Course Content
The Bachelor of Science requires the completion of 300 credit points comprising:
- 100 credit point Major
- 100 credit points of Discipline Elective units
- 100 credit points of Elective units
Major
Marine Biology
Year 1
- Ecology
- Biology of Animals
Year 2
- Population and Community Ecology
- Functional Biology of Animals
Year 3
- Marine Ecology
- Quantitative Methods in Biology
(choose 2)
- Antarctic Ecology
- Birds and Mammals of the Southern Ocean
- Aquatic Botany
Microbiology
Year 1
- Cell Biology, Genetics and Evolution
(choose 1)
- Chemistry 1A
- Chemistry 1B
- Introduction to Chemistry
Year 2
- Microbiology
- Microbes and Man
Year 3
(choose 4)
- Inflammation, Infection and Immunity
- Foodborne Pathogens
- Plant Pathology
- Advanced Food Safety Management
- Food Microbiology
- Applied Environmental Microbiology
Molecular Bioscience
*Students should be aware that TCE Year 12 Chemistry (or equivalent) is assumed knowledge for this major.
Year 1
(choose 1)
- Human Anatomy and Physiology 1B
- Biology of Plants
- Biology of Animals
(choose 1)
- Human Anatomy and Physiology 1A
- Cell Biology, Genetics and Evolution
Year 2
- Biochemistry: Metabolism & Nutrition
- Molecular Biology in Health & Disease
Year 3
(choose 4)
- Biomolecular Approaches to Medical Research
- Systems-based Approaches to Medical Research
- Advanced Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Human Genetics
- Applied Genetics and Biotechnology
- Genetics and Evolution III
Elective units
In the Elective component you can choose from any units marked as "Student Electives" which you meet the pre-requisites for, at any level, from across the university.
Additional units
Discipline Electives
Your Discipline Electives can be chosen from any units available in any of the majors for the Bachelor of Science provided you meet pre-requisites, where applicable (see the list of majors above). You will complete 100 credit points of Discipline Electives which may be used to complete a second Science major.
