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Faculty of Science : Guide to courses
Students who complete a combined course will graduate with two undergraduate degrees. Combined course students therefore have an increased choice of subjects and an opportunity to either specialise in inter-related discipline areas across two faculties, and/or to broaden their educational base.
Students wanting to specialise in a science discipline should consider completing the single BSc degree and undertaking postgraduate study in their area of interest rather than completing a combined course.
The wide-ranging objectives of each of the combined courses can be gleaned by referring to the objectives for both the BSc and the other degree forming part of the combined course.
The Faculty of Science administers the Bachelor of Science, the Bachelor of Arts and Sciences, Bachelor of Information Systems, Bachelor of Biomedical Science, Bachelor of Optometry and a number of combined courses. In the following list, where course information can be found in another section of the Handbook, or a course is administered by another Faculty, a cross reference is given.
Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Science
Bachelor of Commerce/Bachelor of Science
Bachelor of Science/Bachelor of Information Systems
Bachelor of Commerce/Bachelor of Information Systems
Bachelor of Geomatics/Bachelor of Information Systems (BGeom/BIS)
Bachelor of Science/Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical, Computer and Software) (BSc/BE)
All combined course students must satisfy the two components of the combined course in which they are enrolled. In some instances students also have to accumulate a minimum number of points. These requirements vary and are stated in the specific entry for each combined course that follows.
Five years full-time is the minimum time required to complete all combined courses involving the BSc.
Students do not need 62.5 science points at 100-level to proceed to 200-level subjects.
Students must complete the prerequisites, as stated in the Handbook, for all subjects in which they wish to enrol. Ensuring prerequisites are met, or waivers given, is the student's responsibility. See Prerequisites
No credit toward the BSc component of combined courses will be awarded for non-science subjects. The entry 'Science' and 'non-science' subjects defines 'science' subjects.
No subject can be credited toward both degrees.
Students wishing to receive credit for studies completed prior to enrolment in a combined course at this University should pursue this possibility with the Credit Officer in the Faculty of Science and the faculty responsible for the other component of the combined course.
To be considered for entry to BSc (Hons), students need to have completed at least 300 points, within which the requirements of the Science component of the combined course need to have been satisfied.
The Faculty will use the weighted average mark achieved for the 300-level science subjects to determine if a combined course student can enter BSc (Hons). The Faculty usually requires a weighted average of 65 per cent or more for the 300-level science subjects that have been completed.
Students planning to apply for BSc (Hons) should also ensure that all departmental requirements for entry into BSc (Hons) have been satisfied.
BSc (Hons) will require at least one extra year of study. Further information about Honours is provided in Bachelor of Science (Honours) and Bachelor of Information Systems (Honours)
The BA/BSc combined course provides students with an opportunity to obtain a general education in the humanities, social sciences and the languages and cultures of other people, and to also obtain a grounding in the key science disciplines with later-year specialisations in one or more science areas.
The BA/BSc is a 5 year combined course and offers an alternative to the 4 year single degree Bachelor of Arts and Sciences (BASc).
Students enrolled in the combined BA/BSc combined course must accumulate a total of 500 points.
Within the 500 points students must ensure they satisfy the minimum requirements for both the BSc component and the BA component. These requirements are detailed below. In summary students require:
Arts Faculty: 225 points
Science Faculty: 237.5 points
Either Faculty: 37.5 points
Total: 500 points
Subjects offered by the departments of Geography and Environmental Studies, and History and Philosophy of Science must count toward the Arts component of the combined course.
Students undertaking subjects offered by the School of Behavioural Sciences (i.e. Psychology) can receive credit toward either the Science or Arts component of the combined BA/BSc course. Students should advise the Faculty of Science Office if they would like Psychology to count toward the science component of the BA/BSc combined course.
A minimum of 237.5 science points are required which must include:
between 75 and 125 science points at 100-level;
at least 50 science points at 300-level.
it is proposed that all BSc and BSc combined students commencing in 1999 and beyond will be required to complete a major as part of their Science degree. Further information will be available at the time of your enrolment.
There are no 200-level requirements.
See 'Science' and 'non-science' subjects for discussion of what constitute subjects earning science points.
A minimum of 225 Arts points are required, of which:
at least 50 points must be at the 100-level;
at least 75 points must be at the 200-level;
at least 75 points must be at the 300-level.
All of the 225 Arts points, except 50 of the 100 Arts points required at 300-level, must be from subjects offered by Arts teaching departments.
Please refer to Arts areas of study in the Faculty of Arts introduction section for a list of teaching departments.
The Bachelor of Arts and Sciences is a four year full-time alternative to the five year Combined Arts/Science program. Part-time study is also permitted. This degree allows students to study subjects from both the Faculties of Arts and Science in addition to cross faculty programs such as the Environmental Science Program. Students will be able to complete a major in both faculties, and have the option to complete an honours year in either Arts or Science. The degree will appeal to applicants who wish to study more broadly than is currently possible in either the BA or the BSc, but who do not wish to complete the extra work required for the combined degrees, and to applicants who wish to complete an honours program after broad studies in the Arts and Science within five years.
The Bachelor of Arts and Sciences course has as its objectives that graduates:
can demonstrate a sound knowledge and understanding of selected fields of study in the sciences, humanities, languages and social and behavioural sciences, and a higher understanding in one or more of these disciplines;
can access and appreciate national and international debates in their areas of study;
can apply critical and analytical skills and methods to the identification and resolution of problems within a changing social context;
when solving scientific problems:
- are capable of applying appropriate knowledge,
- are able to access relevant information,
-understand the principles of project and experimental design,
-have a capacity to apply practical skills and technology;
have the knowledge, skill and attitude to enable adaptation to scientific, technological and social change, and have an appreciation of the historical background and evolution of scientific concepts;
can demonstrate an independent approach to knowledge that uses rigorous methods of inquiry and appropriate theories and methodologies that are applied with intellectual honesty and respect for ethical values;
can communicate effectively and, in the case of those students undertaking a language major, are able to read, write and speak with fluency and with an appreciation of the cultural context of the language;
can act as informed and critically discriminating participants within the community of scholars, as citizens and in the workplace;
have a sense of intellectual curiosity and a desire for life-long learning, and a capacity to be creative and inventive;
are proficient in the use of appropriate modern technologies, such as computer and audio-visual systems, for the acquisition, processing and interpretation of data.
The BASc degree requires the completion of 400 points of study, and, though course plans might vary from student to student, would normally require the completion of at least 200 points of subjects from approved departments of each faculty. Students must complete a minimum of 50 points of Science 300-level subjects and no more than 75 points of Science 100-level subjects. It is proposed that all BASc students commencing in 1999 and beyond will be required to complete a major as part of the Science component of the degree. Further information will be available at the time of your enrolment.
Students would normally complete 50 points of first-year level, 75 points of second-year level and 75 points of third-year level Arts studies.
Students may take subjects from areas of study offered by approved Arts departments* (see Arts areas of study) towards their Arts element, and science subjects from the list below towards their Sciences element:
Anatomy and Cell Biology
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Biology
Botany
Chemistry
Computer Science
Earth Sciences
Environmental Science
Genetics
Geomatics
Information Systems
Mathematics and Statistics
Microbiology and Immunology
Pathology
Pharmacology
Physics
Physiology
Optometry and Vision Sciences
Zoology
*Psychology points can be allocated to either the Arts component or the Sciences component of the BASc degree. Subjects from Geography and History and Philosophy of Science will count towards the Arts component only.
Applicants for the Bachelor of Arts and Sciences degree will be awarded such credit as the relevant Faculty considers appropriate at the time of their first enrolment in the degree.
Students transferring from other faculties or tertiary institutions who have completed subjects which are considered to be equivalent to those available to students in the Bachelor of Arts and Sciences may be granted specified credit for those subjects. It may be necessary for the relevant department to recommend such credit. The maximum amount of credit granted to a transferring student will be 300 points (i.e. you must complete at least 100 points while enrolled as a student in the BASc course).
Students enrolled in the BCom/BSc combined course must accumulate a total of 500 points. Within the 500 points students must satisfy the minimum requirements stated below for the BSc component and the BCom component.
A minimum of 237.5 Science points are required which must include:
between 75 and 125 science points at 100-level;
at least 50 science points at 300-level.
it is proposed that all BSc and BSc combined students commencing in 1999 and beyond will be required to complete a major as part of their Science degree. Further information will be available at the time of your enrolment.
There are no 200-level requirements.
See 'Science' and 'non-science' subjects for discussion of what constitute subjects earning science points.
A minimum of 200 Commerce points are required, which must include:
50-125 points at the 100-level;
at least 50 points at the 300-level.
the following compulsory subjects: 316-101 Introductory Macroeconomics, 316-102 Introductory Microeconomics, and either 316-130 Quantitative Methods 1 and 316-206 Quantitative Methods 2 or 316-129 Business Statistics and 316-205 Introductory Econometrics (or approved equivalent subjects in Mathematics/Statistics).
The 200 Commerce points must be chosen from subjects taught by departments in the Faculty of Economics and Commerce, or subjects with a 732 prefix taught by the Faculty of Law.
BCom/BSc students will generally only select Science or Economics and Commerce subjects. They can, however, include a maximum of 62.5 Arts points toward the 500 points.
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