration

Registration will be possible from October onwards. Please register for your preferred courses through the website using the login code supplied to you by your honours coordinator or the relevant contact person listed below.