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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 Physical Chemistry
ENS318 Plant Diversity and Ecology
LFS100 Biochemistry
LFS252 Microbiology
LFS261 Teaching Senior Secondary Science 1
LFS262 Teaching Senior Secondary Science 2
SCI102 Plant Growth and Reproduction

PLUS select 1 course from:

CourseSemester of offerUnitsRequisites
BIM202 Inorganic Chemistry
SCI212 Medicinal Organic Chemistry

**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 Environmental Chemistry
ENS222 Analytical Sciences
ENS318 Individual Learner Needs
LFS252 Professional Experience: Managing Learning Environments
LFS261 Teaching Junior Secondary Science 1
LFS262 Teaching Junior Secondary Science 2
SCI212 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Perspectives in Learning and Teaching