Comments
- Made all changes requested by Johan and Keith on 16/2/16
- Ensured consistent use of 'or' (rather than 'and') in lists of subject codes making a pool of courses for selection from.
- While there are still quite a few outstanding questions and issues these are now with the Faculty to work through and address. I will wait (and assist as required) until a way forward is known. While there are many instances they come down to a few causes:
- Making explicit to a reader how they get 'approval': Is there a process, a person, a role or an office.
- Tightening up on alternative courses: Either stay silent (and handle verbally in course advice) or list them. Try to be consistent where possible (e.g. numeracy requirements).
- Be explicit on known pre-requisite issues: If commonly taken 200- and 300-level courses are likely to have more onerous pre-requisite requirements than the degree and major then state these in the supplementary information, or (even better) change the requirements.
- Have decided that the requirements are 'good enough for use in WIP' as they are, and can be improved over time as the faculty deal with the various issues.
- Have decided that 'typical' degree examples don't work well for this degree so will publish 2 or 3 specific examples when we do degree examples.
Open Questions
- Degree requirements, third requirement bullet: What is an 'approved equivalent? Is there a list or at least a definition? How do I get approval?
- Degree requirements: What courses are approved to meet the oral and written communication requirements? How do I get approval?
- Applied Physics: We need to define approved course tighter?
- Applied Physics: We need to define related subjects tighter?
- Computer Science: Please define 'approved courses' for each of the two instances? And is it really necessary to have the course selections approved, as they come from quite a tight range anyway?
- Development Studies: In discussion with Johan it appears that students may not be permitted entry to some of the listed courses due to over-demand. Which ones? Where is the warning message and policy? Why even list them if this is the case?
- Development Studies: The school website appears to have incorrect information (cf the UG Prospectus). Somebody might want to check and correct if required.
- Development Studies: Are the specialist stream (see page 19 of the UG Prospectus) the same as specialisations? If not maybe use a different word, as it will confuse readers. Do we have to cover them on the web?
- Electronic and Computer Systems: Please defined 'approved courses'? And is it really necessary to have the course selection approved, as they come from quite a tight range anyway?
- Environmental Science: Please define 'approved courses'?
- Environmental Studies: What are the equivalent courses for STAT 193? Can we list them?
- Geography: What are the equivalent courses for STAT 193? Can we list them?
- Geology: Is the 100-level CHEM requirements expressed too precisely (and course changes over time might invalidate)? Just seemed better to express the permitted range rather than exclude one course.
- Geophysics: Really needs to be two specialisations (where choosing one is mandatory) of the one major, both for the sake of clear communications and consistent with other degrees.
- Physical Geography: I have used the Supplementary information section to express the desirability of an additional 100-level course. Please check and let me know if this is strong enough. I feel uncomfortable placing this in the major requirements section when the Calendar is silent on the matter.
- Statistics: Please check what I have written about the 'two further courses' at 200 level?
Duration/intensity
The BSc represents three years of full-time study and may also be studied part-time.
Entry Requirements
To be accepted into the BSc you need to:
- achieve University Entrance for at least one of the admission types.
Degree requirements
- Complete at least 360 points, of which:
- At least 270 points from courses listed for the BSc and
- At least 210 points from 200 and 300-level courses, including:
- At least 150 points from courses listed for the BSc.
- At least 75 points from 300-level courses listed for the BSc.
- Courses listed for other degrees may be counted as being BSc courses, including:
- Maximum of 30 points if taken to satisfy a BSc major
- Maximum of 30 points if taken to satisfy a second major from another first degree at this university
- Maximum of 60 points across both these categories.
- Complete one course in MATH, PHYS, QUAN, STAT (or an approved equivalent) at any level.
- Complete one approved course that demonstrates competency in oral and written communications.
- Satisfy the requirements for at least one major subject (selected from the drop down list below).
- 300-level courses may only be counted towards one major.
Supplementary information
"You may also select . . . " (GUS, p.100)
"A minor comprises . . . " (GUS, p.100)
"Most majors will incorporate . . . " (GUS, p.100)
"Combine the BSc with . . " (GUS, p.100)
"Other subjects that are available as minors but not majors include Science in Context and Forensic Science. Contact the Faculty of Science office to learn more about studying these subjects.
Major requirements
Actuarial Science (ACTS)
- Complete six courses at 100 level:
- ACTS 111
- ECON 130
- ECON 141
- MATH 142
- MATH 151
- MATH 177.
- Complete four courses at 200 level:
- ECON 201
- FINA 201
- FINA 202
- MATH 277.
- Complete four courses at 300 level:
- ACTS 301
- Either FINA 306 or FINA 307
- STAT 335
- One further course from:
- ECON 301
- ECON 314
- ECON 339
- FINA 305
- FINA 306
- FINA 307
- MATH 377
- STAT 332
- STAT 393.
Applied Physics (APHS)
- Complete four course at 100 level:
- MATH 142
- MATH 151
- PHYS 114
- PHSY 115.
- Complete four courses at 200 level:
- Two courses from PHYS 200-299
- Two further courses from:
- ECEN 201-204
- MATH 243
- MATH 244
- PHYS 200-299.
- Complete four courses at 300 level:
- PHYS 343
- Either ECEN 301 or ECEN 303
- One further course from PHYS 300-399
- One further approved course from PHYS 300-399 (or a related subject).
Biology (BIOL)
- Complete four courses at 100 level:
- BIOL 111
- BIOL 113
- BIOL 114
- STAT 193.
- Complete three courses from BIOL, BMSC or BTEC 200-299.
- Complete courses worth 60 points from BIOL, BMSC or BTEC 300-399.
Supplementary information
"The Biology major is not . . ." (GUS, p.102)
Biotechnology (BTEC)
- Complete five courses at 100 level:
- BIOL 111
- BTEC 101
- CHEM 114
- CHEM 115
- Either PHIL 106 or PHIL 228.
- Complete four courses at 200 level:
- BIOL 241
- BTEC 201.
- Two courses from:
- BIOL 236
- BIOL 244
- BIOL 252
- CHEM 201
- CHEM 205.
- Complete three courses at 300 level:
- BTEC 301
- SCIE 310
- One course from:
- BIOL 340
- BMSC 334
- BMSC 339
- CHEM 301
- CHEM 305.
Cell and Molecular Bioscience (CBIO)
- Complete four courses at 100 level:
- BIOL 111
- BIOL 113
- BIOL 114
- CHEM 114.
- Complete four courses at 200 level:
- BIOL 241
- BIOL 243
- BIOL 244
- BIOL 252.
- Complete three courses at 300 level:
- BIOL 340
- BMSC 339
- One courses from:
- BMSC 334
- BMSC 335
- BMSC 343
- BMSC 354
- BTEC 301.
Chemistry (CHEM)
- Complete four courses at 100 level:
- CHEM 114
- CHEM 115
- One course in MATHS or PHYS at 100 level
- One course from:
- BIOL 111
- BMSC 117
- BTEC 101
- ENVI 114
- ESCI 111
- ESCI 112.
- Complete five courses at 200 level:
- CHEM 201
- CHEM 202
- CHEM 203
- CHEM 205
- CHEM 206.
- Complete four courses at 300 level:
- CHEM 301
- CHEM 302
- CHEM 303
- CHEM 305
- CHEM 306.
Supplementary information
CHEM 205 will be waived for students majoring in both Physics and Chemistry.
Computer Graphics (CSCG)
- Complete six courses at 100 level:
- CGRA 151
- Either COMP 102 or COMP 112
- COMP 103
- DSDN 132
- Either ENGR 121 and ENGR 123
- Or MATH 151 and MATH 161.
- Complete five courses at (mostly) 200 level:
- CGRA 251
- COMP 261
- MDDN 241
- NWEN 241
- One course from:
- ENGR 122
- MATH 141
- MATH 142
- MATH 251.
- Complete three courses at 300 level:
- CGRA 350
- CGRA 351
- One course from:
- COMP 307
- COMP 313
- COMP 361
- MDDN 311
- MDDN 342
- MDDN 343.
- Complete one further course from COMP, MDDN, MATH, NWEN or SWEN 300-399.
Computer Science (COMP)
- Complete four courses at 100 level:
- Either COMP 102 or COMP 112
- COMP 103
- Either ENGR 121 and ENGR 123
- Or MATH 161 and one course from:
- MATH 177
- QUAN 102
- STAT 193.
- Or MATH 161 and one course from:
- Complete four approved courses from COMP, NWEN or SWEN 200-299.
- Complete four approved courses at 300 level from:
- COMP, NWEN, or SWEN 300-399
- CGRA 350.
- Complete one further course from:
- ENGR 121
- ENGR 122
- MATH 141-399
- OPRE 100-399
- STAT 100-399.
Development Studies (DEVE)
- Complete three courses at 100 level:
- GEOG 112
- One regional-based course
- Approved regional-based courses:
- ASIA 101
- MAOR 123
- PASI 101
- Approved regional-based courses:
- One subject-based course
- Approved subject-based courses:
- ANTH 101
- ANTH 102
- ECON 130
- ECON 141
- ENVI 114 / GEOG 114
- ESCI 111 / GEOG 111
- INTP 113
- POLS 111
- POLS 112
- POLS 114
- PUBL 113
- RELI 107
- RELI 108
- SOSC 111.
- Approved subject-based courses:
- Complete three courses at 200 level:
- GEOG 212
- One regional-based course.
- Approved regional-based courses:
- ASIA 201
- MAOR 210
- MAOR 216
- PASI 201
- PASI 202
- POLS 203
- POLS 208
- One subject-based course.
- Approved subject-based courses:
- ANTH 208
- ANTH 209
- ANTH 215
- BIOL 222/GEOG 222
- BIOL 271
- ECON 201
- ECON 202
- ECON 212
- ENVI 214/GEOG 214
- GEOG 216
- GEOG 217
- INTP 247
- MAOR 202
- MAOR 217
- POLS 206
- PUBL 201
- PUBL 203/PUBL 209
- PUBL 205
- PUBL 207
- RELI 203
- RELI 205
- RELI 206
- RELI 212
- SOSC 211.
- Approved subject-based courses:
- Approved regional-based courses:
- Complete three courses at 300 level:
- GEOG 312
- GEOG 316
- One 300-level course.
- Approved 300-level courses:
- ANTH 317
- ASIA 301
- ASIA 302
- BIOL 325
- BIOL 328
- BIOL 371
- ECON 307
- ECON 309
- ECON 340
- ECON 341
- ECON 351
- ENVI 314/GEOG 314
- GEOG 313
- GEOG 320
- GEOG 324
- GEOG 325
- INTP 354
- INTP 360
- INTP 363
- INTP 370
- INTP 377
- INTP 378
- MAOR 301
- MAOR 308
- MAOR 313
- MAOR 316
- MAOR 317
- PASI 301
- PASI 302
- PASI 303
- POLS 353
- PUBL 303
- RELI 327
- RELI 330
- RELI 331
- SPOL 306.
- Approved 300-level courses:
Supplementary information
GEOG 324 and GEOG 325 are strongly recommended for anyone interested in development research practice. For students taking Development Studies as a double major with Geography or Physical Geography, these courses are required for GEOG and PHYG majors so cannot be counted as part of the Development Studies major.
Ecology and Biodiversity (EBIO)
- Complete four courses at 100 level:
- BIOL 111
- BIOL 113
- BIOL 114
- STAT 193.
- Complete four courses at 200 level:
- BIOL 222
- BIOL 227
- BIOL 228
- BIOL 241.
- Complete three courses at 300 level:
- BIOL 329
- Two courses from:
- BIOL 325
- BIOL 327
- BIOL 328.
Electronic and Computer Systems (ELCO)
- Complete four course at 100 level:
- Either COMP 102 or COMP 112
- Either ENGR 121 and ENGR 122
- Or MATH 142 and MATH 151
- Either ENGR 142 or PHYS 115
- PHYS 114.
- Complete four courses at 200 level:
- Three courses from ECEN 201-239
- One further approved course from:
- ECEN 201-239
- COMP, MATH, NWEN, or SWEN 200-299.
- Complete four courses from ECEN 300-399.
Environmental Science (ENSC)
- Must be studied with one partner major drawn from:
- Applied Physics
- Biology
- Chemistry
- Ecology and Biodiversity
- Geography
- Geology
- Geophysics
- Marine Biology
- Mathematics
- Physical Geography
- Physics
- Statistics.
- Complete four courses from BIOL, CHEM, ESCI, GEOG, MATH, PHYS, STAT 100-199, including:
- STAT 193
- One course in MATH.
- Complete ENVI 214 and courses worth 40 points from BIOL, CHEM, ESCI, GEOG, MATH, PHYS or STAT 200-299 (in addition to those required by the partner major).
- Complete courses worth 60 points at 300 level, including:
- ENSC 301
- Either ENSC 302 or ENSC 303
- Further approved 300-level course(s).
Environmental Studies (ENVI)
- Complete four courses at 100 level:
- ENVI 114
- GEOG 111
- GEOG 112
- STAT 193 or equivalent.
- Complete three courses at 200 level:
- ENVI 214
- One theory- or policy-based course
- Approved theory- or policy-based courses:
- BIOL 228
- MAOR 216
- PUBL 201
- PUBL 205
- PUBL 210
- PSYC 221
- Approved theory- or policy-based courses:
- One practice or applied course
- Approved practice or applied courses:
- BIOL 219
- BIOL 271
- ECON 201
- ECON 202
- ECON 212
- ESCI 201
- GEOG 212
- GEOG 215
- GEOG 216
- GEOG 217
- GEOG 220
- GEOG 222
- GEOG 224
- MAOR 210
- SCIE 212
- SCIE 211
- TOUR 240
- TOUR 250.
- Approved practice or applied courses:
- Complete three courses at 300 level:
- ENVI 314
- One theory- or policy-based course
- Approved theory- or policy-based courses:
- BIOL 327
- ECON 351
- INTP 370
- MAOR 317
- POLS 356
- POLS 365
- PUBL 303
- PUBL 307
- PSYC 333
- SCIE 312
- SOSC 319
- TOUR 301
- Approved theory- or policy-based courses:
- One practice or applied course
- Approved theory- or policy-based courses:
- BIOL 325
- BIOL 328
- BIOL 370
- BIOL 371
- BIOL 372
- ECON 307
- ECON 340
- ECON 351
- ESCI 301
- GEOG 312
- GEOG 313
- GEOG 315
- GEOG 316
- GEOG 318
- GEOG 319
- GEOG 320
- GEOG 321
- GEOG 324
- GEOG 325
- INTP 371
- INTP 374
- INTP 377
- MAOR 301
- SARC 351
- SARC 352
- SARC 382
- SOSC 305
- SOSC 318
- SPOL 302
- TOUR 390.
- Approved theory- or policy-based courses:
Supplementary information
GEOG 324 and 325 are strongly recommended for anyone interested in environmental research practice. For students taking Environmental Studies as a double major with a Geography or Physical Geography, these courses are required for GEOG and PHYG majors from 2015 so cannot be counted as part of the Environmental Studies major.
Geography (GEOG)
- Complete four courses at 100 level:
- GEOG 111/ESCI 111
- GEOG 112
- GEOG 114/ENVI 114
- STAT 193 (or equivalent).
- Complete three courses at 200 level:
- GEOG 215
- GEOG 217
- One course from:
- GEOG 212
- GEOG 214
- GEOG 216
- GEOG 222.
- Complete four courses at 300 level:
- GEOG 324
- GEOG 325
- One course from:
- GEOG 312-316
- GEOG 320
- One further course from GEOG 300-399.
Geology (GEOL)
- Complete four courses at 100 level:
- GEOG 111 / ESCI 111
- ESCI 112
- One course in MATH, PHYS, QUAN or STAT
- One further course from:
- CHEM 113-115
- MATH 141-177
- PHYS 114
- PHYS 115
- STAT 193.
- Complete four courses at 200 level:
- ESCI 202
- ESCI 203
- ESCI 204
- ESCI 241.
- Complete five courses at 300 level:
- ESCI 301
- ESCI 302
- Either ESCI 303 or ESCI 305
- ESCI 341
- ESCI 342.
Supplementary information
Students should do one extra 100-level course (see below) to be adequately prepared for all 200 and 300-level course options. This course should be selected from:
- CHEM 113-115
- MATH 141-177
- PHYS 114
- PHYS 115
- STAT 193.
Geophysics (Meteorology) (GPHS)
- Complete six courses at 100 level:
- Either COMP 102 or COMP 112
- Either ESCI 111 or ESCI 112
- MATH 142
- MATH 151
- PHYS 114
- PHYS 115.
- Complete four course at 200 level:
- Either MATH 243 or MATH 244
- MATH 251
- PHYS 209
- PHYS 223.
- Complete four courses at 300 level:
- MATH 322
- MATH 323
- Two further courses from MATH, OPRE or PHYS 300-399.
Geophysics (Solid Earth) (GPHS)
- Complete five courses at 100 level:
- Either ESCI 111 or ESCI 112
- MATH 142
- MATH 151
- PHYS 114
- PHYS 115.
- Complete five courses at 200 level:
- ESCI 203
- Either MATH 243 or MATH 244
- MATH 251
- PHYS 209
- PHYS 223.
- Complete four course at 300 level:
- ESCI 305
- ESCI 344
- MATH 323
- One further course from MATH or PHYS 300-399.
Marine Biology (BMAR)
- Complete four course at 100 level:
- BIOL 111
- BIOL 113
- BIOL 114
- STAT 193.
- Complete four courses at 200 level:
- BIOL 227
- BIOL 228
- BIOL 271
- STAT 292.
- Complete three courses at 300 level:
- BIOL 370
- BIOL 371
- BIOL 372.
Mathematics (MATH)
- Complete three courses at 100 level:
- MATH 142
- MATH 151
- MATH 161.
- Complete four courses from MATH 300-399.
- Complete four further courses from MATH 200-399.
Physical Geography (PHYG)
- Complete four courses at 100 level:
- Either ESCI 112 or GEOG 112
- GEOG 111 / ESCI 111
- GEOG 114 / ENVI 114
- One course in MATH, PHYS, QUAN or STAT.
- Complete three courses at 200 level:
- GEOG 222
- Two courses from:
- GEOG 215
- GEOG 220
- GEOG 224.
- Complete four courses at 300 level:
- GEOG 324
- GEOG 325
- Two courses from:
- GEOG 318
- GEOG 319
- GEOG 321.
Supplementary information
Students should do one extra 100-level course (see below) to be adequately prepared for all 200 and 300-level course options. This course should be selected from:
- MATH 141-177
- PHYS 131
- STAT 193.
Physics (PHYS)
- Complete four courses at 100 level:
- MATH 142
- MATH 151
- PHYS 114
- PHYS 115.
- Complete five courses at 200 level:
- MATH 243
- PHYS 221
- PHYS 222
- PHYS 223
- One further course from:
- ECEN 201-204
- PHYS 200-299.
- Complete four courses at 300 level:
- PHYS 304
- PHYS 305
- PHYS 307
- PHYS 309.
Supplementary information
- The 'one further course' will be waived for students majoring in both Physics and Chemistry.
Psychology (PSYC)
- Complete three courses at 100 level:
- PSYC 121
- PSYC 122
- STAT 193.
- Complete four courses at 200 level:
- PSYC 232
- Three further courses in PSYC at 200 level.
- Complete four courses at 300 level:
- PSYC 325
- Three further courses in PSYC at 300 level.
Statistics (STAT)
- Complete two courses from MATH and STAT 100-199.
- Complete four courses at 200 level:
- Either STAT 292 or MATH 277
- One further course in MATH or STAT
- Two further Science courses.
- Complete four courses at 300 level:
- Two courses from STAT 300-399
- Two further courses from MATH, OPRE or STAT 300-399, of which:
- One course may be replaced by a 300-level course from another subject.
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