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Bachelor of Science

Course Abbreviation Campus Duration Prerequisites 2008 ENTER Intake
BSc Clayton On-campus 3 years full-time, part-time available VCE units 3 and 4 - a study score of at least 30 in ESL English and 25 in English (any), or Australian or international equivalent 75.00 February and July
  • A program that promotes ethical, social and environmental responsibility in its students
  • A qualification that maintains its prestigious standing with employers worldwide
  • Produces graduates that have highly marketable skills that equip them for employment in a wide range of areas in the private and public sectors, both locally and internationally
  • Students can graduate with a course they have tailored to suit their career intentions
  • Offers practical employment skills such as competence in scientific inquiry and research, communication, critical thinking and analysis, problem solving, use of information technology for communication and scientific techniques, data handling, presentation skills and team work
  • Embraces the full range of science disciplines including earth sciences, biological and life sciences, biomedical sciences, mathematical sciences and physical sciences - from astronomy to zoology, Monash Science has it covered
  • Offers huge flexibility as studies can be included from outside science, for example, from arts, business and economics, and information technology, thus further extending career choices
  • Students gain specialised knowledge that provides a sound foundation for further studies at honours or postgraduate level thus leading to careers as professional scientists in industry, education or research

Science areas of study and sequences

Science major or minor sequences for the Bachelor of Science in the following areas of study.

Courses

Gippsland:

Applied Biology, Applied biochemistry, Applied chemistry, Applied microbiology, Applied statistics, Computing, Human physiology, Mathematics and modelling, Psychology, Resource and environmental management.

Clayton:

Applied statistics, Astronomy and astrophysics, Atmospheric sciences, Biochemistry, Biology, Biotechnology, Chemistry, Computer sciences, Developmental biology, Ecology, Environmental and conservation biology, Genetics, Geography, and environmental sciences, Geophysics, Geosciences, Human pathology, Immunology, Marine and freshwater biology, Materials sciences, Mathematics, Microbiology, Molecular biology, Pharmacology, Physics, Physiology, Plant sciences, Psychology, Soil sciences, Statistics, Zoology.

Course structure

Over the three years of the degree students complete:

  • A total of 24 units
  • Four units each semester or eight units per year
  • At least one major science area of study
  • At least one minor science area of study
  • Two breadth units
  • Either at least one unit is taken from each of physical, life and earth processes known as the three ‘PLE’ groups, or at least three level-one science sequences in different areas of study
  • Remaining units from science or another faculty (up to a major) that can help broaden knowledge and include special interests

Students are required to complete an approved combination of level one units to ensure breadth of studies across science disciplines. The breadth areas of study include the following.

Physical processes: astronomy, chemistry, materials science, physics
Life processes: biology, psychology
Earth sciences: atmospheric science, geosciences, geography

Sample course

Majors:

  • Zoology
  • Marine and freshwater biology
Level Semester 1 Semester 2
Level 1 Biology 1 (PLE - Life)
Chemistry 1 (PLE - Physical)
Introduction to statistical reasoning
Planet earth and its environment (Breadth unit - Earth)		 Biology 2
Chemistry 2
Conservation biology
Planet earth dynamic systems
Level 2 Animal diversity
Ecology
Evolution of plant diversity
Environmental chemistry-water 		Animal structure and function
Vertebrate life on plant earth
The practice and application of statistics
Environmental chemistry
Level 3 Marine biology
Research methods in biology
Ecological management
Genetics of development 		Freshwater ecology
Biology of Australian vertebrates
Animal behaviour
Conservation and ecological genetics

Please note: This is an example only - unit and semester offerings may vary. Please click for a more detailed course outline (pdf 97kb) (doc 39kb).

Contact time at the university for a BSc is approximately 25 hours per week depending on disciplines studied. Typically, students attend two to three lectures per week per unit of study as well as laboratory classes, tutorials and workshops. Some units also involve field trips.

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