VIEPS (Vic Institute of Earth & Planetary Sciences)

Welcome to the VIEPS Information Page!

VIEPS is an alliance of Monash University (host), Melbourne University, University of Tasmania and Federation University sharing graduate classes in geosciences and atmospheric sciences. If you are an enrolled student at any of the four VIEPS universities, you can choose subjects from the below list and accrue credits even when the subject is offered by a partner university. If you want to enrol in any of the subjects hosted by a partner university, please contact the respective subject coordinator by email (see subject description) using your university email address. The subject coordinator will contact you in the lead up to the subject.

University of Melbourne students also need to enrol through the university’s LMS.

Subject Title

University

Mode 

Teaching Period

Advanced Past ClimatesUnimelbOn CampusSemester 1

Advanced Structural Mapping

Monash

Off Campus

21st Mar 26 -27th Mar 26

Boundary Layer MeteorologyMonashOn CampusSemester 1
Climate Modelling and Climate ChangeUnimelbOn Campus Sem 2 26
Climate Models..  What are they good forMonashOn CampusSem 1  26
Convective Clouds and StormsUnimelbOn Campus15/7/24 - 26/7/24

Data Analysis in Earth Sciences

Monash

On Campus

23rd Mar 26 -2nd Apr 26

Environmental Geology Field Techniques

UTas

Off Campus

25th Aug 26 - 28th Aug  26

Exploration Field Skills

UTas

Off Campus

1st Feb 26 - 8th Feb 26

General Circulation of the AtmosphereMonashOn CampusSemester 1

Geochronology and Thermochronology

Unimelb

On Campus

18th May 26 - 22nd May 26

Geographic Information SystemsMonashOff Campus16th Feb 26 - 20th Feb 26

Geology from Geophysics

Monash

Off Campus

23rd Feb 26 - 27th Feb 26

Geology of Gold

Unimelb

On Campus

2nd Mar 26 - 6th Mar 26

Hydrogeology/Environmental Geochemistry

Unimelb

On Campus

23rd Feb 26 - 27th Feb 26

Critical Mineral Deposits

Unimelb

On Campus

16th Mar 26 - 20th  Mar 26

Introduction to Mineralogy

Unimelb

On Campus

19th Oct 26 - 23th Oct 26

Sedimentary Basins and Resource Analysis

Unimelb

On Campus

10th Aug 26 - 28th Aug 26

Statistics in Climate DynamicsMonashOn CampusSemester 1
Current Topics in Climate ScienceUnmelbOn CampusSemester 2
Climate Science for Decision MakingUnmelbOn  CampusSemester 1
Weather and Climate ExtremesUnmelbOn CampusSemester 2