Course list for the Biology Field of Study

Information valid for students commencing 2015

Biology (Major)

Required for all Biology streams:

#26 for -

Course Code Units Course Title
BIOL1020 2 Genes, Cells & Evolution
BIOL1030 2 Global Challenges in Biology
BIOL1040 2 Cells to Organisms
BIOL2006 2 Biostatistics & Experimental Design
[ BIOL6402 2 Advanced Reading in Integrative & Evolutionary Biology
[ or
[ BIOL6403 2 Critical Thinking and Communication in Biology
[ BIOL6501 14 BSc(Hons) Research in Biological Sciences
[ or
[ BIOL6502 14 BSc(Hons) Research in Biological Sciences
[ or
[ BIOL6503 14 BSc(Hons) Research in Biological Sciences
SCIE3241 2 Special Project in Biology

Plus #18 from one of the following streams.

And #8 from the BAdvSc(Hons) or BSc course list which is listed outside your specialty.

Ecology Stream

#8 for -

Course Code Units Course Title
BIOL2010 2 Ecology
BIOL2015 2 Ecology Field Studies
BIOL2201 2 Evolution
BIOL3214 2 Applied Ecology

And #10 from -

Course Code Units Course Title
BIOL3000 2 Conservation
BIOL3010 2 Ecological & Evolutionary Genetics
BIOL3015 2 Rainforest Ecology Field Studies
BIOL3016 2 Outback Ecology Field Studies
BIOL3023 2 Tropical Marine Ecosystems
BIOL3200 2 Advanced Topics and Applications in Plant Science
BIOL3204 2 Plant Adaptation and Global Change
BIOL3205 2 Animal Ecophysiology
BIOL3206 2 Australian Marine Vertebrates
BIOL3207 2 Animal Behaviour
BIOL3208 2 Applied Insect Biology
BIOL3209 2 Biodiversity Analysis, Discovery and Systematics
BIOL3211 2 Marine Invertebrates
BIOL3212 2 Advanced Evolutionary Biology
BIOL3215 2 Marine Ecology
BIOL3222 2 Advanced Genetics
BIOL3227 2 Plant Identification and Vegetation Classification
BIOL3228 2 Advances in Marine Biology and Biotechnology
BIOL3236 2 Biological Adaptation to Climate Change
CONS3017 2 Landscape Ecology
MATH3104 2 Mathematical Biology

Genetics Stream

#10 for -

Course Code Units Course Title
BIOC2000 2 Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
BIOL2201 2 Evolution
BIOL2202 2 Genetics
BIOL3010 2 Ecological & Evolutionary Genetics
BIOL3222 2 Advanced Genetics

And #8 from -

Course Code Units Course Title
BIOC3003 2 Human Molecular Genetics & Disease
BIOL3004 2 Genomics & Bioinformatics
BIOC3005 2 Molecular Systems Biology
BIOL3006 2 Molecular Cell Biology
BIOL3014 2 Advanced Bioinformatics
BIOL3202 2 Plant Biology II
BIOL3203 2 Plant Molecular Biology & Biotechnology
BIOL3212 2 Advanced Evolutionary Biology
DEVB3002 2 Molecular Mechanisms of Development
GNET3001 2 Quantitative Genetics
MICR3002 2 Virology
MICR3003 2 Molecular Microbiology
MICR3004 2 Microbial Genomics
PARA3002 2 Biomedical Parasitology

Marine Biology Stream

#8 for -

Course Code Units Course Title
BIOL2204 2 Zoology
BIOL3023 2 Tropical Marine Ecosystems
BIOL3211 2 Marine Invertebrates
MARS2014 2 Marine Science

And #4 from -

Course Code Units Course Title
BIOL2010 2 Ecology
BIOL2015 2 Ecology Field Studies
BIOL2201 2 Evolution
BIOL2202 2 Genetics

And #6 for -

Course Code Units Course Title
BIOL3206 2 Australian Marine Vertebrates
BIOL3215 2 Marine Ecology
BIOL3228 2 Advances in Marine Biology and Biotechnology

Plant Science Stream

# 8 for -

Course Code Units Course Title
BIOL2010 2 Ecology
[ BIOL2201 2 Evolution
[ or
[ BIOL2202 2 Genetics
BIOL2203 2 Plant Biology
BIOL3200 2 Advanced Topics and Applications in Plant Science

And #10 from -

Course Code Units Course Title
BIOL3000 2 Conservation
BIOL3011 2 Plant Microbe & Insect Interactions
BIOL3015 2 Rainforest Ecology Field Studies
BIOL3201 2 Fungi & Plant Diseases
BIOL3202 2 Plant Biology II
BIOL3203 2 Plant Molecular Biology & Biotechnology
BIOL3204 2 Plant Adaptation and Global Change
BIOL3208 2 Applied Insect Biology
BIOL3214 2 Applied Ecology
BIOL3227 2 Plant Identification and Vegetation Classification

Zoology Stream

#10 for -

Course Code Units Course Title
BIOL2201 2 Evolution
BIOL2204 2 Zoology
BIOL2205 2 Insect Science
BIOL3205 2 Animal Ecophysiology
BIOL3207 2 Animal Behaviour

And #8 from -

Course Code Units Course Title
BIOL3000 2 Conservation
BIOL3009 2 Arthropods & Human Health
BIOL3015 2 Rainforest Ecology Field Studies
BIOL3016 2 Outback Ecology Field Studies
BIOL3206 2 Australian Marine Vertebrates
BIOL3208 2 Applied Insect Biology
BIOL3209 2 Biodiversity Analysis, Discovery and Systematics
BIOL3211 2 Marine Invertebrates
BIOL3212 2 Advanced Evolutionary Biology
BIOL3228 2 Advances in Marine Biology and Biotechnology
BIOL3232 2 Insect Identification and Taxonomy
BIOL3236 2 Biological Adaptation to Climate Change
BIOL3238 2 Insect Structure, Function & Physiology
BIOL3239 2 Brain to Behaviour: Invertebrate Neuroethology