Degree Structure: Bachelor of Science (Advanced)
Program code: YBSCA
Complete 144 units comprising:
- 12 units for Core courses, and
- 132 units for Electives
Study plan
A study plan sets out the courses you will need to complete and the recommended timing for each one. This will help to guide your enrolment in each study period, alongside any additional information provided below. If you have received a personalised plan or alternative advice from your Program Director, please refer to that guidance in the first instance, or seek help from your Program Director or Student Assist if you are unsure.
Enrolment information
Find details about the rules and notes that apply to your program, along with other essential information required for successful enrolment. Supplementary supporting resources may also be provided where applicable.
Courses
Listed here are all the courses that contribute to your program, including elective options that can be chosen. These courses come together to form your study plan. Courses fall into different categories, each of which have specific unit values that need to be met under the program rules.
What courses you'll study
Complete 144 units comprising:
- 12 units for Core courses, and
- 132 units for Electives
Complete 12 units comprising:
- 12 units from Core courses
| Course name | Course code | Units | |
|---|---|---|---|
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Course name
Principles & Practice of Research (Advanced) I
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Course code
SCIE1006
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Units
6
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Course name
Principles & Practice of Research (Advanced) II
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Course code
EART2020
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Units
6
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Electives description
A flexible course choice within your degree.
Complete 132 units comprising:
- 132 units from Closed elective
| Course name | Course code | Units | |
|---|---|---|---|
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Course name
Foundations of Chemistry IS
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Course code
CHEM1017
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Units
6
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Course name
Chemistry IA(S)
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Course code
CHEM1018
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Units
6
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Course name
Chemistry IB(S)
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Course code
CHEM1019
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Units
6
|
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Course name
Organic Chemistry 2
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Course code
CHEM2001
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Units
6
|
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Course name
Physical and Inorganic Chemistry 2
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Course code
CHEM2002
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Units
6
|
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Course name
Medicinal and Biological Chemistry 2
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Course code
CHEM2004
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Units
6
|
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Course name
Environmental Chemistry 2
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Course code
CHEM2010
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Units
6
|
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Course name
Materials Chemistry 2
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Course code
CHEM2011
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Units
6
|
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Course name
Organic Chemistry III
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Course code
CHEM3000
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Units
6
|
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Course name
Environmental and Analytical Chemistry III
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Course code
CHEM3004
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Units
6
|
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Course name
Fundamentals of Materials III
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Course code
CHEM3009
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Units
6
|
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Course name
Synthesis of Materials III
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Course code
CHEM3010
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Units
6
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Course name
Medicinal and Biological Chemistry III
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Course code
CHEM3015
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Units
6
|
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Course name
Advanced Synthetic Methods III
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Course code
CHEM3027
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Units
6
|
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Course name
Inorganic Chemistry III
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Course code
CHEM3028
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Units
6
|
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Course name
Physical Chemistry III
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Course code
CHEM3029
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Units
6
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Course name
Object-Oriented Programming
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Course code
COMP1005
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Units
6
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Course name
Programming (Matlab and C)
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Course code
COMP1014
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Units
6
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Course name
Planet Earth
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Course code
EART1000
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Units
6
|
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Course name
Extra-terrestrial Geoscience
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Course code
EART1002
|
Units
6
|
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Course name
Earth, Climate and Life Systems
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Course code
EART1012
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Units
6
|
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Course name
Geophysics 2
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Course code
EART2003
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Units
6
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Course name
Sedimentary Geology 2
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Course code
EART2008
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Units
6
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Course name
Structural Geology 2
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Course code
EART2009
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Units
6
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Course name
Igneous and Metamorphic Geology 2
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Course code
EART2010
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Units
6
|
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Course name
Geochemistry 2
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Course code
EART2011
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Units
6
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Course name
Soil Ecology and Nutrient Cycling III
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Course code
EART3012
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Units
6
|
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Course name
Soil and Water: Management and Conservation 3
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Course code
EART3013
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Units
6
|
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Course name
Geophysics IIIA: Potential Fields and Geothermics
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Course code
EART3020
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Units
6
|
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Course name
Geophysics IIIB: Electromagnetics and Seismology
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Course code
EART3021
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Units
6
|
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Course name
Earth Observation III
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Course code
EART3023
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Units
6
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Course name
Earth Systems History III
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Course code
EART3026
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Units
6
|
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|
Course name
Energy Resources III
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Course code
EART3027
|
Units
6
|
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Course name
Field Geoscience Program III
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Course code
EART3028
|
Units
6
|
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Course name
Igneous and Metamorphic Geology III
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Course code
EART3029
|
Units
6
|
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Course name
Mineral Resources III
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Course code
EART3031
|
Units
6
|
|
|
Course name
Principles & Practice of Research (Advanced) III
|
Course code
EART3032
|
Units
6
|
|
|
Course name
Tectonics III
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Course code
EART3033
|
Units
6
|
|
|
Course name
Concepts in Ecology III
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Course code
ECOL3010
|
Units
6
|
|
|
Course name
Evolution of Australian Biota III
|
Course code
ECOL3011
|
Units
6
|
|
|
Course name
GIS for Environmental Management III
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Course code
ECON3024
|
Units
6
|
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Course name
GIS for Agriculture and Natural Resource 3
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Course code
ENVI3006
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Units
6
|
|
|
Course name
Molecular Methods in Ecology and Evolution (UoA)
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Course code
ENVI3015
|
Units
6
|
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Course name
Nutrition I
|
Course code
FOOD1005
|
Units
6
|
|
|
Course name
Mathematics IM
|
Course code
MATH1045
|
Units
6
|
|
|
Course name
Mathematics IA
|
Course code
MATH1050
|
Units
6
|
|
|
Course name
Mathematics IB
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Course code
MATH2050
|
Units
6
|
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|
Course name
Differential Equations
|
Course code
MATHX202
|
Units
6
|
|
|
Course name
Multivariable Calculus
|
Course code
MATHX203
|
Units
6
|
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|
Course name
Bioinformatics: Overview
|
Course code
PHAR5002
|
Units
6
|
|
|
Course name
Physics 1A
|
Course code
PHYS1001
|
Units
6
|
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Course name
Physics 1B
|
Course code
PHYS1002
|
Units
6
|
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|
Course name
Astronomy I
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Course code
PHYS1006
|
Units
6
|
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Course name
Physical Aspects of Nature
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Course code
PHYS1007
|
Units
6
|
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|
Course name
Physics for the Life and Earth Sciences A
|
Course code
PHYS1009
|
Units
6
|
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Course name
Physics for the Life and Earth Sciences IB
|
Course code
PHYS1017
|
Units
6
|
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|
Course name
Quantum Mechanics and Experimental Physics 2
|
Course code
PHYS2001
|
Units
6
|
|
|
Course name
Electromagnetism 2
|
Course code
PHYS2002
|
Units
6
|
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|
Course name
Solid State Physics and Photonics 2
|
Course code
PHYS2003
|
Units
6
|
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|
Course name
Classical Physics 2
|
Course code
PHYS2004
|
Units
6
|
|
|
Course name
Space Science and Astrophysics 2
|
Course code
PHYS2005
|
Units
6
|
|
|
Course name
Physics III
|
Course code
PHYS3012
|
Units
12
|
|
|
Course name
Practical Epidemiology in Health Sciences
|
Course code
PUBH3021
|
Units
6
|
|
|
Course name
Experiments with Humans
|
Course code
PUBH3023
|
Units
6
|
|
|
Course name
Introductory Data Science - Becoming Smart About Data
|
Course code
SCIE1002
|
Units
6
|
|
|
Course name
Communicating Science 3
|
Course code
SCIE3008
|
Units
6
|
|
|
Course name
Science International Study Tour
|
Course code
SCIE3009
|
Units
6
|
|
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Course name
Science International Study Tour B
|
Course code
SCIE3010
|
Units
6
|
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|
Course name
Science Experience 3
|
Course code
SCIE3011
|
Units
6
|
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Course name
STEM Internship (140 hours)
|
Course code
SCIE3014
|
Units
6
|
|
|
Course name
Statistical Practice (UoA)
|
Course code
STAT1005
|
Units
6
|
|
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Course name
Probability and Statistics
|
Course code
STATX100
|
Units
6
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|
Course name
Soil and Water Resources 2
|
Course code
AGRI2004
|
Units
6
|
|
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Course name
Foundations in Plant Science 2
|
Course code
AGRI2009
|
Units
6
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|
|
Course name
Plant Breeding 3 (UoA)
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Course code
AGRI3002
|
Units
6
|
|
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Course name
Soil and Plant Nutrition III
|
Course code
AGRI3005
|
Units
6
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|
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Course name
Plant Health 3 (UoA)
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Course code
AGRI3006
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Units
6
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Course name
Plant Biotechnology 3 (UoA)
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Course code
AGRI3008
|
Units
6
|
|
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Course name
Food Production in a Future Climate 3
|
Course code
AGRI3010
|
Units
6
|
|
|
Course name
Infection & Immunity IIIA
|
Course code
AGRI3021
|
Units
12
|
|
|
Course name
Infection and Immunity IIIB
|
Course code
AGRI3022
|
Units
12
|
|
|
Course name
Genes, Genomes and Molecular Evolution (Theory) III
|
Course code
ANIM3014
|
Units
6
|
|
|
Course name
Biology 1A: Molecules, Genes and Cells
|
Course code
BIOL1003
|
Units
6
|
|
|
Course name
Biology 1B: Evolution and Diversity of Organisms
|
Course code
BIOL1004
|
Units
6
|
|
|
Course name
Biology 1C: Molecular Biology and Biomedical Science
|
Course code
BIOL1031
|
Units
6
|
|
|
Course name
Ecological Issues 1
|
Course code
BIOL1032
|
Units
6
|
|
|
Course name
Zoology 2
|
Course code
BIOL2004
|
Units
6
|
|
|
Course name
Genetics 2A: Introduction to Genetic Analysis
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Course code
BIOL2005
|
Units
6
|
|
|
Course name
Genetics 2B: Applications of Genetic Analysis
|
Course code
BIOL2006
|
Units
6
|
|
|
Course name
Genetics 3B: Quantitative, Developmental and Medical Genetics
|
Course code
BIOL2007
|
Units
6
|
|
|
Course name
Immunology and Virology 2
|
Course code
BIOL2008
|
Units
6
|
|
|
Course name
Biochemistry 2: Metabolism
|
Course code
BIOL2015
|
Units
6
|
|
|
Course name
Microbiology 2
|
Course code
BIOL2021
|
Units
6
|
|
|
Course name
Evolutionary Biology 2
|
Course code
BIOL2022
|
Units
6
|
|
|
Course name
Botany 2
|
Course code
BIOL2023
|
Units
6
|
|
|
Course name
Plant Identification 2
|
Course code
BIOL2049
|
Units
6
|
|
|
Course name
Principles of Ecology 2
|
Course code
BIOL2051
|
Units
6
|
|
|
Course name
Bioinformatics III
|
Course code
BIOL3001
|
Units
6
|
|
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Course name
Genomics Applications III
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Course code
BIOL3015
|
Units
6
|
|
|
Course name
Molecular and Structural Biology III
|
Course code
BIOL3021
|
Units
12
|
|
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Course name
Infection & Immunity B (Theory) III
|
Course code
BIOL3039
|
Units
6
|
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Course name
Molecular and Structural Biology (Theory) III
|
Course code
BIOL3040
|
Units
6
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Course name
Infection & Immunity A (Theory) III
|
Course code
BIOL3041
|
Units
6
|
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Course name
Cancer, Stem Cells and Development (Theory) III
|
Course code
BIOL3042
|
Units
6
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Course name
Conservation Biology III
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Course code
BIOL3050
|
Units
6
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Course name
Evolutionary Biology III
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Course code
BIOL3051
|
Units
6
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Course name
Field Palaeontology III
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Course code
BIOL3052
|
Units
6
|
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Course name
Freshwater Ecology III
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Course code
BIOL3053
|
Units
6
|
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Course name
Gene Expression & Human & Developmental Genetics (Theory) III
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Course code
BIOL3054
|
Units
6
|
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Course name
Gene Expression & Human & Developmental Genetics III
|
Course code
BIOL3055
|
Units
12
|
|
|
Course name
Genes, Genomes and Molecular Evolution III
|
Course code
BIOL3056
|
Units
12
|
|
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Course name
Geochronology, Fossils and Palaeoenvironments III
|
Course code
BIOL3057
|
Units
6
|
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|
Course name
Marine Ecology III
|
Course code
BIOL3058
|
Units
6
|
|
|
Course name
Research Methods: Ecology, Marine & Wildlife III
|
Course code
BIOL3059
|
Units
6
|
|
|
Course name
Biochemistry 2: Molecular and Cellular Biology
|
Course code
BIOL2017
|
Units
6
|
|
|
Course name
Foundations in Chemistry
|
Course code
CHEM1000
|
Units
6
|
|
|
Course name
Chemistry 1A
|
Course code
CHEM1002
|
Units
6
|
|
|
Course name
Chemistry 1B
|
Course code
CHEM1003
|
Units
6
|
|
|
Course name
Foundations of Chemistry IB
|
Course code
CHEM1009
|
Units
6
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