- Students are to follow the requirements of the Handbook for the year they commenced the course.
However, the subject links below do not contain the subject information for the current year. You can view current subject information through the new Course Handbook.
Science Schedule of Subjects | 2018
The following are subjects offered that can be counted towards the 90 credit points of Science subjects required for a Bachelor of Science degree. Please refer to the Bachelor of Science course information for details of required subjects for specific majors.
| Subject Code | Subject Name | Credit Points | Session(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Biological Sciences | |||
| BIOL103 | Molecules, Cells and Organisms | 6 | Spring |
| BIOL104 | Evolution, Biodiversity and Environment | 6 | Autumn |
| BIOL105 | Functional Biology of Animals and Plants | 6 | Autumn |
| BIOL212 | Introductory Microbiology and Immunology | 6 | Not available in 2018 |
| BIOL213 | Principles of Biochemistry | 6 | Autumn |
| BIOL214 | The Biochemistry of Energy and Metabolism | 6 | Spring |
| BIOL215 | Introductory Genetics | 6 | Spring |
| BIOL232 | Biology Research Internship | 6 | Annual, Autumn, Spring, Summer 2018/2019 |
| BIOL240 | Biodiversity of Marine and Freshwater Organisms | 6 | Autumn |
| BIOL241 | Biodiversity of Terrestrial Organisms | 6 | Spring |
| BIOL251 | Principles of Ecology | 6 | Autumn |
| BIOL252 | Evolution and Behaviour | 6 | Spring |
| BIOL292 | Special Biology Studies | 6 | Autumn, Spring |
| MARE200 | Introduction to Oceanography | 6 | Autumn |
| BIOL340 | Cell and Molecular Biology | 6 | Autumn |
| BIOL341 | Immunity and Infection | 6 | Spring |
| BIOL342 | Biomedical Research:Skills and Techniques | 6 | Spring |
| BIOL343 | Techniques in Biotechnology and Medical Research | 6 | Autumn |
| BIOL360 | Applications in Conservation Biology | 6 | Autumn, Spring, Summer 2018/2019 |
| BIOL361 | Conservation Biology | 6 | Autumn |
| BIOL362 | Ecophysiology | 6 | Autumn |
| BIOL363 | Professional Skills in Ecology | 6 | Spring |
| BIOL364 | Advanced Biology | 6 | Autumn, Spring, Summer 2018/2019 |
| BIOL365 | Marine and Terrestrial Ecology | 6 | Spring |
| BIOL366 | Advanced Biology | 12 | Autumn, Spring, Summer 2018/2019 |
| MARE360 | Fisheries and Aquaculture | 6 | Spring |
| MARE363 | Advanced Marine Science Project | 6 | Autumn, Spring, Summer 2018/2019 |
| Chemistry | |||
| BNAN101 | Introduction to Bionanotechnology | 6 | Autumn |
| CHEM101 | Chemistry IA: Introductory Physical and General Chemistry | 6 | Autumn |
| CHEM102 | Chemistry 1B: Structure and Reactivity of Molecules for Life | 6 | Spring |
| CHEM103 | Introductory Chemistry For Engineers | 6 | Autumn |
| CHEM104 | Foundation Chemistry: Properties of Matter | 6 | Autumn |
| CHEM105 | Foundation Chemistry: Reactions and Structures | 6 | Spring |
| CHEM106 | Foundation Chemistry: Properties and Reactivity of Matter | 6 | Summer 2018/2019 |
| NANO101 | Current Perspectives in Nanotechnology | 6 | Spring |
| SCED101 | Conceptions of Science | 6 | Spring |
| BNAN201 | Biology at the Nanoscale | 6 | Spring |
| CHEM200 | Living in a Molecular World | 6 | Spring |
| CHEM211 | Inorganic Chemistry II | 6 | Autumn |
| CHEM212 | Organic Chemistry II | 6 | Autumn |
| CHEM213 | Molecular Structure, Reactivity and Change | 6 | Spring |
| CHEM214 | Analytical and Environmental Chemistry | 6 | Spring |
| CHEM215 | Food Chemistry | 6 | Autumn |
| CHEM218 | Special Chemistry Studies | 6 | Autumn, Spring, Summer 2018/2019 |
| CHEM232 | Chemistry Research Internship | 6 | Annual, Autumn, Spring, Summer 2018/2019 |
| NANO201 | Research Topics in Nanotechnology | 6 | Spring |
| BNAN301 | Research Project in Bionanotechnology | 12 | Not available in 2018 |
| CHEM324 | Instrumental Analysis | 6 | Autumn |
| CHEM325 | Bioinformatics:Genome, Genes and Biomolecules | 6 | Spring |
| CHEM333 | Drug Discovery and Medicinal Chemistry | 6 | Spring |
| CHEM337 | Environmental Chemistry | 6 | Autumn |
| CHEM341 | Chemistry Laboratory Project | 6 | Autumn, Spring, Summer 2018/2019 |
| CHEM358 | Pharmacology | 6 | Autumn, Spring |
| CHEM360 | Organic Synthesis III | 6 | Autumn, Spring |
| CHEM370 | Modern Inorganic and Bio-inorganic Chemistry | 6 | Spring |
| CHEM374 | Molecular Spectroscopy and Structure Elucidation | 6 | Autumn |
| Earth and Environmental Sciences | |||
| ARCH102 | Big Questions in Archaeology | 6 | Spring |
| EESC100 | Earth and Us | 6 | Not available in 2018 |
| EESC101 | Planet Earth | 6 | Autumn |
| EESC102 | Earth's Interconnected Spheres | 6 | Spring |
| EESC103 | Earth's Dynamic Surface | 6 | Autumn |
| EESC105 | Introductory Geospatial Analysis | 6 | Autumn, Spring |
| ARCH202 | World Archaeology | 6 | Autumn |
| EESC201 | Earth's Inferno | 6 | Autumn |
| EESC202 | Shaping Earth's Surface | 6 | Spring |
| EESC203 | Biogeography and Environmental Change | 6 | Autumn |
| EESC207 | Advanced Geospatial Analysis | 6 | Autumn, Spring |
| EESC209 | G-cubed: Geochemistry, Geochronology, Geophysics | 6 | Spring |
| EESC232 | Earth and Environmental Sciences Research Internship | 6 | Autumn |
| EESC250 | Field Geology | 6 | Summer 2018/2019 |
| EESC252 | Geology for Engineers I | 6 | Spring |
| EESC260 | Earth and Environmental Sciences Research Project | 6 | Autumn, Spring |
| ARCH300 | Directed Studies in Archaeology | 6 | Autumn, Spring, Summer 2018/2019 |
| ARCH301 | Archaeology in Action: Understanding the Archaeological record | 6 | Spring |
| ARCH302 | Digging Down Under: Archaeology of Australasia | 6 | Not available in 2018 |
| ARCH303 | Dung, death and decay: modern methods in Archaeology | 6 | Autumn |
| EESC320 | Capstone:Earth and Environmental Sciences | 6 | Autumn, Spring |
| EESC321 | Plate Tectonics, Macrotopography and Earth History | 6 | Autumn |
| EESC322 | Coastal Environments: Process and Management | 6 | Spring |
| EESC323 | Fluvial Geomorphology and Sedimentology | 6 | Autumn |
| EESC326 | Resources and Environments | 6 | Spring |
| EESC328 | Dung, Death and Decay: Modern scientific methods in archaeology | 6 | Autumn |
| EESC329 | Directed Studies in Earth and Environmental Sciences | 6 | Spring |
| EESC330 | Advanced field skills in the Earth Sciences | 6 | Not available in 2018 |
| EESC331 | Changing Global Environments | 6 | Spring |
| EESC332 | Sedimentology, Stratigraphy and Palaeoenvironments | 6 | Autumn |
| General Science | |||
| CIVL272 | Surveying | 6 | Spring |
| CIVL322 | Hydraulics and Hydrology | 6 | Autumn |
| CIVL361 | Geomechanics | 6 | Autumn |
| CIVL463 | Applied Geotechnical Engineering | 6 | Spring |
| CSCI103 | Algorithms and Problem Solving | 6 | Not available in 2018 |
| CSCI114 | Procedural Programming | 6 | Not available in 2018 |
| ENGG252 | Engineering Fluid Mechanics | 6 | Autumn |
| ENVE220 | Water Quality and Ecological Engineering | 6 | Spring |
| ENVE221 | Air and Noise Pollution Control Engineering | 6 | Spring |
| ENVE420 | Water Resources Engineering | 6 | Autumn |
| GEOG121 | Human Geography: Life in a Globalising World | 6 | Autumn |
| GEOG122 | Human Geography: Living in a Material World | 6 | Spring |
| GEOG221 | Population Geography: People, Place, Inequality | 6 | Autumn |
| GEOG222 | Society and Environment: Resources, Challenges, Futures | 6 | Spring |
| GEOG224 | The Future of Food: Resilience, Communities and Policy | 6 | Spring |
| GEOG231 | Maps and Apps for Social Scientists | 6 | Spring |
| INFO411 | Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery | 6 | Autumn |
| MATE201 | Structure of Materials | 6 | Spring |
| MATE304 | Transport Phenomena in Materials Processing | 6 | Spring |
| MATH141 | Foundations of Engineering Mathematics | 6 | Autumn, Spring |
| MATH142 | Essentials of Engineering Mathematics | 6 | Spring, Summer 2018/2019 |
| MATH151 | General Mathematics 1A | 6 | Autumn |
| MATH187 | Mathematics 1: Algebra and Differential Calculus | 6 | Autumn |
| MATH188 | Mathematics 2: Series and Integral Calculus | 6 | Spring |
| MATH201 | Multivariate and Vector Calculus | 6 | Autumn |
| MATH202 | Differential Equations 2 | 6 | Spring |
| MATH283 | Advanced Engineering Mathematics and Statistics | 6 | Autumn |
| PHYS141 | Fundamentals of Physics A | 6 | Autumn |
| PHYS142 | Fundamentals of Physics B | 6 | Spring |
| PHYS155 | Introduction to Biomedical Physics | 6 | Spring |
| PHYS205 | Advanced Modern Physics | 6 | Autumn |
| PHYS206 | Project in Physics | 6 | Autumn, Spring |
| PHYS215 | Vibrations, Waves & Optics | 6 | Autumn |
| PHYS225 | Electromagnetism and Optoelectronics | 6 | Spring |
| PHYS233 | Introduction to Environmental Physics | 6 | Autumn |
| PHYS235 | Mechanics & Thermodynamics | 6 | Spring |
| PHYS255 | Radiation Physics | 6 | Spring |
| PHYS295 | Astronomy - Concepts of the Universe | 6 | Spring |
| PHYS305 | Quantum Mechanics | 6 | Autumn |
| PHYS306 | Project in Physics | 6 | Autumn, Spring |
| PHYS325 | Electromagnetism | 6 | Autumn |
| PHYS335 | Classical Mechanics | 6 | Not available in 2018 |
| PHYS365 | Detection of Radiation: Neutrons, Electrons and X Rays | 6 | Autumn |
| PHYS375 | Nuclear Physics | 6 | Spring |
| PHYS385 | Statistical Mechanics | 6 | Spring |
| PHYS390 | Relativity, Astrophysics, and Cosmology | 6 | Autumn |
| PHYS396 | Electronic Materials | 6 | Spring |
| SCIE292 | Science Research Internship | 6 | Annual, Autumn, Spring, Summer 2018/2019 |
| MEDI100 | Human Structure and Function | 6 | Autumn |
| MEDI112 | Introduction to Anatomy and Physiology II | 6 | Spring |
| MEDI113 | Physiology of Sport, Exercise and Physical Activities | 6 | Spring |
| MEDI211 | Control Mechanisms Physiology | 6 | Autumn |
| MEDI312 | Fundamentals of Neuroscience | 6 | Autumn |
| MEDI361 | Nutrients & Metabolism | 6 | Autumn |
| MEDI362 | Research in Human Nutrition | 6 | Autumn |
| STAT252 | Statistics For the Natural Sciences | 6 | Spring |
| STAT335 | Sample Surveys and Experimental Design | 6 | Autumn |
| SMAH200 | Skills to Enhance Global Employability | 6 | Not available in 2018 |
Last reviewed: 10 November, 2017