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Dalyell enrichment units of study

Science

This page was first published on 13 November 2025 and was last amended on 19 January 2026.
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Unit of study Credit points A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites
C: Corequisites N: Prohibition
AGRI2001
Plant Management in Agroecosystems
6 N AGRO3004
BIOL2021
Zoology
6 P BIOL1XXX or MBLG1XXX or MEDS1001
N BIOL2921 or BIOL2011 or BIOL2911 or BIOL2012 or BIOL2912
BIOL2024
Ecology and Conservation
6 A BIOL1XXX or MBLG1XXX
N BIOL2924
BIOL2030
Botany
6 A Knowledge of concepts and skills in BIOL1XX6
N BIOL2023 or BIOL2923 or PLNT2001 or PLNT2901 or PLNT2002 or PLNT2902 or PLNT2003 or PLNT2903 or BIOL2930
BIOL2031
Plants and Environment
6 A Knowledge of concepts and skills in BIOL1XX6
N AGEN2005 or BIOL3043 or BIOL3943 or BIOL2931
BIOL2032
Australian Wildlife Biology
6 N ANSC2005 or WILD2002
BIOL2033
Biology of Insects
6 N ENTO2001
ENSC2001
Environmental Monitoring
6 A Understanding of scientific principles and concepts including biodiversity, human impacts on the environment, properties of substances (e.g., acidity, alkalinity, solvents) and basic knowledge of statistics
ENVI3111
Environmental Law and Ethics
6 P ENVI2X22
N ENVI3911
ENVI3114
Energy and the Environment
6 A Junior Physics units or Intermediate Environmental Science units
P 12 credit points of 2000-level units
N ENVI3001 or PHYS3600
GEGE2001
Genetics and Genomics
6 A Mendelian genetics; mechanisms of evolution; molecular and chromosomal bases of inheritance; and gene regulation and expression
N GENE2002 or MBLG2972 or GEGE2901 or MBLG2072
GEOS2111
Hazards, Climate Change and Disasters
6 P 6 credit points of 1000-level units from (GEOS1XXX or GEOL1XXX)
N GEOS2911
GEOS2115
Oceans, Coasts and Climate Change
6 A GEOG1001 or GEOL1001 or GEOL1002 or GEOS1003 or GEOS1903 or ENVI1002 or GEOL1902 or GEOL1501
P GEOL1501 or GEOS1X01 or GEOS1X02 or GEOS1X03 or BIOL1XXX or ENVI1003
N GEOS2915
GEOS2116
Earth Surface Processes
6 P GEOS1XXX or ENVI1003
N GEOS2916 or GEOG2321
GEOS2121
Environmental and Resource Management
6 P GEOS1X01 or GEOS1X02 or ECOP1X01 or SIEN1000
N GEOS2921
GEOS3009
Coastal Environments and Processes
6 P 12 credit points from (GEOS2X11 or GEOS2X15 or GEOS2X16 or GEOS2X21 or BIOL2022)
N GEOS3909 or MARS3003 or MARS3105
GEOS3014
GIS for Land and Coastal Management
6 P Either 12 credit points of Intermediate Geoscience units or [(GEOS2115 or GEOS2915) and (BIOL2018 or BIOL2918 or BIOL2024 or BIOL2924 or BIOL2028 or BIOL2928)]
N GEOS3914 or ENVX3001
GEOS3053
Asia-Pacific Field School

6 P GEOS2X21 or AREC2005 or GOVT2228 or GEOS2X11 or GEOS2X23 or GEOS2X16
N GEOG3201 or GEOS3953
Students must contact the unit coordinator no later than September in the year before taking this unit.
GEOS3520
Urban Citizenship and Sustainability
6 P GEOS2X21 or GEOS2X23 or GOES2X15 or GEOS2X11 or ENVI2X22 or DAAE2012
N GEOS3920
GEOS3524
Global Change, Sustainable Livelihoods
6 P GEOX2X21 or AREC2005 or GOVT2228 or GEOS2X11 or GEOS2X23 or GEOS2X16 or ENVI2X22
N GEOS3924 or GEOS2112 or GEOS2912
HPSC2011
Science, Ethics and Society
6 A Students should be familiar with introductory material in Philosophy of Science, Ethics or Sociology
N HPSC3107
HPSC3002
Hist and Phil of the Biomedical Sciences
6 P (HPSC2100 or HPSC2900) or (HPSC1001 or HPSC1901) or PHIL2XXX or (BIOL1006 or BIOL1906 or BIOL1996)
HPSC3016
The Scientific Revolution
6 P (HPSC2100 or HPSC2900)
HPSC3023
Psychology and Psychiatry: History and Phil
6 P (12 credit points of HPSC2XXX or 12 credit points of PSYC2XXX) or (6 credit points of HPSC2XXX and 6 credit points of PSYC2XXX)
HPSC3108
Evidence, Knowledge, and Methods in Science
6 P HPSC1X01 or HPSC2X01 or PHIL2XXX
MATH2969
Discrete Mathematics and Graph Theory Adv
6 P 9 credit points of Junior Mathematics (advanced level or Credit at the normal level)
N MATH2011 or MATH2009 or MATH2069
MATH2988
Number Theory and Cryptography Adv
6 P MATH1961 or MATH1971 or MATH1964 or MATH1902 or MATH1904 or (a mark of 65 or above in MATH1061 or MATH1064 or MATH1002 or MATH1004)
N MATH2068 or MATH2088
MATH3061
Geometry and Topology
6 A Theory and methods of linear transformations and vector spaces, for example MATH2061, MATH2961 or MATH2022
P 12 credit points of MATH2XXX
N MATH3001 or MATH3006
MICR2031
Microbiology
6 A Fundamental concepts of microorganisms, biomolecules and ecosystems; CHEM1XX1
P 6 credit points from (BIOL1XX7 or BIOL1XX8 or MEDS1X01 or MBLG1XX1)
N MICR2021 or MICR2921 or MICR2024 or MICR2931
SOIL2005
Soil and Water: Earth's Life Support Systems
6 N SOIL2003 or LWSC2002
STAT2011
Probability and Estimation Theory
6 P (MATH1X61 or MATH1971 or MATH1X21 or MATH1931 or MATH1X01 or MATH1906 or MATH1011) and (DATA1X01 or MATH1X62 or MATH1972 or MATH10X5 or MATH1905 or STAT1021 or ECMT1010 or BUSS1020)
N STAT2911

Post-publication amendments

Date Original publication Post-publication amendment
19/01/2026 QBIO2001 was published and available for selection. QBIO2001 removed.