313628 v.2 Multidisciplinary Science Major (BSc Science)
Introduction
The application of science to real world problems continues to evolve and become more complex and truly multi-disciplinary in nature. Nowadays, in many areas of scientific endeavour, no single science discipline is sufficient. This is reflected in multi-disciplinary fields such as astronomy, biochemistry, bioinformatics, environmental science, forensic science, and nanotechnology. The Multidisciplinary Science Major gives students the opportunity to combine rigorous study in more than one science discipline of their choice taken from discipline areas such as biology, chemistry, computing, geology, mathematics or physics. The intention is to provide graduates with the skills to operate across the traditional boundaries of a single scientific discipline. Graduates will also be ideally placed to develop a teaching career across a range of science areas.
| Course Structure | Hrs/Wk | Credit | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year 2 Semester 1 | |||||
| SELECT ELECTIVE UNITS TO THE TOTAL VALUE OF: | 50.0 | ||||
| SELECT OPTIONAL UNITS TO THE TOTAL VALUE OF: | 50.0 | ||||
| 100.0 | |||||
| Year 2 Semester 2 | |||||
| SELECT ELECTIVE UNITS TO THE TOTAL VALUE OF: | 50.0 | ||||
| SELECT OPTIONAL UNITS TO THE TOTAL VALUE OF: | 50.0 | ||||
| 100.0 | |||||
| Year 3 Semester 1 | |||||
| SELECT ELECTIVE UNITS TO THE TOTAL VALUE OF: | 50.0 | ||||
| SELECT OPTIONAL UNITS TO THE TOTAL VALUE OF: | 50.0 | ||||
| 100.0 | |||||
| Year 3 Semester 2 | |||||
| SELECT ELECTIVE UNITS TO THE TOTAL VALUE OF: | 50.0 | ||||
| SELECT OPTIONAL UNITS TO THE TOTAL VALUE OF: | 50.0 | ||||
| 100.0 | |||||
| Optional Units to Select from in Year 2 Semester 1 | Hrs/Wk | Credit | |||
| 12332 | v.3 | Foundations of Computer Science 200 | 3.0 | 25.0 | |
| 13087 | v.7 | Aquatic Ecosystems 201 | 5.0 | 25.0 | |
| 13574 | v.3 | Forensic Trace Evidence 270 | 4.0 | 25.0 | |
| 302315 | v.2 | Mathematical Statistics 202 | 4.0 | 25.0 | |
| 303340 | v.6 | Animal Production 201 | 5.0 | 25.0 | |
| 311406 | v.1 | Biochemistry 233 | 5.0 | 25.0 | |
| 311420 | v.1 | Molecular Genetics 233 | 5.0 | 25.0 | |
| 311421 | v.2 | Molecular and Cellular Immunology 231 | 5.0 | 25.0 | |
| 311421 | v.2 | Molecular and Cellular Immunology 231 | 5.0 | 25.0 | |
| 311695 | v.1 | Observational Techniques in Astronomy 201 | 4.0 | 25.0 | |
| 311828 | v.1 | Scientific Computing 201 | 4.0 | 25.0 | |
| 312140 | v.1 | Zoology 201 | 5.0 | 25.0 | |
| 312244 | v.1 | Mineralogy and Geochemistry 201 | 5.0 | 25.0 | |
| 312392 | v.2 | Botany 200 | 5.0 | 25.0 | |
| 312485 | v.1 | Chemical Energetics and Kinetics 211 | 7.0 | 25.0 | |
| 313545 | v.1 | Soil Science 200 | 5.0 | 25.0 | |
| 314001 | v.1 | Chemical Structure and Spectroscopy 201 | 7.0 | 25.0 | |
| 314501 | v.1 | Marine Biodiversity 200 | 25.0 | ||
| 314535 | v.1 | Atmospheric and Oceanographic Sciences 200 | 25.0 | ||
| 314570 | v.1 | Food Production Management 201 | 25.0 | ||
| 314660 | v.1 | Statistical Mechanics and Thermodynamics 200 | 4.0 | 25.0 | |
| 4517 | v.8 | Artificial and Machine Intelligence 300 | 3.0 | 25.0 | |
| 8127 | v.6 | Advanced Calculus 201 | 4.0 | 25.0 | |
| 8142 | v.4 | Physics 201 | 7.0 | 25.0 | |
| 8306 | v.9 | Quantitative Biology 201 | 5.0 | 25.0 | |
| 8933 | v.11 | Software Engineering 110 | 3.0 | 25.0 | |
| 9768 | v.8 | Structural Geology 201 | 5.0 | 25.0 | |
| 9770 | v.9 | Field Geology Techniques 291 | 2.0 | 25.0 | |
| Optional Units to Select from in Year 2 Semester 2 | Hrs/Wk | Credit | |||
| 1692 | v.7 | Geographic Information Systems 205 | 4.0 | 12.5 | |
| 302292 | v.1 | Network Optimisation 202 | 4.0 | 25.0 | |
| 302390 | v.1 | Mathematical Methods 204 | 4.0 | 12.5 | |
| 303365 | v.8 | Broadacre Crop and Pasture Science 202 | 5.5 | 25.0 | |
| 310266 | v.2 | Physics of Stars and Galaxies 201 | 3.5 | 25.0 | |
| 310297 | v.2 | Logistics Modelling and Optimisation 202 | 4.0 | 25.0 | |
| 311422 | v.2 | Population Genetics and Molecular Evolution 232 | 5.0 | 25.0 | |
| 311424 | v.1 | Cytogenetics 244 | 5.0 | 25.0 | |
| 311425 | v.1 | Biochemistry 234 | 4.0 | 25.0 | |
| 311622 | v.1 | Theory of Interest 202 | 3.0 | 25.0 | |
| 312399 | v.1 | Ecotoxicology 202 | 4.0 | 25.0 | |
| 312401 | v.1 | Animal and Plant Physiology 202 | 5.0 | 25.0 | |
| 312491 | v.1 | Materials Chemistry 231 | 6.5 | 25.0 | |
| 312508 | v.1 | Waves and Oscillations 202 | 6.0 | 12.5 | |
| 313998 | v.1 | Biological Chemistry 222 | 7.0 | 25.0 | |
| 314000 | v.1 | Gene to Phenotype 200 | 5.0 | 25.0 | |
| 314006 | v.1 | Analytical Chemistry 202 | 7.0 | 25.0 | |
| 314007 | v.1 | Chemical Reactions and Mechanisms 212 | 6.5 | 25.0 | |
| 314536 | v.1 | Terrestrial and Marine Science Field Project 300 | 4.0 | 25.0 | |
| 314659 | v.1 | Physics of Environmental Monitoring 200 | 4.0 | 25.0 | |
| 314682 | v.1 | Agricultural Microbiology 300 | 5.0 | 25.0 | |
| 4521 | v.7 | Computer Communications 200 | 3.0 | 25.0 | |
| 4524 | v.6 | Computer Graphics 200 | 3.0 | 25.0 | |
| 8015 | v.8 | Metamorphic Petrology 202 | 5.0 | 25.0 | |
| 8128 | v.6 | Linear Algebra 202 | 4.0 | 25.0 | |
| 8393 | v.9 | Experimental Design and Analysis 202 | 4.0 | 25.0 | |
| 8462 | v.4 | Scientific Data Acquisition 201 | 3.0 | 25.0 | |
| 8934 | v.9 | Software Engineering 200 | 3.0 | 25.0 | |
| 9776 | v.9 | Geological Field Mapping 292 | 3.0 | 25.0 | |
| Optional Units to Select from in Year 3 Semester 1 | Hrs/Wk | Credit | |||
| 10098 | v.2 | Mathematical Methods 301 | 4.0 | 25.0 | |
| 11916 | v.3 | Basin Analysis and Energy Resources 301 | 5.0 | 25.0 | |
| 12333 | v.6 | Design and Analysis of Algorithms 300 | 3.0 | 25.0 | |
| 12991 | v.2 | Physics Project 301 | 5.0 | 25.0 | |
| 303368 | v.6 | Sustainable Agricultural Systems and Food Security 301 | 4.5 | 25.0 | |
| 305358 | v.2 | Hydrogeology and Engineering Geology 301 | 5.0 | 25.0 | |
| 305424 | v.1 | Electron Microscopy 301 | 4.0 | 25.0 | |
| 307692 | v.1 | Bioinformatics 331 | 5.0 | 25.0 | |
| 308690 | v.2 | Computational Mathematics 202 | 4.0 | 25.0 | |
| 311007 | v.1 | Statistical Modelling 301 | 4.0 | 25.0 | |
| 311426 | v.2 | Genetic Engineering 331 | 8.0 | 25.0 | |
| 311829 | v.1 | Scientific Data Analysis 301 | 3.0 | 25.0 | |
| 312386 | v.2 | Marine Habitat Mapping and Remote Sensing 300 | 5.0 | 25.0 | |
| 312387 | v.1 | Environmental Impact Assessment 301 | 4.0 | 25.0 | |
| 312396 | v.1 | Conservation Biology and Sustainability 201 | 5.0 | 25.0 | |
| 313544 | v.1 | Advanced Livestock Production Systems 300 | 5.0 | 25.0 | |
| 313572 | v.1 | Production for Quality in Broadacre Systems 200 | 5.0 | 25.0 | |
| 314003 | v.1 | Biological Chemistry 321 | 6.0 | 25.0 | |
| 314008 | v.1 | Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy 301 | 6.5 | 25.0 | |
| 314009 | v.1 | Synthetic Methods in Chemistry 311 | 6.5 | 25.0 | |
| 314010 | v.1 | Chemical Research Methods 362 | 16.0 | 50.0 | |
| 314534 | v.1 | Advanced Marine Science and Technology 300 | 25.0 | ||
| 314680 | v.1 | Habitat and Landform Mapping 300 | 4.0 | 25.0 | |
| 3437 | v.13 | Programming Languages 200 | 3.0 | 25.0 | |
| 4542 | v.9 | Operating Systems 200 | 3.0 | 25.0 | |
| 4549 | v.9 | Project Design and Management 300 | 2.0 | 25.0 | |
| 7911 | v.7 | Applied Optics 302 | 2.0 | 12.5 | |
| 8717 | v.6 | Electromagnetism 302 | 6.0 | 25.0 | |
| 9765 | v.4 | Quantum and Statistical Physics 301 | 4.0 | 25.0 | |
| 9780 | v.6 | Field Mapping of Sedimentary Basins 391 | 2.0 | 25.0 | |
| 9782 | v.7 | Ore Deposits 301 | 4.0 | 25.0 | |
| Optional Units to Select from in Year 3 Semester 2 | Hrs/Wk | Credit | |||
| 11592 | v.3 | Solid State Physics 302 | 2.0 | 25.0 | |
| 12334 | v.5 | Theoretical Foundations of Computer Science 300 | 5.0 | 25.0 | |
| 12335 | v.6 | Software Engineering 300 | 3.0 | 25.0 | |
| 13391 | v.5 | Software Security 300 | 2.0 | 25.0 | |
| 2519 | v.17 | Unix Systems Programming 200 | 4.0 | 25.0 | |
| 302300 | v.2 | Applied Mathematical Modelling 302 | 4.0 | 25.0 | |
| 305684 | v.3 | Network Systems Design 300 | 3.0 | 25.0 | |
| 307693 | v.1 | Structural Bioinformatics 332 | 5.0 | 25.0 | |
| 310304 | v.1 | Industrial Project 302 | 4.0 | 25.0 | |
| 310759 | v.2 | Forensic Case Studies 370 | 2.0 | 25.0 | |
| 312143 | v.3 | Agricultural Extension and Development 302 | 3.0 | 25.0 | |
| 312248 | v.1 | Igneous Petrology 202 | 5.0 | 25.0 | |
| 312253 | v.1 | Regolith Geology and Mineral Exploration 302 | 5.0 | 25.0 | |
| 312373 | v.2 | Integrated Pest Management 302 | 4.0 | 25.0 | |
| 312395 | v.1 | Ecology 302 | 5.0 | 25.0 | |
| 312400 | v.1 | Biomonitoring 302 | 5.0 | 25.0 | |
| 312401 | v.1 | Animal and Plant Physiology 202 | 5.0 | 25.0 | |
| 312488 | v.2 | Advanced Materials Chemistry 300 | 6.5 | 25.0 | |
| 312494 | v.1 | Environmental Chemistry 352 | 10.0 | 25.0 | |
| 312497 | v.2 | Chemical Sensing and Measurement 310 | 6.0 | 25.0 | |
| 312509 | v.1 | Physics 302 | 7.0 | 25.0 | |
| 312576 | v.3 | Sustainable Resource Management 222 | 3.0 | 25.0 | |
| 313543 | v.1 | Advanced Cropping Systems and Precision Agriculture 300 | 5.0 | 25.0 | |
| 314016 | v.1 | Community Restoration 301 | 5.0 | 25.0 | |
| 314503 | v.1 | Sustainable Aquaculture 300 | 4.0 | 25.0 | |
| 314504 | v.1 | Marine Ecology 200 | 4.0 | 25.0 | |
| 314532 | v.1 | Pasture and Rangeland Management 300 | 5.5 | 25.0 | |
| 314537 | v.1 | Fisheries Science 300 | 4.0 | 25.0 | |
| 3496 | v.8 | Environmental Geoscience 302 | 5.0 | 25.0 | |
| 3975 | v.5 | Applied Statistics 302 | 4.0 | 25.0 | |
| 4522 | v.7 | Advanced Computer Communications 300 | 3.0 | 25.0 | |
| 4529 | v.4 | Computing Topics 251 | 3.0 | 25.0 | |
| 4549 | v.9 | Project Design and Management 300 | 2.0 | 25.0 | |
| 9784 | v.6 | Geology Mapping Project 392 | 2.0 | 25.0 | |
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