Science areas of study and sequences - Clayton

A broad range of science units and sequences are offered at the Clayton campus for the Bachelor of Science and related courses, taught by the faculties of Science, Arts, Information Technology, and Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences. Within the requirements of their course, students can construct a program of study to meet their individual needs and interests.

The entry for each science area of study includes the science units that are offered and the detailed requirements for the minor and major sequences*. Some recommendations are provided on particular choices of units. It is important that students plan their course by consulting these requirements and recommendations at every stage of their enrolment. Students should also consult individual unit entries for details of prerequisites, corequisites, prohibitions and semester of offer. Note that some sequences require the completion of additional prerequisite units beyond those that comprise the sequence. These additional units must be taken as science elective units within the total credit points required for the degree.

For more information on the structure of sequences, such as the limitations on counting level two and three units for more than one sequence, refer to the Science units and sequences webpage in this Handbook.

The large majority of students entering the faculty have completed the Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE), and references to desirable prerequisite studies are to the prerequisite VCE subjects. Some domestic and international students enter the faculty with equivalent qualifications, and advice about unit choice for students with qualifications other than the VCE may be obtained from the faculty administration offices or relevant teaching school or department.

* If specific units must be studied, in each science area of study they are referred to by the full unit code and title in the first instance and by their code only thereafter. Where units can be chosen from a group of related units, these are referred to by the three-letter prefix common to all of the units in that group.

Science major or minor sequences are offered at the Clayton campus in the following areas of study:

Areas of study

Other science units

Other science units