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Bachelor of Science

Sample enrolment

This page was first published on 13 November 2025 and was last amended on 30 January 2026.
View details of the changes below.

Requirements:

(a) Degree Core: 12 credit points of units of study as set out in Table A Degree Core; and 12 credit points of 1000-level units of study as set out in Table A (excluding units present in Table A Degree Core); units used to meet the Degree Core requirement can also be used to meet the requirements for major(s) or minor(s); and

(b) A major (48 credit points of units of study) or program defined in Section 7 below and listed in Table A; and

(c) A minor (36 credit points of units of study) or second major (48 credit points of units of study) as defined in Section 7 below and listed in Table A or Table S.

(d) For students not enrolled in the Dalyell Stream, a minimum of 6 credit points of units of study in the Open Learning Environment as specified in Table O.

(e) For students enrolled in the Dalyell Stream, a minimum of 12 credit points of Dalyell units of study as specified in Table D.

(f) Students previously but no longer enrolled in the Dalyell Stream who have completed at least 6 credit points of Dalyell units of study are not required to complete any units of study in the Open Learning Environment as specified in Table O.

(g) where appropriate, Elective Units from Table A, Table S, Table O or for students enrolled in the Dalyell Stream, Table D; and

(h) For students enrolled in a stream, complete the requirements for the stream as specified in Table A or Table D.

General pathway

Note that other arrangements are also possible.

 

Semester

Unit of study 1 and credit points

Unit of study 2 and credit points

Unit of study 3 and credit points

Unit of study 4 and credit points

Total

Year 1

1

Science Table A Major

1XXX

Table A or S Major/Minor

1XXX

Table A Degree Core

1XXX

Elective – 1000-level Science

1XXX

 

6

6

6

6

24

2

Science Table A Major

1XXX

Table A or S Major/Minor

1XXX

Table A Degree Core

1XXX

Elective – 1000-level Science

1XXX

 

6

6

6

6

24

Year 2

1

Science Table A Major

2XXX

Table A or S Major/Minor

2XXX

OLE

Elective

1XXX/2XXX

 

6

6

6

6

24

2

Science Table A Major

2XXX

Table A or S Major/Minor

2XXX

Elective

1XXX/2XXX

Elective

1XXX/2XXX

 

6

6

6

6

24

Year 3

1

Science Table A Major

3XXX

Science Table A Major

3XXX

Table A or S Major/Minor

3XXX

Table A or S Major/Elective

1XXX/2XXX/3XXX

 

6

6

6

6

24

 

2

Science Table A Major

3XXX

Science Table A Major

3XXX

Table A or S Major/Minor

3XXX

Table A or S Major/Elective

1XXX/2XXX/3XXX

 

6

6

6

6

24

Total credit points:

144

Example pathway: Chemistry major and Biology major

Note that other arrangements are also possible.

 

Semester

Unit of study 1 and credit points

Unit of study 2
and credit points

Unit of study 3 and credit points

Unit of study 4
and credit points

 

Total

Year 1

1

Chemistry Major

CHEM1111

Chemistry 1A*

Biology Major

BIOL1006

Life and Evolution*

Table A Degree Core

MATH1061

Mathematics 1A

Elective

GEOS1001

Earth, Environment and Society

 

6

6

6

6

24

2

Chemistry Major

CHEM1112

Chemistry 1B*

Biology Major

BIOL1007

From Molecules to Ecosystems*

Table A Degree Core

MATH1062
Mathematics 1B

OLE units

OLET1605 Communication in STEM

AND

OLET1616 The Science of Health and Wellbeing

AND

OLET1644 How we make decisions

 

6

6

6

6

24

Year 2

1

Chemistry Major

CHEM2521

Molecular Stability and Reactivity

Biology Major

BIOL2030

Botany

OLE units

OLET1652 How to Estimate Anything

AND

OLET1622 Numbers and Numerics

AND

OLET2602 Psychology of Crime

Elective

HPSC1000

Bioethics

 

 

 

6

6

6

6

24

2

Chemistry Major

CHEM2523

Chemistry of Biological Molecules

Biology Major

BIOL2022

Biology Experimental Design and Analysis

Biology Major

BIOL2024

Ecology and Conservation

Elective

PSYC1002

Psychology 1002

 

 

 

6

6

6

6

 

24

Year 3

1

Chemistry Major

CHEM3120

Environmental and Analytical Chemistry

Chemistry Major

SCPU3001

Science Interdisciplinary Project

Biology Major

BIOL3005

Evolutionary Biology

Elective

CHEM2522

Sustainable Chemical Manufacture

 

 

 

6

6

6

6

24

 

2

Chemistry Major

CHEM3121

Chemical Biology

Chemistry Major

CHEM3122

Chemical Biology

Biology Major

BIOL3007

Ecology

Biology Major

BIOL3888

Biology Interdisciplinary Project

 

 

 

6

6

6

6

24

Total credit points:

144

*Unit counts towards the degree core requirements of 12 credit points of 1000-level Science elective units of study.

 

Post-publication amendments

Date Original publication Post-publication amendment
30/01/2026 Students to choose from units per session to enrol into.

Students able to choose from 4 units per session to enrol into due to the following 3 cp value units of study being replaced by 6 credit point variations:

Retired 3 cp value units of study: 1XXX (3 credit point variation); MATH1021; MATH1023; MATH1005

New 6 cp value units of study: MATH1062; MATH1061, 1XXX (6 credit point variation)