Faculty of Science
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Science Schedule of Subjects

The following are subjects offered by the Schools in the Faculty of Science, as well as subjects from outside the Faculty, that can be counted towards the 90 credit points of Science subjects required for a Bachelor of Science degree. The required 90 credit points must include a major study in a discipline located in the Faculty of Science.

Biological Sciences

BIOL103

Molecules, Cells and Organisms

6

BIOL104

Evolution, Biodiversity and Environment

6

BIOL105

Functional Biology of Animals and Plants

6

BIOL212

Introductory Microbiology and Immunology*

6

BIOL213

Principles of Biochemistry

6

BIOL214

The Biochemistry of Energy and Metabolism

6

BIOL215

Introductory Genetics

6

BIOL240

Biodiversity of Marine and Freshwater Organisms

6

BIOL241

Biodiversity of Terrestrial Organisms

6

BIOL251

Principles of Ecology

6

BIOL252

Evolution and Behaviour

6

BIOL292

Special Biology Studies

6

BIOL300

Focus on Conservation

8

BIOL303

Biotechnology: Applied Cell and Molecular Biology

8

BIOL320

Molecular Cell Biology

8

BIOL321

Infection and Immunity

8

BIOL332

Ecological and Evolutionary Physiology

8

BIOL333

Frontiers in Field Physiology*

8

BIOL351

Conservation Biology: Marine and Terrestrial Populations

8

BIOL355

Marine and Terrestrial Ecology

8

BIOL356

Marine and Terrestrial Ecology (Environmental Science)

8

BIOL357

Field Methods in Ecology*

8

BIOL391

Advanced Biology

16

BIOL392

Advanced Biology

8

BIOL394

Critical Issues in Research*

8

MARE300

Fisheries and Aquaculture

8

MARE357

Advances in Molluscan Biology*

8

MARE393

Advanced Marine Science Project

8

*Not offered in 2012

Chemistry

CHEM101

Chemistry 1A: Introductory Physical and General Chemistry

6

CHEM102

Chemistry 1B: Structure and Reactivity of Molecules for Life

6

NANO101

Current Perspectives in Nanotechnology

6

CHEM211

Inorganic Chemistry II

6

CHEM212

Organic Chemistry II

6

CHEM213

Molecular Structure, Reactivity and Change

6

CHEM214

Analytical and Environmental Chemistry

6

CHEM218

Special Chemistry Studies

6

NANO201

Research Topics in Nanotechnology

6

CHEM301

Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology

8

CHEM314

Instrumental Analysis

8

CHEM320

Bioinformatics: From Genome to Structure

8

CHEM321

Organic Synthesis and Reactivity

8

CHEM327

Environmental Chemistry

8

CHEM330

Medicinal Chemistry

8

CHEM340

Chemistry Laboratory Project

8

CHEM350

Principles of Pharmacology

8

CHEM364

Molecular Structure and Spectroscopy

8

NANO301

Research Topics in Nanomaterials

8

Earth and Environmental Sciences

EESC101

Planet Earth

6

EESC102

Earth Environments and Resources

6

EESC103

Landscape Change and Climatology

6

EESC104

The Human Environment: Problems and Change

6

MARE200

Introduction to Oceanography

6

EESC201

Earth's Inferno

6

EESC202

Soils, Landscapes and Hydrology

6

EESC203

Biogeography and Environmental Change

6

EESC204

Introductory Spatial Science

6

EESC205

Population Studies

6

EESC208

Environmental Impact of Societies

6

EESC210

Social Spaces: Rural and Urban

6

EESC216

Sediments and Fuels

6

EESC250

Field Geology

6

EESC260

Earth and Environmental Sciences Research Project

6

EESC300

Directed Studies in Earth and Environmental Sciences A

8

EESC301

Plate Tectonics, Macrotopography and Earth History

8

EESC302

Coastal Environments: Process and Management

8

EESC303

Fluvial Geomorphology and Sedimentology

8

EESC304

Geographic Information Science

8

EESC305

Remote Sensing of the Environment

8

EESC306

Resources and Environments

8

EESC307

Spaces Places and Identities: Qualitative research design

8

EESC308

Environmental and Heritage Management

8

EESC309

Dung, Death and Decay: modern scientific methods in archaeology

8

EESC310

Water Resources and Management

8

EESC350

Directed Studies in Earth and Environmental Sciences B

8

ENVI391

Environmental Science

8

General Science

SCIE101

Modern Perspectives in Science

6

SCIE102

International Perspectives in Science

6

SCIE103

Climate Change

6

SCIE202

Bioethical Challenges: A Global Perspective

6

SCIE292

Science Research Internship

6

SCIE392

Science Research Internship B

8

Subjects offered by Academic Units external to the Faculty of Science:

CIVL272

Surveying

6

CIVL322

Hydraulics and Hydrology

6

CIVL361

Geomechanics 1

6

CIVL462

Geomechanics 2

6

CIVL463

Applied Geotechnical Engineering

6

CSCI103

Algorithms and Problem Solving

6

CSCI114

Procedural Programming

6

ENGG252

Engineering Fluid Mechanics

6

ENVE220

Water Quality and Ecological Engineering

6

ENVE221

Air and Noise Pollution Control Engineering

6

ENVE385

Environmental Engineering

8

ENVE420

Water Resources Engineering

6

INFO411

Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery

6

MATE201

Structure of Materials

6

MATE304

Transport Phenomena in Materials Processes

6

MATH111

Applied Mathematical Modelling

6

MATH121

Discrete Mathematics

6

MATH141

Foundations of Engineering Mathematics

6

MATH142

Essentials of Engineering Mathematics

6

MATH151

General Mathematics IA

6

MATH187

Mathematics 1: Algebra and Differential Calculus

6

MATH188

Mathematics 2: Series and Integral Calculus

6

MATH201

Multivariate and Vector Calculus

6

MATH202

Differential Equations 2

6

MATH283

Mathematics IIE for Engineers Part 1

6

PHYS141

Fundamentals of Physics A

6

PHYS142

Fundamentals of Physics B

6

PHYS155

Introduction to Biomedical Physics

6

PHYS205

Advanced Modern Physics

6

PHYS206

Project in Physics

6

PHYS215

Vibrations, Waves and Optics

6

PHYS225

Electromagnetism and Optoelectronics

6

PHYS233

Introduction to Environmental Physics

6

PHYS235

Mechanics and Thermodynamics

6

PHYS255

Radiation Physics

6

PHYS295

Astronomy: Concepts of the Universe

6

PHYS305

Quantum Mechanics

6

PHYS306

Project in Physics

6

PHYS325

Electromagnetism

6

PHYS335

Classical Mechanics*

6

PHYS365

Detection of Radiation: Neutrons, Electrons and X Rays

6

PHYS375

Nuclear Physics

6

PHYS385

Statistical Mechanics

6

PHYS390

Astrophysics

6

PHYS396

Electronic Materials

6

SHS 111

Introduction to Anatomy and Physiology I

6

SHS 112

Introduction to Anatomy and Physiology II

6

SHS 211

Control Mechanisms Physiology

6

SHS 351

Nutrients and Metabolism

8

SHS 352

Research in Human Nutrition

8

STAT151

Fundamentals of Biostatistics*

6

STAT252

Statistics for the Natural Sciences

6

STAT335

Sample Surveys and Experimental Design

6

*Not offered in 2012