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Biological Sciences

Major (8)

For a major in Biological Sciences, students must successfully complete 8 courses:

Note: Only students enrolled in the Bachelor of Education (Secondary)/Bachelor of Science are eligible to undertake the Biological Sciences major.

Required courses (8)

CourseSemester of offerUnitsRequisites
ENS222 Biodiversity and Ecology
ENS318 Plant Diversity and Ecology
LFS100 An Introduction to Geographic Information Science and Technology
LFS252 Hydrology and Geomorphology
LFS261 Terrestrial Vertebrate Diversity and Ecology
LFS262 Soil Properties, Processes and Rehabilitation
SCI102 Introduction to Weather and Climate

PLUS select 1 course from:

CourseSemester of offerUnitsRequisites
BIM202 Statistics with Teeth: Understanding Ecological Data
SCI212 Advanced Research Methods and Statistics

**Students commencing 2019 are to replace LFS100 with LFS103 for 2019 only. Please refer to Curriculum Changes on Blackboard.

Minor (4)*

For a minor in Biological Sciences, students must successfully complete 4 courses:

Note: Only students enrolled in the Bachelor of Education (Secondary)/Bachelor of Science or the Bachelor of Education (Secondary)/Bachelor of Arts are eligible to undertake the Biological Sciences minor.

*Note: This minor requires additional requisite course(s) to be completed.

Required courses (4)

Select 4 courses from:

CourseSemester of offerUnitsRequisites
BIM202 Restoration Ecology
ENS222 Population Ecology and Genetics
ENS318 Coastal Geomorphology
LFS252 K'gari-Fraser Island Field Studies
LFS261 Special Field Studies Topic
LFS262 Special Research Project
SCI212 Workplace Learning I