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Exploration of the Solar System: Foundations of Space Industry

PostgraduateCUR-NPSC50012025

Previously CUR-SPC500

Explore space—from the inner planets, to the gas giants, and ice worlds. You’ll get to know terminology, datasets, and best practices used by today’s space industry. Topics span space history through to the range of current space agencies around the world.

Study method
100% online
Assessments
100% online
Enrol by
24 Aug 2025
Entry requirements
Part of a degree
Duration
13 weeks
Start dates
3 Mar 2025,
1 Sept 2025

Price from
$3,464
Upfront cost
$0
Loan available
FEE-HELP available

Exploration of the Solar System: Foundations of Space Industry

About this subject

  • At the completion of this subject students will be able to:

    1. examine, review, and compare methods of the exploration of the solar system (ancient to modern)
    2. describe space mission science objectives and relate to instrument payloads
    3. evaluate and relate mission science to engineering advances and spin-offs
    4. analyse and interpret mission data; derive and critique properties of solar system bodies in a written report, demonstrating academic integrity and referencing conventions to acknowledge the original source of information
    5. assess planetary environments and plan for sustainable human presence in space

Entry requirements

To enrol in this subject, you must be admitted into a degree.

Equivalent subjects

You should not enrol in this subject if you have successfully completed any of the following subject(s) because they are considered academically equivalent:

  • CUR-SPC500-Exploration of the Solar System: Foundations of Space Industry (no longer available)

Others

Students must have a Bachelor Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) discipline with a minimum completion of high school mathematics.

Additional requirements

  • Equipment requirements - Audio video equipment required. Provide communication method.
  • Other requirements - Access to the Internet.

Study load

0.125 EFTSL
This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.

Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.

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