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Bachelor of Science/ Bachelor of Advanced Studies

Sample enrolment

Information about the Bachelor of Advanced Studies and Advanced Coursework can be found in the Interdisciplinary Handbook.

Sample pathway - Bachelor of Science/Bachelor of Advanced Studies by Coursework

Requirements:

  • 192 cp total
  • 12 cp of Mathematics degree core units of study (students may count the units from their majors or minors to fulfill this requirement)
  • 12 cp of 1000-level science elective units of study (excluding units listed as Mathematics degree core, however, students may count the units from their majors or minor to fulfill this requirement)
  • a major (48 cp) or program from Science Table A
  • a second major (48 cp) from Table A or Table S
  • 12 cp of Open Learning Environment units from Table O
  • 24 cp at 4000-level from Table A or Table S, including a research, community, industry or entrepreneurship project of at least 12cp and a maximum of 36 cp
  • and where appropriate, elective units from Table A, Table S or Table O.
General pathway - Coursework

Note that other arrangements are also possible.

 

Semester

Unit of study 1
& credit points

Unit of study 2
& credit points

Unit of study 3
& credit points

Unit of study 4
& credit points

Unit of study 5
& credit points

Total

Year 1

1

Science Table A Major

1XXX

Table A or S Major

1XXX

Mathematics Degree Core

1XXX

Mathematics Degree Core

1XXX

Science Elective

1XXX

 

6

6

3

3

6

24

2

Science Table A Major

1XXX

Table A or S Major

1XXX

Mathematics Degree Core

1XXX

Mathematics Degree Core

1XXX

Science Elective

1XXX

 

6

6

3

3

6

24

Year 2

1

Science Table A Major

2XXX

Table A or S Major

2XXX

OLE

Elective

1XXX/2XXX

 

 

6

6

6

6

 

24

2

Science Table A Major

2XXX

Table A or S Major

2XXX

OLE

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

3XXX

Table A or S Major

3XXX

 

 

6

6

6

6

 

24

 

2

Science Table A Major

3XXX

Science Table A Major

3XXX

Table A or S Major

3XXX

Table A or S Major

3XXX

 

 

6

6

6

6

 

24

Year 4

1

Advanced Project

4XXX

Advanced Project

4XXX

Advanced Coursework

4XXX

Advanced Coursework

4XXX

 

 

6

6

6

6

 

24

2

Advanced Coursework

4XXX

Advanced Coursework

4XXX

Advanced Coursework

4XXX

Advanced Coursework

4XXX

 

 

6

6

6

6

 

24

 Total credit points:

192

Example pathway - Cell and Developmental Biology major and Physics major with Advanced Coursework

Note that other arrangements are also possible.

 

Semester

Unit of study 1
& credit points

Unit of study 2
& credit points

Unit of study 3
& credit points

Unit of study 4
& credit points

Unit of study 5
& credit points

Total

Year 1

1

Cell and Developmental Biology Major

CHEM1011

Fundamentals of Chemistry 1A*

Physics Major

PHYS1001

Physics 1 (Regular)*

Mathematics Degree Core

MATH1021

Calculus of One Variable

Mathematics Degree Core

MATH1002

Linear Algebra

 Elective

BIOL1006

Life and Evolution

 

6

6

3

3

6

24

2

Cell and Developmental Biology Major

BIOL1007

From Molecules to Ecosystems*

Physics Major

PHYS1004

Physics 1 (Environmental and Life Science)*

Mathematics Degree Core

MATH1023

Multivariable Calculus and Modelling

Mathematics Degree Core

MATH1005

Statistical Thinking with Data

Elective

PSYC1002

Psychology 1002

 

6

6

3

3

6

24

Year 2

1

Cell and Developmental Biology Major

BIOL2029

Cells

Physics Major

PHYS2011

Physics 2A

OLE units

OLET1652 How to Estimate Anything

AND

OLET1622 Numbers and Numerics

AND

OLET2628 Research Data Management

Elective

HPSC1000

Bioethics

 

 

6

6

6

6

 

24

2

Cell and Developmental Biology Major

GEGE2001

Genetics and Genomics

Physics Major

PHYS2012

Physics 2B

OLE units

OLET1605 Communication in STEM

AND

OLET1616 The Science of Health and Wellbeing

AND

OLET1644 How we make decisions

Elective

BCMB2002

Proteins in Cells

 

 

6

6

6

6

 

24

Year 3

1

Cell and Developmental Biology Major

BIOL3026

Developmental Biology

Cell and Developmental Biology Major

SCPU3001

Science Interdisciplinary Project

Physics Major

PHYS3034

Quantum, Statistical and Comp Physics

Physics Major

PHYS3036

Condensed Matter and Particle Physics

 

 

6

6

6

6

 

24

 

2

Cell and Developmental Biology Major

BIOL3029

Molecular Plant Biology

Cell and Developmental Biology Major

BCMB3004

Beyond the Genome

Physics Major

PHYS3035

Electrodynamics and Optics

Physics Major

PHYS3888

Physics Interdisciplinary Project

 

 

6

6

6

6

 

24

Year 4

1

Advanced Project

SCPU4001

Industry and Community Science Project A

Advanced Project

SCPU4002

Industry and Community Science Project B

Advanced Coursework

SCIE4001

Science Communication

Elective

PHSI3010

Reproduction, Development and Disease

 

 

6

6

6

6

 

24

2

Advanced Coursework

PSYC4005

Coaching Skills for Work and Life

Advanced Coursework

PHYS4015

Neural Dynamics and Computation

Advanced Coursework

SCIE4003

Ethics in Science^

Elective

PHYS3037

Plasma and Astrophysics

 

 

6

6

6

6

 

24

 Total credit points:

192

*Unit counts toward the degree core requirements of 12 cp of 1000-level Science elective units of study.

^ This unit of study is run during Intensive March and Intensive August