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Course code: 2005 * Gippsland campus * HECS fees applicable * Attendance compulsory for some laboratory-based subjects.
The BSc provides specialist training in one or more science disciplines, with the potential for honours and postgraduate study, leading to employment opportunities in a wide range of career areas. The degree also promotes a basic understanding of scientific disciplines other than those in which students intend to specialise and major. There is also training in broad generic science skills which include numeracy, data analysis and presentation skills together with the capacity to work in teams. This will give a broad range of science knowledge and training which will also enhance students' future prospects beyond the conventional careers for scientists.
On
completion of the BSc, students will have:
1 An advanced level of understanding of two or more contemporary
specialised disciplines of science.
2 A familiarity with disciplines other than those in which they intend
to specialise and major, to assist students in understanding the world around
them.
3 Competence in information technology, data handling, laboratory
skills, communication skills and team work.
4 An understanding of the origins of science and the nature of the
scientific method, and the social relevance of science. Through this students
will have become aware of the complex interactions between science, ethics,
society and the economy.
5 Improved life and employment skills.
Students who complete appropriate courses with approved subjects and supporting studies will fulfil the educational requirements for membership of professional societies such as the Royal Australian Chemical Institute and Australian Institute of Energy
The
normal requirement for entry to the Bachelor of Science course is satisfactory
completion of secondary studies equivalent to the Victorian Certificate of
Education, with a study score of at least 25 in English. Under alternative
category entry, applicants will be considered for admission if they have
satisfactorily completed at least two approved university-level subjects
including many open learning units.
The BSc course can be tailored to students' individual backgrounds in science
and mathematics by taking appropriate first level subjects. MAT1049 Basic
Mathematics is offered for students lacking a background in Year 12 calculus
based mathematics.
Course advisers can suggest appropriate first-level science subjects in line
with students' backgrounds.
Access to a personal computer is essential. Some subjects require access to a PC and modem for use of software, electronic communication with academic staff and other students or assignment submission etc.
Students enrolled in subjects with on-campus laboratory work must provide appropriate protective clothing and eye wear. Many first-level laboratory-based subjects use an experimental kit which is loaned to students by the university, and which enables all laboratory work to be completed off-campus. A refundable deposit is payable for each of these kits. Further details are available from the School of Applied Sciences.
Students
enrolling in all laboratory-based second or third-level subjects, as well as
some first-level subjects, must attend on-campus laboratory sessions. The
majority of these sessions are conducted in residential schools which are held
once per semester, and are typically from three to seven days duration. For
some subjects laboratory work is conducted twice per semester during weekend
schools.
In addition, in some subjects, optional weekend school sessions are conducted
for the benefit of students who are able to attend. These sessions are
typically of two to four hours duration per subject, and, in some cases, run at
all three weekend schools per semester.
The
Bachelor of Science course normally requires six years of part-time distance
education study to complete, but variation to suit individual circumstances is
possible. In addition to the normal beginning-of-year entry, it is possible to
commence the course mid-year (July), with a reduced range of available
subjects.
Major studies may be chosen from the biological sciences (biochemistry,
microbiology), chemical sciences, resource/environmental management,
mathematics (including applied statistics), computing or psychology. The
flexible structure of the BSc makes it possible to complete two major studies,
such as resource management and chemistry or mathematics and computing. The
course also provides for students to include some studies from such fields as
languages, business, economics, journalism and other humanities and social
sciences.
An honours year of advanced study and research training, leading to the honours
degree of Bachelor of Science, is available for graduates with good results.
(The honours year is not currently offered in the distance education mode, but
is available by both full-time and part-time study.)
Two associated tagged BSc degrees, detailed separately, have particular career
focuses in areas of strength in the School of Applied Sciences. BSc students
may apply for entry to one of these tagged degrees at the end of their first
year of studies:
Alternatively, students may continue in the general BSc course, constructing their own study program within the flexible degree structure.
Students
must complete the following requirements to be awarded the degree of Bachelor
of Science:
(a) Complete at least 144 credit points including between forty-eight and sixty
points of first-level studies, and at least twenty-four points of third-level
studies. (Up to forty-eight points of studies may be taken from outside the
Schedule of Approved Science Subjects; students wishing to choose any such
studies should consult a course adviser.) All science subjects in the new BSc
will have credit value of six points.
(b) Complete a science major sequence of at least forty-eight points,
structured as follows:
Level 1 |
Level 2 |
Level 3 |
Total | |||
12 |
+ |
18 |
+ |
24 |
= |
54 |
or |
||||||
12 |
+ |
12 |
+ |
24 |
= |
48 |
or |
||||||
12 |
+ |
18 |
+ |
18 |
= |
48 |
(c) Complete a science minor sequence in a second discipline, consisting of
twelve points at level one and twelve points at levels two and three. (Many
students will extend this minor to a second major.)
(d) Complete two level-one core subjects:
(e) Complete at least one level-one six-point subject from each of the following three groups:
(The chosen major and minor sequences may cover part of this requirement.)
Science major and minor sequences are available in the disciplines/interdisciplinary areas listed below; details of the second and third-level subjects are available in the year 2000 undergraduate handbook or from the Faculty of Science office, Gippsland.
The subjects available by distance education in 2000 for meeting the BSc course requirement (e), are as follows:
Other level-one subjects in the Schedule of Approved Science Subjects which are available by distance education are as follows:
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