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Minor Study Areas (Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health) | 2017
The Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health offers the following minor to students in any degree where their course rules allow:
Indigenous Health
Students who are not studying a Bachelor of Health Science (Indigenous Health) can complete a minor study in Indigenous Health. A minor in Indigenous Health will consist of at least 24 credit points of subjects from the table below. At least 12 credit points must be at 200 level or higher. Subjects in the minor may not be cross-counted towards any other minor or major study. As not all subjects of the minor study are on offer each year, students are advised to first consult with the Indigenous Health Course Coordinator about an appropriate pattern of study.
Subject Code | Subject Name | Credit Points | Session(s) |
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MEDI242 | Functional Structures in Indigenous Communities | 6 | Spring |
NMIH205 | Cultural Competence in Health Care Practice | 6 | Spring |
MEDI243 | Comparative Indigenous Health Issues | 6 | Not available in 2017 |
MEDI240 | Current Services in Indigenous Health | 6 | Autumn |
MEDI341 | Research in Indigenous Health | 6 | Not available in 2017 |
MEDI343 | Indigenous Community Development: Social and Emotional Wellbeing | 6 | Not available in 2017 |
MEDI342 | Indigenous Community Development: Environmental Health Issues | 6 | Autumn |
MEDI344 | Indigenous Community Development: Health Promotion | 6 | Spring |
Earth and Environmental Science
To declare a minor in Earth and Environmental Science, students are required to complete the following 24 credit points:
Subject Code | Subject Name | Credit Points | Session(s) |
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EESC101 | Planet Earth | 6 | Autumn |
EESC103 | Earth's Dynamic Surface | 6 | Autumn |
EESC202 | Shaping Earth's Surface | 6 | Spring |
EESC203 | Biogeography and Environmental Change | 6 | Autumn |
Geosciences
To declare a minor in Geosciences, students are required to complete 24 credit points from the table below:
Subject Code | Subject Name | Credit Points | Session(s) |
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TWO of the following 100 level subjects: | |||
EESC101 | Planet Earth | 6 | Autumn |
EESC102 | Earth's Interconnected Spheres | 6 | Spring |
EESC103 | Earth's Dynamic Surface | 6 | Autumn |
EESC105 | Introductory Geospatial Analysis | 6 | Autumn, Spring |
Plus TWO of the following 200 level subjects | |||
EESC201 | Earth's Inferno | 6 | Autumn |
EESC202 | Shaping Earth's Surface | 6 | Spring |
EESC203 | Biogeography and Environmental Change | 6 | Autumn |
EESC207 | Advanced Geospatial Analysis | 6 | Autumn, Spring |
EESC209 | G-cubed: Geochemistry, Geochronology, Geophysics | 6 | Spring |
EESC250 | Field Geology | 6 | Summer 2017/2018 |
EESC252 | Geology for Engineers I | 6 | Spring |
Physical Geography
To declare a minor in Physical Geography, students are required to complete 24 credit points from the following list:
Subject Code | Subject Name | Credit Points | Session(s) |
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EESC102 | Earth's Interconnected Spheres | 6 | Spring |
EESC103 | Earth's Dynamic Surface | 6 | Autumn |
Plus ONE of the following 200 level subjects | |||
EESC202 | Shaping Earth's Surface | 6 | Spring |
EESC203 | Biogeography and Environmental Change | 6 | Autumn |
Plus ONE of the following 300 level subjects | |||
EESC302 | Coastal Environments: Process and Management | 8 | Spring |
EESC303 | Fluvial Geomorphology and Sedimentology | 8 | Autumn |
Archaeology
The archaeology minor provides students with knowledge of the principles and techniques archaeologists employ to study past behaviours and lifeways. Students enrolled in Minor in Archaeology will combine research with practical experience and skills to examine different types of archaeological evidence including cultural and technological artefacts, ecofacts (such as bones, molluscs, botanical remains) and past landscapes. They will explore the lives of past societies and individuals as well as landscapes and environments which they inhabited and their combined influence on present day life. Through surveying the prehistory of human culture in Australasia and elsewhere around the world, this Minor considers the recovery ,analysis, and interpretation of the archaeological record and evidence within the context of key research questions in the discipline. This minor equips graduates with the ability to combine research with practical, problem-solving skills in addressing human behaviour, cultural change, technological development and human- environmental interactions.
A minor in Archaeology will consist of at least 24 credit points of subjects from the table below. At least 12 credit points must be at 200 level or higher.
Subject Code | Subject Name | Credit Points | Session(s) |
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ARCH101 | Archaeology of Australasia: Discovering Downunder | 6 | Autumn |
ARCH102 | Big Questions in Archaeology | 6 | Spring |
Please choose TWO of the following subjects from the list below; | |||
ARCH201 | Archaeology in Action | 6 | Autumn. First offered in 2018 |
ARCH202 | World Archaeology | 6 | Spring. First offered in 2018 |
EESC328 | Dung, Death and Decay: Techniques in Archaeological Science | 6 | Autumn. First offered in 2018 |
Biochemistry
This minor would require completion of the following 24 cp of biology subjects, constituting the study of biochemistry at 200-level (BIOL213 and BIOL214), along with the prerequisite biology subject at 100-level needed for BIOL213 (BIOL103), and a further first year biology subject that is core to the study of cell and molecular biology (BIOL105). Note that BIOL213 also requires CHEM101/4 and CHEM102/5 as prerequisites.
Subject Code | Subject Name | Credit Points | Session(s) |
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BIOL103 | Molecules, Cells and Organisms | 6 | Spring |
BIOL105 | Functional Biology of Animals and Plants | 6 | Autumn |
BIOL213 | Principles of Biochemistry | 6 | Autumn |
BIOL214 | The Biochemistry of Energy and Metabolism | 6 | Spring |
Biodiversity
This minor would require completion of the following 24 cp of biology subjects, constituting the study of biodiversity at 200-level (BIOL240 and BIOL241), along with the two most relevant prerequisite biology subjects at 100-level (BIOL104 and BIOL105). Note that BIOL240 and BIOL241 also require BIOL103 as a prerequisite.
Subject Code | Subject Name | Credit Points | Session(s) |
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BIOL104 | Evolution, Biodiversity and Environment | 6 | Autumn |
BIOL105 | Functional Biology of Animals and Plants | 6 | Autumn |
BIOL240 | Biodiversity of Marine and Freshwater Organisms | 6 | Autumn |
BIOL241 | Biodiversity of Terrestrial Organisms | 6 | Spring |
Ecology
This minor would require completion of the following 24cp of biology subjects, constituting the study of ecology at 200-level (BIOL251 and BIOL252), along with the two most relevant prerequisite biology subjects at 100-level (BIOL104 and BIOL105). Note that BIOL251 and BIOL252 also require BIOL103 as a prerequisite.
Subject Code | Subject Name | Credit Points | Session(s) |
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BIOL104 | Evolution, Biodiversity and Environment | 6 | Autumn |
BIOL105 | Functional Biology of Animals and Plants | 6 | Autumn |
BIOL251 | Principles of Ecology | 6 | Autumn |
BIOL252 | Evolution and Behaviour | 6 | Spring |
Molecular Biology
This minor would require completion of the following 24 cp of biology subjects, constituting the study of molecular biology at 200-level (BIOL213 and BIOL215), along with the prerequisite biology subject at 100-level needed for BIOL213 (BIOL103), and a further first year biology subject that is core to the study of cell and molecular biology (BIOL105). Note that BIOL213 also requires CHEM101/4 and CHEM102/5 as prerequisites.
Subject Code | Subject Name | Credit Points | Session(s) |
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BIOL103 | Molecules, Cells and Organisms | 6 | Spring |
BIOL105 | Functional Biology of Animals and Plants | 6 | Autumn |
BIOL213 | Principles of Biochemistry | 6 | Autumn |
BIOL215 | Introductory Genetics | 6 | Spring |