Clayton campus
Course code: 0050/0051
The degree of Bachelor of Science is a course of three years full-time duration (or equivalent part-time) which has as its objective the training of graduates in science who at the end of the degree are able to show a breadth of knowledge of fundamental scientific concepts covering a range of disciplines. At the same time students will acquire a more specialised understanding of concepts within biological, behavioural, physical, chemical, earth or mathematical sciences derived from more detailed subjects offered in the later years of the degree. At the end of the course, science graduates will be able to relate acquired skills to technical and vocational applications relevant to specialist disciplines; they will be able to organise knowledge, ideas and concepts efficiently, rationalise and define problems and logically carry out processes for their solution. To this aim, students will be enabled to:
Students will acquire sufficient skills to disseminate the results of investigation, by oral, written or electronic means, or in some cases all three. Graduates will exhibit leadership qualities; they will have scientific skills and confidence in their ability as scientists and will be able to interact easily with colleagues and with the general community. They will also be scientifically responsible, trained in scientific disciplines and entitled, where appropriate, to membership of learned societies and professional associations.
In a fourth year leading to the award of the Bachelor of Science (Honours) degree, in addition to the above, students will be expected to display a higher level of independent analysis and research in their chosen field of expertise. This higher level of experience has vocational aims but also provides a preparation for study by coursework and/or research for the higher degrees of Master of Science or Doctor of Philosophy.
In each semester four six-point subjects (twenty-four points) must be taken, at least three of which (eighteen points) must be listed under level 1 of the `Schedule of approved science subjects: BSc' (see chapter `Science schedules'). At least one and no more than three sequential pairs of these subjects (ie from the same discipline) must be laboratory subjects.
In second semester at least three of the disciplines must be continued. Up to twelve points at first-year level may be taken from subjects offered by the faculties of Arts, Business and Economics, Computing and Information Technology or Law, subject to meeting any entry requirements of those faculties.
With the exception of mathematics subjects, students taking only thirty-six points from the BSc schedule may not take more than two subjects from the same discipline. Students taking more than thirty-six points from the schedule may enrol in three subjects from the same discipline.
Students are not permitted to take more than twelve points of computer science or geography and environmental science subjects. Students are not permitted to take more than twenty-four points per semester.
Within the forty-eight points required at second-year level, students must complete at least thirty-two points from subjects listed under level 2 of the BSc schedule (see chapter `Science schedules'). The remaining sixteen points may be taken from subjects offered by the faculties of Arts, Business and Economics, Computing and Information Technology or Law. Students must complete at least sixteen points in each of two disciplines. Up to eight of the remaining sixteen points may be taken from level-one subjects (six-point first-year subjects become four-point subjects when taken towards second year)
Students may not enrol in more than thirty points per semester. To enrol in second year, students must already have passed at least twelve points within one discipline at first-year level. Except with the permission of faculty board, students may not count more than twenty-four points of geography and environmental science towards second year.
Within the forty-eight points, at least twenty-four points must be studied in a discipline listed under level 3 in the BSc schedule (see chapter `Science schedules'. The remaining twenty-four points may be: (a) studied in the same discipline (only some disciplines have this option) or (b) split so that twelve points are studied in the first discipline and twelve in a second, or (c) studied in a second discipline or (d) split into twelve points each in a second and third discipline. The second twenty-four points in (a), (b), (c) or (d) may be from second-year level subjects and/or from other approved faculties.
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