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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 Professional Experience: Individual Learner Needs
ENS318 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Perspectives in Learning and Teaching
LFS100 The Psychology of Learning
LFS252 Using Data for Learning
LFS261 Secondary Professional Learning: The Professional Empowered and Engaged
LFS262 Terrestrial Vertebrate Diversity and Ecology
SCI102 Plant Growth and Reproduction

PLUS select 1 course from:

CourseSemester of offerUnitsRequisites
BIM202 Cell Biology
SCI212 Molecular Biology

**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 Microbiology
ENS222 Medical Microbiology
ENS318 Biodiversity and Ecology
LFS252 Medical Genetics
LFS261 Genetics
LFS262 Medical Genetics
SCI212 Terrestrial Vertebrate Diversity and Ecology