- Students are to follow the requirements of the Handbook for the year they commenced the course.
However, the subject links below do not contain the subject information for the current year. You can view current subject information through the new Course Handbook.
Science Schedule of Subjects | 2020
The following are subjects offered that can be counted towards the 90 credit points of Science subjects required for a Bachelor of Science degree. Please refer to the Bachelor of Science course information for details of required subjects for specific majors.
Any 100,200 or 300 level subject with the subject code prefixes of CHEM, BIOL, BNAN, NANO,SCII, ENVI, MARE,GEOS, EESC, SCIP, ARCH, SCIE
| Subject Code | Subject Name | Credit Points | Session(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Science, Medicine and Health | |||
| SMAH200 | Skills to Enhance Global Employability | 6 | Not available in 2020 |
| SCIE292 | Science Research Internship | 6 | Autumn, Spring, Summer 2020/2021 |
| SCIE302 | Directed Studies in Science | 6 | Autumn, Spring |
| SCII302 | Science Interdisciplinary Project | 6 | Not available in 2020 |
| School of chemistry and Molecular Bioscience | |||
| 100 level subjects | |||
| BIOL103 | Molecules, Cells and Organisms | 6 | Spring |
| BNAN101 | Introduction to Bionanotechnology | 6 | Autumn |
| CHEM101 | Chemistry IA: Introductory Physical and General Chemistry | 6 | Autumn |
| CHEM102 | Chemistry 1B: Structure and Reactivity of Molecules for Life | 6 | Spring |
| CHEM103 | Chemistry For Engineering | 6 | Autumn |
| CHEM104 | Foundation Chemistry: Properties of Matter | 6 | Autumn |
| CHEM105 | Foundation Chemistry: Reactions and Structures | 6 | Spring |
| CHEM106 | Foundation Chemistry: Properties and Reactivity of Matter | 6 | Summer 2020/2021 |
| SCED101 | Conceptions of Science | 6 | Spring |
| 200 level subjects | |||
| BIOL213 | Principles of Biochemistry | 6 | Autumn |
| BIOL214 | The Biochemistry of Energy and Metabolism | 6 | Spring |
| BIOL215 | Introductory Genetics | 6 | Spring |
| BNAN201 | Biology at the Nanoscale | 6 | Spring |
| CHEM200 | Living in a Molecular World | 6 | Spring |
| CHEM211 | Inorganic Chemistry II | 6 | Autumn |
| CHEM212 | Organic Chemistry II | 6 | Autumn |
| CHEM213 | Molecular Structure, Reactivity and Change | 6 | Spring |
| CHEM215 | Food Chemistry | 6 | Autumn |
| SCIP200 | Chemistry and Molecular Bioscience Studies | 6 | Autumn, Spring, Summer 2020/2021 |
| SCIP201 | Chemistry and/or Cell and Molecular Biology Research Internship | 6 | Annual, Autumn, Spring, Summer 2020/2021 |
| 300 level subjects | |||
| BIOL340 | Cell and Molecular Biology | 6 | Autumn |
| BIOL341 | Immunity and Infection | 6 | Spring |
| BIOL342 | Biomedical Research:Skills and Techniques | 6 | Spring |
| BIOL343 | Techniques in Biotechnology and Medical Research | 6 | Autumn |
| BNAN301 | Research Project in Bionanotechnology | 12 | Annual |
| CHEM324 | Chemical Analysis and Inference | 6 | Autumn |
| CHEM325 | Bioinformatics:Genome, Genes and Biomolecules | 6 | Spring |
| CHEM333 | Drug Discovery and Medicinal Chemistry | 6 | Spring |
| CHEM358 | Pharmacology | 6 | Autumn |
| CHEM360 | Organic Synthesis III | 6 | Spring |
| CHEM370 | Modern Inorganic and Bio-inorganic Chemistry | 6 | Spring |
| CHEM374 | Molecular Spectroscopy and Structure Elucidation | 6 | Autumn |
| EESC331 | Changing Global Environments | 6 | Spring |
| MARE360 | Fisheries and Aquaculture | 6 | Spring |
| SCIP300 | Advanced Chemistry and Molecular Bioscience Project | 6 | Autumn, Spring, Summer 2020/2021 |
| School of Earth, Atmospheric and Life Sciences | |||
| 100 level subjects | |||
| ARCH102 | Big Questions in Archaeology | 6 | Spring |
| BIOL104 | Evolution, Biodiversity and Environment | 6 | Autumn |
| BIOL105 | Functional Biology of Animals and Plants | 6 | Autumn |
| EESC101 | Planet Earth | 6 | Autumn |
| EESC102 | Earth's Interconnected Spheres | 6 | Spring |
| EESC103 | Earth's Dynamic Surface | 6 | Spring |
| EESC105 | Introductory Geospatial Analysis | 6 | Autumn, Spring |
| SCIE103 | Climate Change | 6 | Spring |
| 200 level subjects | |||
| ARCH202 | World Archaeology | 6 | Autumn |
| BIOL240 | Biodiversity of Marine and Freshwater Organisms | 6 | Autumn |
| BIOL241 | Biodiversity of Terrestrial Organisms | 6 | Spring |
| BIOL251 | Principles of Ecology | 6 | Autumn |
| BIOL252 | Evolution and Behaviour | 6 | Spring |
| CHEM214 | Analytical and Environmental Chemistry | 6 | Spring |
| EESC202 | Shaping Earth's Surface | 6 | Spring |
| 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 2020/2021 |
| EESC252 | Geology for Engineers I | 6 | Spring |
| GEOS215 | Sedimentology, Stratigraphy and Palaeoenvironments | 6 | Autumn |
| MARE200 | Introduction to Oceanography | 6 | Autumn |
| SCIP210 | Earth, Atmospheric and Life Sciences Studies | 6 | Autumn, Spring, Summer 2020/2021 |
| SCIP211 | Earth, Atmospheric and Life Sciences Research Internship | 6 | Annual, Autumn, Spring, Summer 2020/2021 |
| 300 level subjects | |||
| ARCH300 | Directed Studies in Archaeology | 6 | Autumn, Spring, Summer 2020/2021 |
| ARCH301 | Archaeology in Action: Understanding the Archaeological record | 6 | Spring |
| ARCH302 | Digging Down Under: Archaeology of Australasia | 6 | Autumn |
| ARCH303 | Dung, death and decay: modern methods in Archaeology | 6 | Autumn |
| BIOL360 | Applications in Conservation Biology | 6 | Autumn, Spring, Summer 2020/2021 |
| BIOL361 | Conservation Biology | 6 | Autumn |
| BIOL362 | Ecophysiology | 6 | Autumn |
| BIOL365 | Marine and Terrestrial Ecology | 6 | Spring |
| CHEM337 | Environmental Chemistry | 6 | Autumn |
| EESC320 | Project Management in the Earth and Environmental Sciences | 6 | Autumn, Spring |
| EESC321 | Plate Tectonics, Macrotopography and Earth History | 6 | Autumn |
| EESC322 | Coastal Environments: Process and Management | 6 | Spring |
| EESC323 | Fluvial Geomorphology and Sedimentology | 6 | Autumn |
| EESC326 | Resources and Environments | 6 | Spring |
| EESC328 | Dung, Death and Decay: Modern scientific methods in archaeology | 6 | Autumn |
| EESC330 | Advanced field skills in the Earth Sciences | 6 | Not available in 2020 |
| EESC331 | Changing Global Environments | 6 | Spring |
| GEOS309 | Igneous-metamorphic geology methods and processes | 6 | Not available in 2020 |
| MARE360 | Fisheries and Aquaculture | 6 | Spring |
| SCIP310 | Advanced Earth, Atmospheric and Life Sciences Project | 6 | Autumn, Spring, Summer 2020/2021 |
| Subject Code | Subject Name | Credit Points | Session(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| General Science | |||
| CIVL272 | Surveying | 6 | Spring |
| CIVL322 | Hydraulics and Hydrology | 6 | Autumn |
| CIVL361 | Geomechanics | 6 | Autumn |
| CIVL463 | Applied Geotechnical Engineering | 6 | Spring |
| ENGG252 | Engineering Fluid Mechanics | 6 | Autumn |
| ENVE220 | Water Quality and Ecological Engineering | 6 | Spring |
| ENVE221 | Air and Noise Pollution Control Engineering | 6 | Spring |
| ENVE420 | Water Resources Engineering | 6 | Autumn |
| GEOG121 | Life in a Globalising World | 6 | Autumn |
| GEOG122 | Living in a Material World | 6 | Spring |
| GEOG221 | Population Geography: People, Place, Inequality | 6 | Autumn |
| GEOG222 | Society and Environment: Resources, Challenges, Futures | 6 | Spring |
| GEOG224 | The Future of Food: Resilience, Communities and Policy | 6 | Spring |
| GEOG231 | Maps and Apps for Social Scientists | 6 | Spring |
| INFO411 | Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery | 6 | Autumn |
| MATE201 | Structure of Materials | 6 | Spring |
| MATE304 | Transport Phenomena in Materials Processing | 6 | Spring |
| MATH141 | Foundations of Engineering Mathematics | 6 | Autumn, Spring |
| MATH142 | Essentials of Engineering Mathematics | 6 | Spring, Summer 2020/2021 |
| MATH151 | General Mathematics 1A | 6 | Autumn, Summer 2020/2021 |
| MATH187 | Mathematics 1: Algebra and Differential Calculus | 6 | Autumn |
| MATH188 | Mathematics 2: Series and Integral Calculus | 6 | Spring |
| MATH201 | Multivariate and Vector Calculus | 6 | Autumn |
| MATH202 | Differential Equations: Analysis and Applications | 6 | Autumn |
| MATH283 | Advanced Engineering Mathematics and Statistics | 6 | Autumn |
| MEDI100 | Human Structure and Function | 6 | Autumn |
| MEDI111 | Introduction to Anatomy and Physiology I | 6 | Autumn |
| MEDI112 | Introduction to Anatomy and Physiology II | 6 | Spring |
| MEDI113 | Physiology of Sport, Exercise and Physical Activities | 6 | Spring |
| MEDI210 | Histology | 6 | Autumn |
| MEDI211 | Control Mechanisms Physiology | 6 | Autumn |
| MEDI212 | Introduction to Pathophysiology | 6 | Spring |
| MEDI213 | Nutritional Physiology | 6 | Spring |
| MEDI220 | Musculoskeletal Functional Anatomy | 6 | Spring |
| MEDI221 | Exercise Physiology | 6 | Spring |
| MEDI222 | Foundations of Biomechanics | 6 | Autumn |
| MEDI258 | Human Neuromechanics | 6 | Spring |
| MEDI304 | Research Methods and Analysis | 6 | Spring |
| MEDI312 | Fundamentals of Neuroscience | 6 | Autumn |
| MEDI314 | Regional Anatomy | 6 | Spring |
| MEDI322 | Advanced Exercise Physiology and Metabolism | 6 | Autumn |
| MEDI323 | Cardiorespiratory Studies | 6 | Spring |
| MEDI330 | Sensorimotor Control of Movement | 6 | Spring |
| MEDI362 | Research in Human Nutrition | 6 | Autumn |
| MEDI381 | Molecular Basis of Human Disease | 6 | Autumn |
| MEDI382 | Nature and Nurture in Human Disease | 6 | Spring |
| PHYS141 | Fundamentals of Physics A | 6 | Autumn |
| PHYS142 | Fundamentals of Physics B | 6 | Spring |
| PHYS155 | Introduction to Biomedical Physics | 6 | Spring |
| PHYS205 | Advanced Modern Physics | 6 | Autumn |
| PHYS206 | Project in Physics | 6 | Autumn, Spring |
| PHYS215 | Vibrations, Waves & Optics | 6 | Autumn |
| PHYS225 | Electromagnetism and Optoelectronics | 6 | Spring |
| PHYS233 | Introduction to Environmental Physics | 6 | Autumn |
| PHYS235 | Mechanics & Thermodynamics | 6 | Spring |
| PHYS255 | Radiation Physics | 6 | Spring |
| PHYS295 | Astronomy - Concepts of the Universe | 6 | Autumn, Spring |
| PHYS305 | Quantum Mechanics | 6 | Autumn |
| PHYS306 | Project in Physics | 6 | Autumn, Spring |
| PHYS325 | Electromagnetism | 6 | Autumn |
| PHYS365 | Detection of Radiation: Neutrons, Electrons and X Rays | 6 | Autumn |
| PHYS375 | Nuclear Physics | 6 | Spring |
| PHYS385 | Statistical Mechanics | 6 | Spring |
| PHYS390 | Relativity, Astrophysics, and Cosmology | 6 | Autumn |
| PHYS396 | Electronic Materials | 6 | Spring |
| STAT252 | Statistics For the Natural Sciences | 6 | Spring |
| STAT335 | Sample Surveys and Experimental Design | 6 | Autumn |
Last reviewed: 7 February, 2020