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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 Motor Control and Learning
ENS318 Professional Placement in Sport and Exercise Science
LFS100 Terrestrial Vertebrate Diversity and Ecology
LFS252 Plant Growth and Reproduction
LFS261 Microbiology
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 1
  • Moreton Bay: Semester 1
12Pre: SCI100 or SCI103 or LFS100 or LFS103
Anti: MEP263 or MBT263
LFS262 Medical Microbiology
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 2
12Pre: MBT263 or LFS261 or MEP263
Anti: MEP252 or MEP253 or MBT253
SCI102 Biodiversity and Ecology
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 2
  • Moreton Bay: Semester 2
  • Fraser Coast: Semester 2
12Anti: ENS102

PLUS select 1 course from:

CourseSemester of offerUnitsRequisites
BIM202 Medical Genetics
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 2
  • Moreton Bay: Semester 2
12Pre: LFS100 or LFS103 or SCI100
SCI212 Genetics
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 2
  • Moreton Bay: Semester 2
12Pre: Course Coordinator Consent Required and (SCI100 or LFS100) or (LFS103 and enrolled in Program SE303, AE304, SC355, SC357 or SC354) or SCI102 or first year subjects from Bachelor of Environmental Science, Bachelor of Animal Ecology

**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 Medical Genetics
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 2
  • Moreton Bay: Semester 2
12Pre: LFS100 or LFS103 or SCI100
ENS222 Terrestrial Vertebrate Diversity and Ecology
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 2
  • Moreton Bay: Semester 2
12Pre: SCI102
ENS318 Plant Growth and Reproduction
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 2
  • Moreton Bay: Semester 2
12 
LFS252 Molecular Biology
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 2
  • Moreton Bay: Semester 2
12Pre: (SCI100 or LFS100) or (LFS103 and enrolled in Program SE303, AE304, SC355, SC357 or SC354)
LFS261 Microbiology
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 1
  • Moreton Bay: Semester 1
12Pre: SCI100 or SCI103 or LFS100 or LFS103
Anti: MEP263 or MBT263
LFS262 Medical Microbiology
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 2
12Pre: MBT263 or LFS261 or MEP263
Anti: MEP252 or MEP253 or MBT253
SCI212 Genetics
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 2
  • Moreton Bay: Semester 2
12Pre: Course Coordinator Consent Required and (SCI100 or LFS100) or (LFS103 and enrolled in Program SE303, AE304, SC355, SC357 or SC354) or SCI102 or first year subjects from Bachelor of Environmental Science, Bachelor of Animal Ecology