Late Submission Policy 5% penalty per day: If you submit your assessment late, 5% of the total possible marks will be deducted for each day (including weekends), up to 7 days. Example 1 (out of 100): If you score 85/100 but submit 20 hours late, you will lose 5 marks and receive 80/100. Example 2 (out of 30): If you score 27/30 but submit 1 day late, you will lose 1.5 marks and receive 25.5/30. After 7 days: Submissions more than 7 days late will receive a mark of 0. Extensions: Automatic short extension: Some assessments are eligible for automatic short extension. You can only apply for an automatic short extension before the due date. Special Consideration: If you need more time due to serious issues and for any assessments that are not eligible for Short Extension, you must apply for Special Consideration. Need help? Review the Special Consideration page HERE

Study commitment

The semester runs for 12 weeks, with a semester break for 1 week. As with all university subjects, TAMS comprises a variety of learning activities. Each week there will be a three-hour practical workshop followed by a 1-hour seminar. Both workshops and seminar sessions will be recorded and made available online afterwards. We have a few field experiments at the waterfront and a SIMS tour planned, which won’t be accessible online for logistical reasons, but some data material at the site will be provided for online students when there are experiments.

Practical workshops

The practical workshops will introduce students to Australia’s Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS), a national infrastructure facility that collects marine data from Australia’s coasts and oceans. These data are made publicly available and used by scientists to explore and monitor biological and oceanographic processes in the coastal and marine environment. In practical workshops you will analyse and interpret remotely sensed data from IMOS, which provides comprehensive information on the biological and physical processes of Australia’s coastal and oceanic waters.

Seminars

The seminar series is built around the most current research questions in Australian marine science with lectures that are relevant to the course material. Scientists from several disciplines will present their research and the most important research questions in their field in a 1-hour seminar. Seminar topics cover physical and biological oceanography, climate change, molecular ecology, aquaculture, marine biology and marine geosciences.

TAMS workshops and seminars will run on Thursdays at SIMS in person (19 Chowder Bay Rd, Mosman NSW 2088) (Table 1 – next page). You will be able to Zoom into the class if working remotely. A recording of the class will also be made available. Classes start on the 26th of February 2026 and the final exam will be on the 21st of May 2026 (Table 1 – next page). Please note that there will be no classes run during the one-week semester break from the 13th – 19th of April 2026 (Table 1- next page). Note that the week break may not align with the mid-semester break at your home University – refer to your semester timetables to check this.