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JCU Astronomy Masters and Doctorate program

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JCU Astronomy Academic Calendar

2008 Calendar for Master/Doctorate of Astronomy
Week in the Year	Week beginning	JCU: Astronomy Teaching Week
January	2
	7
	14
	21
	28
February	4
	18	Please check the census date for each semester
	18
	25
March	3	Week 1 Semester Begins. AS5022 not offered
	10	Week 2
	17	Week 3
	24	Week 4
	31	Week 5
April	7	Week 6
	14	Intra-session Study Break
	21	Week 7
	28	Week 8
May	5	Week 9
	12	Week 10
	19	Week 11
	26	Week 12
June	2	Week 13
	9	Study Break - Final Exams at end of week: (See below)
	16
	23
	30
July	7
	14
	21	Please check the census date for each semester
	28
August	4	Week 1- Semester Begins. AS5021 not offered
	11	Week 2
	18	Week 3
	25	Week 4
September	1	Week 5
	8	Week 6
	15	Week 7
	22	Intra-session Study Break
	29	Week 8
October	6	Week 9
	13	Week 10
	20	Week 11
	27	Week 12
November	3	Week 13
	10	Study Break - Finals at end of week (see below)
	17
	24
December	1
	8
	15
	22
	29

Exam Timetable 08.1

Date	Day at 00:00 UT	Exam/Assignments (see discussion board for details near the date)
14 June 2008	Saturday	MAP (AS5011), GAC (AS5022)
15 June 2008	Sunday	TSS (AS5021)

Exam Timetable 08.2

Date	Day at 00:00 UT	Exam/Assignments (see discussion board for details near the date)
15 November 2008	Saturday	AIN (AS5012)
16 November 2008	Sunday	MAP (AS5011), GAC (AS5022)

*Study Periods and Census Dates
http://www.jcu.edu.au/studying/entry/cost/censusdates.html

Subjects in the Masters Program

JCU Masters Subjects	Subject Number	Informal Subject Abbreviation
	Six (6) Credit Point Subjects
Modern Astrophysics	AS5011	MAP
Astronomy Instrumentation	AS5012	AIN
The Solar System	AS5021	TSS
Galactic Astronomy and Cosmology	AS5022	GAC
Astronomy Literature Review	AS5041	ALR
Scientific and Technological Developments in Astronomy	AS5051	STA
Pilot Research Project	AS5042	PRP

Special Astronomy Topics	*Special conditions apply*	Not Offerred
Special Astronomy Topic A	AS5031	ATA

	Three (3) credit point Subjects
Special Astronomy Topic B	AS5032	ATB
Special Astronomy Topic C	AS5033	ATC

Subjects in the Doctorate Program

JCU Doctorate Subjects	Subject Number (6 credit point value)	Semester
Modern Astrophysics	AS5011	1
Astronomy Instrumentation	AS5012	2
Professional Doctorate Research Thesis (Astronomy)	PD7605	until completed

Other Important Information

Time Zones

Current World Times
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JCU Email Account
It is very important to use your JCU email account when communicating with JCU. Vital student information eg re-enrolment or fees issues are sent via your JCU email account, so it is important to regularly check your JCU email account. It is possible to have your JCU email forwarded to your personal email account. Details related to your JCU email account can be found at: http://www.library.jcu.edu.au/Computing/

General Administration Information
Please look at the following information for more background to studying at JCU. It is important to be familiar with the pages below.
Much of this is also provided at: http://www.jcu.edu.au/currstud/

JCU Home page
http://www.jcu.edu.au

JCU Astronomy Home page
http://www.jcu.edu.au/astronomy

Recommended Browser information
http://www.library.jcu.edu.au/Computing/configuration.shtml

International student contact webpage
http://www.isc.jcu.edu.au/contact.cfm

International student email contact
InternationalStudentCentre@jcu.edu.au

Local Student administration email
EnquiriesTownsville@jcu.edu.au

Centre for Astronomy administration email
astronomy@jcu.edu.au

Census date: Date of all student payable fees
http://www.jcu.edu.au/studying/entry/cost/censusdates.html

General Student Help Admissions – Enquiries
EnquiriesTownsville@jcu.edu.au

Enrolment and general Information: This has most of the information you should need.
http://www.jcu.edu.au/studying/entry/enrol.html

General Student information: Very useful
http://www.jcu.edu.au/currstud/

LearnJCU/Blackboard (access)
http://learnjcu.jcu.edu.au/