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. |
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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.
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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 |
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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 |
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6 |
6 |
6 |
6 | 24 |
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2 |
Science Table A Major 1XXX |
Table A or S Major/Minor 1XXX |
Table A Degree Core 1XXX |
Elective – 1000-level Science 1XXX |
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6 |
6 |
6 |
6 | 24 |
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Year 2 |
1 |
Science Table A Major 2XXX |
Table A or S Major/Minor 2XXX |
OLE |
Elective 1XXX/2XXX |
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6 |
6 |
6 |
6 | 24 |
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2 |
Science Table A Major 2XXX |
Table A or S Major/Minor 2XXX |
Elective 1XXX/2XXX |
Elective 1XXX/2XXX |
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6 |
6 |
6 |
6 | 24 |
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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 |
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6 |
6 |
6 |
6 | 24 |
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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 |
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6 |
6 |
6 |
6 | 24 |
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Total credit points: |
144 |
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Example pathway: Chemistry major and Biology major
Note that other arrangements are also possible.
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Semester |
Unit of study 1 and credit points |
Unit of study 2 |
Unit of study 3 and credit points |
Unit of study 4
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Total |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Year 1 |
1 |
Chemistry Major Chemistry 1A* |
Biology Major Life and Evolution* |
Table A Degree Core Mathematics 1A |
Elective Earth, Environment and Society |
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6 |
6 |
6 | 6 |
24 |
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2 |
Chemistry Major Chemistry 1B* |
Biology Major From Molecules to Ecosystems* |
Table A Degree Core MATH1062 |
OLE units OLET1605 Communication in STEM AND OLET1616 The Science of Health and Wellbeing AND OLET1644 How we make decisions |
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6 |
6 |
6 |
6 | 24 |
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Year 2 |
1 |
Chemistry Major Molecular Stability and Reactivity |
Biology Major Botany |
OLE units OLET1652 How to Estimate Anything AND OLET1622 Numbers and Numerics AND OLET2602 Psychology of Crime |
Elective Bioethics
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6 |
6 |
6 |
6 | 24 |
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2 |
Chemistry Major Chemistry of Biological Molecules |
Biology Major Biology Experimental Design and Analysis |
Biology Major Ecology and Conservation |
Elective Psychology 1002
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6 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
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24 |
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Year 3 |
1 |
Chemistry Major Environmental and Analytical Chemistry |
Chemistry Major Science Interdisciplinary Project |
Biology Major Evolutionary Biology |
Elective Sustainable Chemical Manufacture
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6 |
6 |
6 |
6 | 24 |
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2 |
Chemistry Major Chemical Biology |
Chemistry Major Chemical Biology |
Biology Major Ecology |
Biology Major Biology Interdisciplinary Project
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6 |
6 |
6 |
6 | 24 |
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Total credit points: |
144 |
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*Unit counts towards the degree core requirements of 12 credit points of 1000-level Science elective units of study. |
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Post-publication amendments
| Date | Original publication | Post-publication amendment |
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| 30/01/2026 | Students to choose from 5 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) |
