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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 with Honours

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
  • 36 cp and a maximum of 48 cp of additional honours units at 4000-level or above, including an honours research project of at least 12 cp and a maximum of 36 cp, and at least 12 cp and a maximum of 36 cp of honours coursework
  • and where appropriate, elective units from Table A, Table S or Table O.

4000-level project/coursework credit point requirements for Honours areas are outlined in the Honours page.

General pathway - Honours

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

Honours Project

4XXX

Honours Project

4XXX

Honours Project/Coursework

4XXX

Honours Coursework

4XXX

 

 

6

6

6

6

 

24

2

Honours Project

4XXX

Honours Project

4XXX

Honours Project/Coursework

4XXX

Honours Coursework

4XXX

 

 

6

6

6

6

 

24

 Total credit points:

192

Example pathway - Animal Health, Disease and Welfare and Physics major with Honours in Physics

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

Animal Health, Disease and Welfare Major

BIOL1006

Life and Evolution*

Physics Major

PHYS1001

Physics 1 (Regular)*

Mathematics Degree Core

MATH1021

Calculus of One Variable

Mathematics Degree Core

MATH1002

Linear Algebra

 Elective

CHEM1111

Chemistry 1A

 

6

6

3

3

6

24

2

Animal Health, Disease and Welfare 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

OLE units

OLET1605 Communication in STEM

AND

OLET1616 The Science of Health and Wellbeing

AND

OLET1644 How we make decisions

 

6

6

3

3

6

24

Year 2

1

Animal Health, Disease and Welfare Major

IMMU2011

Immunobiology

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

Animal Health, Disease and Welfare Major

AVBS2001

Introductory Veterinary Pathogenesis

Physics Major

PHYS2012

Physics 2B

Elective

PSYC1002

Psychology 1002

Elective

BCMB2002

Proteins in Cells


 

 

6

6

6

6

 

24

Year 3

1

Animal Health, Disease and Welfare Major

AVBS3001

Agents of Disease

Animal Health, Disease and Welfare Major

AVBS3005

Animal Health and Disease

Physics Major

PHYS3034

Quantum, Statistical and Comp Physics

Physics Major

PHYS3036

Condensed Matter and Particle Physics

 

 

6

6

6

6

 

24

 

2

Animal Health, Disease and Welfare Major

ANSC3106

Animal Behaviour and Welfare Science

Animal Health, Disease and Welfare Major

SCPU3001

Science Interdisciplinary Project

Physics Major

PHYS3035

Electrodynamics and Optics

Physics Major

PHYS3888

Physics Interdisciplinary Project

 

 

6

6

6

6

 

24

Year 4

1

Physics Honours Project

PHYS4103

Physics Honours Project A

Physics Honours Project

PHYS4104

Physics Honours Project B

Physics Honours Coursework

SCIE4001

Science Communication

Physics Honours Coursework

PHYS4125

Quantum Field Theory

 

 

6

6

6

6

 

24

2

Physics Honours Project

PHYS4105

Physics Honours Project C

Physics Honours Project

PHYS4106

Physics Honours Project D

Physics Honours Coursework

PHYS4124

Physics of the Standard Model

Physics Honours Coursework

PHYS4126

Quantum Nanoscience

 

 

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.