Bachelor of Science

• General information
• Course requirements
  • Students whose first enrolment in the BSc was in 1999 or later
  • Students whose first enrolment in the BSc is prior to 1999

General information

Course code: 0050 + Clayton campus

The degree of Bachelor of Science is a course of three years full-time duration (or equivalent part-time). It aims to provide a broad, general science education, equipping graduates for employment in both the public and corporate sectors where the emphasis is on generic skills, which include numeracy, data analysis and presentation skills, and the capacity to work in teams. Graduates will also have specialist training in one or more science disciplines, with the potential for honours and postgraduate study, leading to employment opportunities in any of the traditional careers for scientists. The maximum time for completion is 10 years.

Course requirements

Students whose first enrolment in the BSc was in 1999 or later

Students are required to complete at least one major sequence in a science area of study and at least one minor sequence in a science area of study. See the section on sequences under `Course planning information for students in undergraduate science degrees' for the definitions of minor and major sequences in science.

Students are required to take two core units: either SCI1020 (The design of science), STA1010 (Statistical methods for science), MTH1030 (Techniques for modelling) or MAT1085 (Mathematics 1B) at level one; and SCI2010 (How science works) at level two*.
In addition, students are also required to complete at least one level-one unit from each of the three `PLE' groups in physical processes (P), life processes (L) and earth processes (E). These groups include the following areas of study:

• Physical processes: astronomy, chemistry, materials science, physics
• Life processes: biology, psychology
• Earth processes: atmospheric science, geosciences, geography

Overall, students must have completed at least 36 points of science units at level one and at least 24 points of science units at level three, including units taken towards the science major and minor sequences, and a maximum of 60 points of units may be taken at level one (including core and PLE units). Up to 48 points of units offered by another faculty may be taken, subject to meeting any entry requirements of that faculty.

* Or SCI1010 at level one, if taken in 1999 or 2000.

Students whose first enrolment in the BSc is prior to 1999

Students must include units to the value of at least 144 points, including:

• at least eight and at most 10 six-point units at level one, and
• at least three 12-point sequences of science units at level one, and
• at least one major sequence and one minor sequence.

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