Science Courses Booklet

INTRODUCTION

This booklet contains information relating to courses and units in a reworded and shortened form from the UWA Undergraduate Handbook. The Science Courses booklet is also available online at http://www.science.uwa.edu.au/scb. In the online version, all units are hyperlinked directly to information in the online UWA Handbook at http://handbooks.uwa.edu.au/undergraduate.

New Students

You will have received an offer of a place in one of the following:-

• Bachelor of Science (BSc) (including all the named BSc programs);
• BSc (Exercise & Health) or BSc (Earth Science);
• a combined course comprising the BSc plus another degree course, e.g. Bachelor of Laws or Engineering;
• a four-year Bachelor of Science degree in the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences;
• a combined course comprising the four-year BSc degree plus a Bachelor of Economics, Commerce or Engineering.

Course advice is available from both the Faculty of Life & Physical Sciences and the Faculty of Natural & Agricultural Sciences. Details are given at the end of this booklet.

UWA strives for excellence in teaching and learning, and this requires you to be an active participant in your educational experience.  To this end, we ask you:

• to strive to do your best work and achieve your full academic potential;
• to accept and welcome intellectual stimulus and challenge;
• to seek out and explore the intellectual resources made available by the University, especially those recommended by your lecturers;
• to attend class as required, to comply with workload expectations, to submit required work on time and in the required form;
• to come well prepared to classes and to participate fully and fairly in any tutorials, seminars, practical classes, field work, group or individual projects, as directed;
• to monitor your own progress and devote regular and substantial time and effort to private study;
• to be aware of all unit or subject information made available to you and to raise any questions or concerns with the appropriate member of staff in a timely manner;
• to recognise and respect the fundamental principle of intellectual freedom; and
• to provide fair feedback on your course experience as requested.

This is a three-year degree. Within your chosen course of study there will be one subject in which you will specialise when you reach level 3; this is called your "major".

Students who attain good marks in their major at level 3 may be invited to go on to a fourth year, specialising in their chosen major subject, which leads to the award of the BSc (Honours).

It is possible to complete two majors at level 3, and it may also be possible to undertake a joint honours in two subjects.

This course has an overall structure that follows the guidelines set out below.

Most units are worth 6 points; exceptions are indicated in science units and prerequisites.

Overall course structure

* 2 required in some programs