About this course:

  • Students can undertake the Bachelor of Science full-time over three years or part-time over six years.
  • To complete the degree students must undertake 144 credit points (cp) worth of units (ie. Subjects).
  • A typical unit of study has a value of 6cp. Full-time students normally enroll in 48 cp worth of units each year.
  • Each student is required to complete at least one science major, and a minor, or they may choose to complete a second major. They can find out which units constitute a major by reading the Science Undergraduate Handbook.
  • In student's courses, they will also need to complete 12 cp of mathematics degree core units of study, and a minimum of 12 cp of units of study in the Open Learning Environment.
  • Students can choose their subjects from the academic schools:

  • Chemistry (including Medicinal Chemistry)
  • Computer Science (including Computer Science and Software Development)
  • Geosciences (including Geography, Geology and Geophysics, Marine Science)
  • History and Philosophy of Science
  • Life and Environmental Sciences (including Agriculture, Animal Science, Biochemistry, Biology, Ecology, Environment, Food Science, Microbiology,  Nutrition, Plant Production and many more)
  • Mathematics and Statistics (including Financial Mathematics, Data Science and more)
  • Physics (including Astronomy)
  • Psychology
  • Veterinary Science