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Science
ANT1800
Introduction to anatomy and medical terminology
APG4281
Cultural landscape, environment and sustainability in Italy
APG4552
Remote sensing of the environment
APG4887
Designing urban futures: Urban climate, water and adaptation
APG5258
Geographical information systems (GIS) for environmental science
ASP1010
Earth to cosmos - introductory astronomy
ASP1022
Life and the universe
ASP2011
Astronomy
ASP2062
Introduction to astrophysics
ASP3012
Stars and galaxies
ASP3051
Relativity and cosmology
ASP3162
Computational astrophysics and the extreme universe
ASP3231
Observational astronomy
ASP4100
Astrophysics honours research project
ASP4200
Astrophysics honours part 1
ASP4210
Astrophysics honours coursework part 1
ASP4220
Astrophysics honours coursework part 2
ATM2020
Climate dynamics of the atmosphere and oceans
ATM2030
Clouds, weather and forecasting
ATM3040
Physical meteorology
ATM3050
Dynamical meteorology
ATS2545
Environmental hydrology
ATS2774
Australian soil and vegetation dynamics
ATS2776
Climate, weather and the land surface
ATS2779
Climate change and variability
ATS3259
Geographical information systems (GIS) for environmental management
ATS3281
Cultural landscape, environment and sustainability in Italy
ATS3545
Environmental hydrology
ATS3552
Remote sensing of the environment
ATS3558
Climate change and impacts on the earth system
ATS3788
Soils, landscapes and their management
ATS3790
Landscape processes
ATS3791
Environmental change: Past to future
ATS3887
Designing urban futures: Urban climate, water and adaptation
BCH2011
Structure and function of cellular biomolecules
BCH2022
Metabolic basis of human diseases
BCH3021
Cellular organisation: Organelle structure and function in health and disease
BCH3031
Functional genomics and molecular medicine
BCH3042
Cell signal transduction: Role in cancer and human disease
BCH3052
Protein biology: From sequence to structure and disease
BCH3990
Action in biochemistry research project
BIO1011
Biology I
BIO1022
Biology II
BIO1042
Environmental biology
BIO1711
Vertebrate biology
BIO1722
Cell biology
BIO2011
Ecology and biodiversity
BIO2022
Evolutionary ecology
BIO2040
Conservation biology
BIO2060
Analytical methods in biology
BIO2181
Evolution of plant diversity
BIO2231
Animal diversity
BIO2242
Animal structure and function
BIO2800
Tropical field biology
BIO2810
Tropical ecology
BIO3011
Research methods in biology
BIO3021
Marine biology
BIO3052
Animal behaviour
BIO3070
Trends in ecology
BIO3082
Global change biology
BIO3091
Biology of Australian vegetation
BIO3111
Ecological applications
BIO3132
Biology of Australian vertebrates
BIO3712
Case studies in animal management
BIO3800
Tropical environmental management
BIO3810
Tropical aquatic biology
BIO3820
Tropical terrestrial biology
BIO3990
Biology in action research project
BIO4100
Biology research project
BIO4180
Tropical environmental biology research project
BIO4200
Advanced coursework in biology
BIO4280
Honours coursework in tropical environmental biology
BMH4100
Biomedicine research project
BMH4110
Biomedicine research project part time A
BMH4120
Biomedicine research project part time B
BMH4200
Advanced studies in biomedicine
BMH4210
Advanced studies in biomedicine part time A
BMH4220
Advanced studies in biomedicine part time B
BTH1802
Fundamentals of biotechnology
BTH2732
Recombinant DNA technology
BTH2741
Biochemistry
BTH2752
Cellular metabolism
BTH2820
Crop science
BTH2830
Fundamentals of microbiology
BTH3012
Biotechnology science, industry and commercialisation
BTH3711
Food and industrial microbiology
BTH3722
Medical microbiology
BTH3732
Environmental microbiology
BTH3741
Medical cell biology
BTH3752
Molecular biology and biotechnology
BTH3800
Bioinformatics
BTH3820
Plant biotechnology
BTH3960
Interdisciplinary advanced practical in pharmacology and chemistry
BTH4100
Biotechnology research project
BTH4200
The practice of biotechnology
BTH4280
Honours coursework in biotechnology
CHM1011
Chemistry I
CHM1022
Chemistry II
CHM1051
Chemistry I advanced
CHM1052
Chemistry II advanced
CHM2752
Chemistry of the environment
CHM2911
Inorganic and organic chemistry
CHM2922
Spectroscopy and analytical chemistry
CHM2942
Biological chemistry
CHM2951
Environmental chemistry - water
CHM2962
Food chemistry
CHM2990
Introductory chemical research project
CHM3180
Materials chemistry
CHM3742
Chemistry of the environment 2
CHM3911
Advanced physical chemistry
CHM3922
Advanced organic chemistry
CHM3930
Medicinal chemistry
CHM3941
Advanced inorganic chemistry
CHM3952
Advanced analytical chemistry
CHM3960
Environmental chemistry
CHM3972
Sustainable chemistry
CHM3990
Chemistry project
CHM4100
Chemistry research project
CHM4110
Chemistry research project part time I
CHM4120
Chemistry research project part time II
CHM4201
Chemistry honours coursework
CHM4211
Chemistry honours coursework part time I
CHM4221
Chemistry honours coursework part time II
DEV2011
Early human development from cells to tissues
DEV2022
Human anatomy and development: Tissues and body systems
DEV3011
Fundamentals of developmental processes
DEV3022
Developmental and anatomical basis of human health and disease
DEV3032
Stem cells and the foundations of life
DEV3990
Action in developmental biology research project
EAE1011
Earth, atmosphere and environment 1
EAE1022
Earth, atmosphere and environment 2
EAE3000
Earth, atmosphere and environment research project
EAE4100
Earth, atmosphere and environment honours research project
EAE4110
Earth, atmosphere and environment honours research project part time 1
EAE4200
Earth, atmosphere and environment honours coursework
EAE4210
Earth, atmosphere and environment honours coursework part time 1
ENV1800
Environmental science: A Southeast Asian perspective
ENV2022
Environmental sampling and monitoring
ENV2726
Ecosystems and bioresources
ENV2747
Soil science
ENV2757
Environmental health
ENV3022
Environmental technology
ENV3639
Minerals and energy
ENV3737
Tools for environmental management
ENV3761
Waste management and remediation
ESC2111
The dynamic earth I: Mountain belts and basins
ESC2122
The dynamic earth II: Global processes
ESC3162
Ore deposit geology and global metallogeny
ESC3180
Field mapping
ESC3190
Hydrogeology and environmental geoscience
ESC3201
Deformation of the crust
ESC3232
The dynamic biosphere: Changing fauna and flora through geological time
ESC3311
Geophysics: Regional mapping
ESC3332
Global dynamics and crustal evolution
ESC3340
Geophysics: Special topics
ESC3421
Igneous and metamorphic processes and geochemistry
ESC3900
Dynamic earth
ESC4120
Earth sciences research project part time II
ESC4220
Earth science honours coursework part time II
FST1800
Fundamentals of food science
FST2810
Food bioprocess technology
FST3800
Food science internship
FST3810
Human nutrition
FST3820
Food preservation
FST3830
Functional foods
FST3840
Food processing
FST3850
Food product development
FST4100
Food science and technology research project
FST4280
Honours coursework in food science and technology
GEN2041
Foundations of genetics
GEN2052
Genomics and population genetics
GEN3030
Molecular, cellular and developmental genetics
GEN3040
Genomics and its applications
GEN3051
Medical and forensic genetics
GEN3062
Evolutionary and ecological genetics
GEN3990
Genetics in action research project
GPS4120
Geophysics research project part time II
GPS4220
Geophysics honours coursework part time II
HUP3011
Human pathology 1: Understanding disease processes
HUP3022
Human pathology 2: Pathology of human diseases
HUP3810
Principles of pathology 1
HUP3820
Principles of pathology 2
HUP3990
Human pathology in action research project
IBL2030
Industry based learning: Science
IMM2011
Basic immunology: The body's defence system
IMM2022
Immunology in health and disease
IMM3031
Molecular and cellular immunology
IMM3042
Clinical immunopathology
IMM3051
Principles of applied immunology
IMM3062
Clinical and research laboratory immunology
IMM3802
Essentials of applied immunology
IMM3990
Immunology in action research project
MBS3800
Medical bioscience internship
MBS4100
Medical bioscience research project
MBS4280
Honours coursework in medical bioscience
MCB2011
Molecular biology and the cell
MCB2022
The dynamic cell
MIC2011
Introduction to microbiology and microbial biotechnology
MIC2022
Microbes in health and disease
MIC3011
Molecular microbiology
MIC3022
Molecular virology and viral pathogenesis
MIC3032
Pathogenesis of bacterial infectious diseases
MIC3041
Medical microbiology
MIC3990
Action in microbiology research project
MIS4100
Regenerative medicine research project
MIS4200
Advanced studies in regenerative medicine
MSC4100
Materials science project
MSC4110
Materials science project part time I
MSC4120
Materials science project part time II
MSC4200
Advanced materials science
MSC4210
Materials applications part time I
MSC4220
Materials applications part time II
MTH1000
Special topics in mathematics level one
MTH1010
Functions and their applications
MTH1020
Analysis of change
MTH1030
Techniques for modelling
MTH1035
Techniques for modelling (advanced)
MTH2000
Mathematics research project level 2
MTH2010
Multivariable calculus
MTH2015
Multivariable calculus (advanced)
MTH2021
Linear algebra with applications
MTH2025
Linear algebra (advanced)
MTH2032
Differential equations with modelling
MTH2121
Algebra and number theory
MTH2132
The nature and beauty of mathematics
MTH2140
Real analysis
MTH2222
Mathematics of uncertainty
MTH2232
Mathematical statistics
MTH3000
Mathematics research project level 3
MTH3011
Partial differential equations
MTH3020
Complex analysis and integral transforms
MTH3051
Introduction to computational mathematics
MTH3060
Advanced ordinary differential equations
MTH3110
Differential geometry
MTH3121
Algebra and number theory
MTH3140
Real analysis
MTH3150
Algebra and number theory II
MTH3160
Functional analysis
MTH3230
Time series and random processes in linear systems
MTH3241
Random processes in the sciences and engineering
MTH3251
Financial mathematics
MTH3310
Applied mathematical modelling
MTH3360
Fluid dynamics
MTH3401
Special topics in mathematics I
MTH3402
Special topics in mathematics II
MTH4010
Mathematics honours topic A
MTH4020
Mathematics honours topic B
MTH4030
Mathematics honours topic C
MTH4040
Mathematics honours topic D
MTH4100
Mathematics honours part 2 (project)
MTH4200
Mathematics honours part 1
MTH5210
Stochastic calculus and mathematical finance
MTH5220
The theory of martingales in discrete time
MTH5230
Markov chains and random walks
MTH5510
The mathematics of finance: From derivatives to risk
MTH5520
Interest rate modelling
MTH5530
Computational methods in finance
MTH5540
Statistical learning in finance
MTH5550
Market microstructure
MTH5830
Industry placement
MTH5840
Minor industry placement
PHA2022
Drugs and society
PHA3011
Principles of drug action
PHA3021
Drugs in health and disease
PHA3032
Neuro and endocrine pharmacology
PHA3042
Modern drug development
PHA3800
Fundamentals of toxicology
PHA3801
Principles of pharmacology
PHA3990
Action in pharmacology research project
PHS1011
Classical physics and relativity
PHS1022
Fields and quantum physics
PHS1031
Physics for the living world
PHS1042
Physics, energy and the environment
PHS1080
Foundation physics
PHS2061
Quantum and thermal physics
PHS2062
Electromagnetism and optics
PHS2081
Atomic, nuclear and condensed matter physics
PHS3031
Foundations of contemporary physics
PHS3042
Fundamentals of condensed matter physics
PHS3051
Photon physics
PHS3062
Fundamental particle physics
PHS3131
Theoretical physics
PHS3142
Theoretical physics II
PHS3350
Physics and astronomy research project 1
PHS3360
Physics and astronomy research project 2
PHS4100
Physics thesis project
PHS4110
Physics thesis project part time I
PHS4120
Physics thesis project part time II
PHS4200
Advanced physics
PHS4210
Advanced physics part time I
PHS4220
Advanced physics part time II
PHY2011
Neuroscience of sensory and control systems in the body
PHY2032
Endocrine control systems
PHY2042
Body systems physiology
PHY2810
Physiology of human body systems
PHY2820
Physiology of human health
PHY3012
Integrative neuroscience
PHY3072
Muscle and exercise
PHY3102
Nutrition, metabolism and body weight
PHY3111
Sensory and cognitive neuroscience
PHY3171
Clinical and experimental cardiovascular physiology
PHY3181
Hormones and reproduction
PHY3990
Action in physiology research project
SCI1020
Introduction to statistical reasoning
SCI1300
Climate change: From science to society
SCI1501
Impact through science 1A
SCI1502
Impact through science 1B
SCI1800
The sustainable planet
SCI2010
Scientific practice and communication
SCI2015
Scientific practice and communication (advanced)
SCI2501
Impact through science 2A
SCI2502
Impact through science 2B
SCI3501
Impact through science 3A
SCI3502
Impact through science 3B
SCI3716
Laboratory and workplace management
SCI3790
Science in action communication project
SCI3800
Science internship
SCI3910
Schools science project
SCI3990
Science in action research project
SCI4100
Science honours project
SCI4110
Science honours project
SCI4120
Science honours project
SCI4210
Science honours coursework
SCI4220
Science honours coursework
SCI4230
Science honours coursework
SCI4240
Science honours coursework
SCM5100
MSc Prelim research project
SCM5200
MSc Prelim coursework
STA1010
Statistical methods for science
STA2216
Data analysis for science