Diploma in Science

Rules Variation Summary for 2025

Summary of Changes for 2025

Implications for current Diploma in Science students

Program of study:

Core Units:

  • CHEM100 added
  • MTHS100 added
  • PHYS100 added
  • SCI100 added

Magors:

  • Medical Sciences removed
  • Pharmacy Pathway removed
  • OUA Program removed

General Studies Magor:

  • EXSC101 removed
  • OORA200 removed
  • ANSC120 removed
  • CHEM100 removed
  • EXSC101 removed
  • MTHS100 removed
  • PHYS100 removed
  • SCI100 removed

Minors:

  • Applied Physics added
  • Archaeology added
  • Biology added
  • Chemistry added
  • Computational Science added
  • Georgraphy added
  • Geoscience added
  • Human Biology added
  • Mathematics added
  • Palaeobiology added
  • Pharmaceutics added

Note changes to core units, new minors and updates to existing minors

Rules Variation Summary for 2024

Summary of Changes for 2024

Implications for current Diploma in Science students

Program of study:

  • Major - General studies in Science - Listed Units: COSC130 and GEOL210 added.
  • New Major Added: Pharmacy Pathway.

Note new major and updates to existing majors.

Rules Variation Summary for 2023

Summary of Changes for 2023

Implications for current Diploma in Science students

Program of study:

  • General studies (listed) - added AGFN100, AGSY101 and AGSY102. Removed AGRO100, RSNR110 and RSNR120

Note chnages to program of study

Rules Variation Summary for 2022

Summary of Changes for 2022

Implications for current Diploma in Science students

There are no changes for 2022

Nil.

Rules Variation Summary for 2021

Summary of Changes for 2021

Implications for current Diploma in Science students

Program of Study

Changes to General Studies Major

Nil.

Rules Variation Summary for 2020

Summary of Changes for 2020

Implications for current Diploma in Science students

Program of Study

Addition of two new programs:

  • Intelli Education Group (IEG) Program
  • Open Universities Australia (OUA) Program

Nil.

Rules Variation Summary for 2019

Summary of Changes for 2019

Implications for current Diploma in Science students

Program of Study

  • HLTH100 deleted from the Listed Units in the   Medical Sciences program.

Note unit change.

Rules Variation Summary for 2018

Summary of Changes for 2018

Implications for current Diploma in Science students

Program of Study

General Studies in Science Program

Listed Units:

  • EXSC100 and EXSC120 have been withdrawn
  • EXSC101 has been added
  • GEOL110 title changed to Our Blue Planet
  • GEOL120 title changed to Dynamic Earth

Science Pathways Program

  • The Science Pathways Program is no longer offered.

Students who have not completed COSC100 must completed COSC101

The Bachelor of Scientific Studies was introduced in 2017 and has replaced the Science Pathways Program in the Diploma in Science.

Rules Variation Summary for 2017

Summary of Changes for 2017

Implications for current Diploma in Science students

Program of Study

General Studies in Science Program

Listed Units:

  • COSC100 has been deleted
  • COSC101 has been added

Science Pathways Program

Listed Units:

  • Group 2: Listed Units for Engineering has been withdrawn; consecutive groups renumbered (e.g. Group 3 becomes Group 2, Group 4 becomes Group 3)

Students who have not completed COSC100 must completed COSC101

Engineering has been removed from Science Pathways Program. All units previously included in Group 2 are still available through other Groups.