Bachelor of Scientific Studies

Rules Variation Summary for 2025

Summary of Changes for 2025

Implications for current Bachelor of Scientific Studies students

Course Duration:

Updated to up to 10 years part time

Program of Study:

Group 3 Listed units:

BIOP320 Has been removed from Science and Health Science

Students yet to complete BIOP320 will need to select another unit from the group.

Rules Variation Summary for 2024

Summary of Changes for 2024

Implications for current Bachelor of Scientific Studies students

Program of Study:

Listed unit groups:

  • Group 2 Listed Units - Agriculture Pathway:
    • AGRO223 removed
    • AGRO211 replaced with AGRO200
  • Group 2 Listed Units - Science Pathway:
    • SCI310 added
  • Group 3 Listed Units - Science Pathway:
    • CHEM306 removed
    • NR331 replaced with GICS331
    • RSNR302 removed
  • Group 2 Listed Units - Health Sciences Pathway:
    • LSK240 added
    • CHEM110 removed
  • Group 3 Listed Units - Health Sciences Pathway:
    • HDEV305 recoded to NEUR341
    • LSK310 added
  • Group 2 Listed Units - Health Sciences Pathway:
    • LSK240 added
  • Group 2 Listed Units - Computer Sciences Pathway:
    • COSC130 added

Note changes to program of study.

Note changes to listed units.

Rules Variation Summary for 2023

Summary of Changes for 2023

Implications for current Bachelor of Scientific Studies students

Program of Study:

Additional listed - AGFN100, AGSY102 added. AGRO100, RSNR120 removed.

Listed unit groups:

  • Agriculture - AGFN100, AGSY101 and AGSY102. AGRO100, RSNR110, RSNR120, ANPR315, WOOL372, WOOL382.
  • Health Science - BTEC210, HDEV303, HDEV304 and HDEV306.
  • Science - AGEX310, BTEC310, BTEC210 and NR311.

Note changes to program of study

Rules Variation Summary for 2022

Summary of Changes for 2022

Implications for current Bachelor of Scientific Studies students

No changes for 2022

Nil

Rules Variation Summary for 2021

Summary of Changes for 2021

Implications for current Bachelor of Scientific Studies students

Program of Study

  • Unit title change ZOOL100 from Principles of Zoology to Life on Earth

Group 1 Listed Units additions

  • COSC102
  • EXSC120
  • ICT100
  • ICT101

Group 2 Listed Units removal

  • PHYS207
  • ZOOL328

Note unit changes

Rules Variation Summary for 2020

Summary of Changes for 2020

Implications for current Bachelor of Scientific Studies students

Program of Study

Group 1 Listed Units:

Health Science (Biomedical Science and Pharmacy)

  • PHAR120 added

Group 2 Listed Units:

Exercise and Sports Science and Clinical Exercise Physiology

  • PSYC101 added

Health Science (Biomedical Science and Pharmacy)

  • PSYC102 added

Science (including Environmental Science, Geoscience and Zoology)

  • CHEM210 title change
  • CHEM220 title change
  • PHYS211 deleted
  • PHYS213 added

Group 3 Listed Units:

Health Science (Biomedical Science and Pharmacy)

  • CHEM220 title change
  • HDEV402, HDEV403, HDEV404, HDEV405 deleted
  • HDEV303, HDEV304, HDEV305, HDEV306 added
  • NEUR330 added

Science (including Environmental Science, Geoscience and Zoology)

  • CHEM302 title change
  • PSIO411 title change
  • NEUR330 added
  • NEUR337 added

Note unit and/or unit title change

Current students will be able to complete under current rules and may enrol in the new units if they wish or transfer subject to meeting new course requirements.

Rules Variation Summary for 2019

Summary of Changes for 2019

Implications for current Bachelor of Scientific Studies students

Group 1 Listed Units:

  • HLTH100 deleted from the Health Science (Biomedical Science and Pharmacy) group. Students now complete MTHS110 and 18 credit points from a group of four units

Group 2 Listed Units:

  • GEOL209 title changed to Mineralogy, Petrology and Geochemistry

Group 3 Listed Units:

  • PLTY302 deleted
  • ECOL300 replaced by ERS301 Applied Research Skills in Environmental and Rural Science
  • RSNR304 title changed to Innovation, Projects and People

Note unit deletions in all Listed Unit groups, change in unit titles and restructure of the Health Science (Biomedical Science and Pharmacy) Group 1 Listed Units

Rules Variation Summary for 2018

Summary of Changes for 2018

Implications for current Bachelor of Scientific Studies students

Group 1 Listed Units

Exercise and Sports Science and Clinical Exercise Physiology 

  • EXSC100 and EXSC120 have been withdrawn
  • EXSC101 has been added

Science Subject Area

  • GEOL110 title changed to Our Blue Planet
  • GEOL120 title changed to Dynamic Earth

Group 2 Listed Units

Computer Science 

  • COSC110 has been withdrawn
  • COSC220 title changed to Software Development Studio 2

Exercise and Sports Science and Clinical Exercise Physiology

  • EXSC100, EXSC120 and STAT100 have been withdrawn
  • EXSC101, EXSC329 and EXSC260 have been added

Health Science (Biomedical and Pharmacy)

  • HLTH100 and MTHS110 have been withdrawn

Science

  • GEOL110 title changed to Our Blue Planet
  • GEOL120 title changed to Dynamic Earth
  • GEOL209 title changed to Mineralogy, Petrology and Geochemistry

Group 3 Listed Units

Computer Science

  • COSC372 has been added
  • COSC380 title changed to Algorithms in Machine Learning

Exercise and Sports Science and Clinical Exercise Physiology

  • EXSC315, EXSC322, EXSC33 and EXSC337 have been withdrawn
  • EXSC340, EXSC341, EXSC342, EXSC343, EXSC360 and EXSC370 have been added

Science (including Environmental Science, Geoscience and Zoology)

  • ECOL300 code and title changed to ERS301 Applied Research Skills in Environmental and Rural Science

Note unit and title changes

These course rule changes only apply to students who commence or transfer to 2018 course rules.

Students who have already successfully completed units that are no longer offered will be credited towards their course.