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Bachelor of Science

Biodiversity/Ecology

Program of Study

Credit Points

Core Units
The following core units must be completed as part of this major

24cps

Unit Code

Unit Title

Unit cps

 

BIOL110

Biology I

6

 

BIOL120

Biology II

6

 

CHEM110

Chemistry 1

6

 

CHEM120

Chemistry 2

6

 

And complete 6 credit points from the following units

6 cps

STAT100

Introductory Statistics in the Sciences I

6

 

MATH120

Basic Mathematical Methods in Science and Economics

6

 

Prescribed Units for this Major
Complete all the following units

36 cps

ECOL202

Marine and Freshwater Ecology

6

 

ECOL203

Ecological Gradients - Populations to Ecosystems

6

 

BOTY203

Plant Diversity

6

 

EVOL211

Evolution and Biogeography

6

 

EVOL301

Biological Systematics

6

 

EM353

Conservation Biology

6

 

And complete 24 credit points from the following units

24 cps

ZOOL203

Vertebrate Zoology – Evolution and Diversity

6

 

ZOOL210

Invertebrate Zoology

6

 

ZOOL220

Entomology

6

 

ECOL307

Ecology of Plant Populations

6

 

ECOL311

Ecology of Australian Vegetation

6

 

RSNR301

Pollution Management

6

 

Elective Units
Complete Elective Units to the value of 54 credit points from the following units

54 cps

FSC102

Fundamentals of Forensic Science

6

 

AQUA200

Aquaculture

6

 

ASTY221

Introduction to Astronomy

6

 

COMP280

Operating Systems

6

 

COMP283

Computer Architecture and Assembler

6

 

COMP284

Software Engineering

6

 

COMP285

Object-Oriented Programming in Java

6

 

COMP286

Systems Analysis and Design

6

 

COMP287

Human Computer Interaction

6

 

ECOL204

Ecological Methods

6

 

STAT200

Statistical Modelling in the Sciences II

6

 

ANUT321

Animal Nutrition

6

 

AGRO422

Integrated Weed Management

6

 

COMP303

Decision Support Systems

6

 

COMP309

Concurrent Programming

6

 

COMP311

Software Engineering for Multimedia

6

 

COMP313

Data Mining

6

 

COMP318

Non-Procedural Languages

6

 

COMP319

Compiler Construction

6

 

COMP320

Computer Networks

6

 

COMP323

Game Programming

6

 

COMP389

Databases

6

 

EM351

Ecosystem Rehabilitation

6

 

EM323

Ecology and Management of Australasian Wildlife

6

 

EM432

Remote Sensing and Image Analysis

6

 

ENVE352

Principles of Hydrology

6

 

HORT420

Horticulture and Viticulture

6

 

HUMN340

Issues in Human Nutrition II

6

 

MSM301

Marine Systems Science and Management

6

 

MSM302

Successful Sampling

6

 

MSM303

Science for Management of the Marine Environment

6

 

MSM304

Marine Communities as Sentinels of Change

6

 

MSM305

Global Climate and Ocean Systems

6

 

MSM306

Sustainable Use of the Marine Environment

6

 

MSM307

Pollution of the Marine Environment

6

 

MSM308

Coral Reefs on the Edge

6

 

SCI395

Science Project

6

 

WORK300

Professional Skills Development

6

 

Or from units comprising any of the Majors or Combined Majors for the course which candidates meet prerequisite and timetabling requirements.

 

Total

144 cps

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Course Plans
The following are standard patterns of enrolment or pathways for candidates studying on a full-time or part-time basis. They take into account unit pre-requisite, co-requisite and timetabling requirements. Candidates can each year choose to study less units than the full-time pattern or more units than the part-time pattern, but if doing so should use these standard patterns as guides as to how best to structure their studies.

For candidates studying Full-Time = 48cps per year or 24cps per semester

Year

Notes

Semester 1

Semester 2

1

In their first year candidates should enrol in these 4 Units and either MATH120 or STAT100 and 3 Elective Units at 100-level.

BIOL110

BIOL120

CHEM110

CHEM120

MATH120 or 100-level Elective Unit

STAT100 or 100-level Elective Unit

100-level Elective Unit

100-level Elective Unit

2

In Yr 2 candidates should enrol in these 4 Units and 2 Listed Units for this Major and 2 Elective Units.

BOTY203

ECOL202

ECOL203

EVOL211

Listed Unit for this Major

Listed Unit for this Major

200-level Elective Unit

200-level Elective Unit

3

In Yr 3 candidates should enrol in these 2 Units and 2 Listed Unit for this Major and 4 Elective Units.

EVOL301

Listed Unit for this Major

EM353

Listed Unit for this Major or 300-level Elective Unit

Listed Unit for this Major or 300-level Elective Unit

300-level Elective Unit

300-level Elective Unit

300-level Elective Unit

Notes
The number and combination of Listed Units for this Major and Elective Units in which candidates enrol each year can be varied to the suggested pattern above to take into account unit availability.

For candidates studying Part-Time = 24cps per year or 12cps per semester

Year

Notes

Semester 1

Semester 2

1

In their first year candidates should enrol in these 2 Units and either MATH120 in Sem 1 or STAT100 in Sem 2 and 1 Elective Unit at 100-level.

BIOL110

BIOL120

MATH120 or 100-level Elective Unit

STAT100 or 100-level Elective Unit

2

In Yr 2 candidates should enrol in these 2 Units and 2 Elective Units at 100-level.

CHEM110

CHEM120

100-level Elective Unit

100-level Elective Unit

3

In Yr 3 candidates should enrol in these 4 Units.

BOTY203

ECOL202

ECOL203

EVOL211

4

In Yr 4 candidates should enrol in 2 Listed Units for this Major and 2 Elective Units.

Listed Unit for this Major

Listed Unit for this Major

200-level Elective Unit

200-level Elective Unit

5

In Yr 5 candidates should enrol in these 2 Units and either 1 Listed Unit for this Major and 1 Elective Unit or 2 Electives.

EVOL301

Listed Unit for this Major

EM353

Listed Unit for this Major or 300-level Elective Unit

6

In Yr 6 candidates should enrol in either 1 Listed Unit for this Major and 3 Elective Units or 4 Elective Units.

Listed Unit for this Major or 300-level Elective Unit

300-level Elective Unit

300-level Elective Unit

300-level Elective Unit

Notes
The number and combination of Listed Units for this Major and Elective Units in which candidates enrol each year can be varied to the suggested pattern above to take into account unit availability.

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