Program Structure
To graduate you must complete the following: Note: All courses listed may not be available each semester.
You must complete a total of 288 credit points (e.g. Twenty-Four 12 credit point courses) as follows:
Year 1: Five (5) Core courses (60 credit points) and 36 credit points of your chosen combination; and
Year 2: One (1) Core course (12 credit points) and 84 credit points of your chosen combination; and
Year 3: One (1) Core course (12 credit points), One (1) Capstone course (12 credit points) and 72 credit points of your chosen combination.
List of Combinations
Combination 1: Complete Two (2) Majors (96 credit point each = total of 192 credit points)
Combination 2: Complete One (1) Major (96 credit points) and Two (2) Minors (48 credit points each = total of 96 credit point) (one of the minors must be a Generalist Minor); or
Combination 3: Complete One (1) Major (96 credit points), One (1) Minor (48 credit points) and 48 credit points of Program Option courses or University Elective
Program Option courses mean all courses listed within each Generalist Minor in this program.
University Electives can include any Program Option course, or any other course on the University Electives website.
Minor options
Minors fall under two categories:
- Generalist Minors
- Specialist Minors
Details of the minors are shown below.
Rules on completion of Majors/Minors:
- A major is made up of 96 credit points, and a minor is composed of 48 credit points.
- A maximum of Two (2) Minors can be completed in this program. Please note, if you use a course toward the completion of a major or minor, you cannot use that same course again to count toward another major, minor or option list.
A list of Majors, Generalist Minors and Specialist Minors can be found at the end of the program structure.
NOTE: Not all major and minor fields of study can be undertaken together. Please follow enrolment plans provided to via Enrolment Online for your chosen major.
NOTE: All courses listed may not be available each semester
NOTE: Students who wish to complete the following major combinations should transition to the relevant standalone degree:
- Food Science & Technology major AND Nutrition Science major – transition to BP199 Bachelor of Food Technology and Nutrition
- Mathematics major AND Statistics major – transition to Bachelor of Applied Mathematics and Statistics
Please speak to your program manager for advice.
Course Title | Credit Points | Course Code | Campus |
---|---|---|---|
Data for a Scientific World | 12 | ONPS2700 | City Campus |
Physical Sciences in Action | 12 | ONPS2701 | City Campus |
The World of Life Sciences | 12 | ONPS2699 | City Campus |
A Mathematical Toolbox for Scientists | 12 | MATH2443 | City Campus |
Course Title | Credit Points | Course Code | Campus |
---|---|---|---|
STEM for Sustainable Development | 12 | ONPS2702 | City Campus |
Innovation Ecosystem and the Future of Work | 12 | OENG1235 | City Campus |
Course Title | Credit Points | Course Code | Campus |
---|---|---|---|
Foundations of Artificial Intelligence for STEM | 12 | COSC2960 | City Campus |
Course Title | Credit Points | Course Code | Campus |
---|---|---|---|
Science Project | 24 | ONPS2669 | City Campus |
Course Title | Credit Points | Course Code | Campus |
---|---|---|---|
Cell Biology and Biochemistry | 12 | BIOL1159 | Bundoora Campus |
BIOL2146 | City Campus | ||
Plant and Animal Biology | 12 | BIOL2547 | City Campus |
Genetics and Molecular Biology | 12 | BIOL2262 | City Campus |
BIOL2263 | Bundoora Campus | ||
Microbiology and Immunology | 12 | BIOL2531 | Bundoora Campus |
BIOL2532 | City Campus | ||
Plant Diversity | 12 | BIOL2270 | City Campus |
Animal Diversity | 12 | BIOL2151 | City Campus |
BIOL2153 | Bundoora Campus | ||
Evolution and Ecology | 12 | BIOL2546 | City Campus |
Immunology | 12 | ONPS2388 | Bundoora Campus |
Course Title | Credit Points | Course Code | Campus |
---|---|---|---|
Cell Biology and Biochemistry | 12 | BIOL1159 | Bundoora Campus |
BIOL2146 | City Campus | ||
Plant and Animal Biology | 12 | BIOL2547 | City Campus |
Genetics and Molecular Biology | 12 | BIOL2262 | City Campus |
BIOL2263 | Bundoora Campus | ||
Microbiology and Immunology | 12 | BIOL2531 | Bundoora Campus |
BIOL2532 | City Campus | ||
Genomics and Gene Technologies | 12 | BIOL2527 | City Campus |
Proteomics and Designer Proteins | 12 | BIOL2535 | City Campus |
Environmental and Industrial Biotechnology | 12 | BIOL2536 | City Campus |
Medical Biotechnology | 12 | BIOL2537 | City Campus |
Course Title | Credit Points | Course Code | Campus |
---|---|---|---|
Chemistry Fundamentals 1 | 12 | CHEM1313 | City Campus |
Chemistry Fundamentals 2 | 12 | CHEM1314 | City Campus |
Concepts in Chemistry | 12 | CHEM1039 | City Campus |
Further Concepts in Chemistry | 12 | CHEM1040 | City Campus |
Chemistry Laboratory | 12 | CHEM1041 | City Campus |
Analytical Techniques | 12 | CHEM1053 | City Campus |
Advanced Chemistry Theory | 12 | CHEM1067 | City Campus |
Advanced Chemistry Laboratory | 12 | CHEM1069 | City Campus |
Course Title | Credit Points | Course Code | Campus |
---|---|---|---|
Food Safety Analysis | 12 | ONPS2721 | Bundoora Campus |
Food Processing Technology | 12 | ONPS2720 | Bundoora Campus |
Food and Nutritional Chemistry | 12 | CHEM1311 | City Campus |
CHEM1312 | Bundoora Campus | ||
Rheology and Food Biophysics | 12 | ONPS2435 | City Campus |
ONPS2510 | Bundoora Campus | ||
Food Microbiology | 12 | ONPS2113 | City Campus |
ONPS2114 | Bundoora Campus | ||
Food Packaging and Labelling | 12 | ONPS2558 | Bundoora Campus |
Food Manufacturing Animal Products | 12 | ONPS2554 | Bundoora Campus |
Introduction to Microbiology for Food and Nutrition | 12 | ONPS2555 | City Campus |
Course Title | Credit Points | Course Code | Campus |
---|---|---|---|
Vectors and Calculus | 12 | MATH1143 | Bundoora Campus |
MATH1144 | City Campus | ||
Advanced Linear Algebra with Vector Calculus | 12 | MATH2311 | City Campus |
Discrete Mathematics | 12 | MATH1149 | Bundoora Campus |
MATH1150 | City Campus | ||
Modelling with Differential Equations | 12 | MATH2138 | City Campus |
Real and Complex Analysis | 12 | MATH2150 | City Campus |
Optimisation | 12 | MATH2390 | City Campus |
Mathematical Computing and Algorithms | 12 | MATH2109 | City Campus |
Course Title | Credit Points | Course Code | Campus |
---|---|---|---|
Complex Networks | 12 | MATH2312 | City Campus |
Graph Algorithms and Applications | 12 | MATH2308 | City Campus |
Course Title | Credit Points | Course Code | Campus |
---|---|---|---|
Nutritional Physiology | 12 | ONPS2722 | City Campus |
Human Sensory Evaluation | 12 | ONPS2189 | City Campus |
ONPS2520 | Bundoora Campus | ||
Plant Processing for Nutrition and Health | 12 | ONPS2723 | Bundoora Campus |
Chemistry for Food and Life Science | 12 | CHEM1239 | City Campus |
CHEM1240 | Bundoora Campus | ||
Nutrition, Health and Disease | 12 | OHTH2068 | City Campus |
OHTH2172 | Bundoora Campus | ||
Applied Nutrition | 12 | OHTH1156 | City Campus |
OHTH2173 | Bundoora Campus | ||
Entrepreneurship in Nutrition and Food | 12 | ONPS2718 | City Campus |
Community Nutrition | 12 | ONPS2053 | City Campus |
ONPS2515 | Bundoora Campus |
Course Title | Credit Points | Course Code | Campus |
---|---|---|---|
Mechanics and Thermodynamics | 12 | PHYS1046 | City Campus |
Introduction to Electromagnetism | 12 | PHYS2189 | City Campus |
Materials Physics | 12 | PHYS2179 | City Campus |
Classical & Quantum Mechanics | 12 | PHYS2178 | City Campus |
Electrodynamics and Relativity | 12 | PHYS2181 | City Campus |
Optics and Quantum Physics | 12 | PHYS2190 | City Campus |
Radiation & Nuclear Physics | 12 | PHYS2176 | City Campus |
Thermal & Statistical Physics | 12 | PHYS2177 | City Campus |
Course Title | Credit Points | Course Code | Campus |
---|---|---|---|
Data Visualisation with R | 12 | MATH2237 | City Campus |
Statistical Methodologies | 12 | MATH2201 | City Campus |
Industrial Applications of Mathematics and Statistics 1 | 12 | MATH2196 | City Campus |
Statistical Inference | 12 | MATH2155 | City Campus |
Linear Models and Experimental Design | 12 | MATH2203 | City Campus |
Time Series and Forecasting | 12 | MATH2204 | City Campus |
Machine Learning | 12 | MATH2387 | City Campus |
Course Title | Credit Points | Course Code | Campus |
---|---|---|---|
Analysis of Categorical Data | 12 | MATH2300 | City Campus |
Applied Bayesian Statistics | 12 | MATH2305 | City Campus |
Course Title | Credit Points | Course Code | Campus |
---|---|---|---|
Cell Biology and Biochemistry | 12 | BIOL1159 | Bundoora Campus |
BIOL2146 | City Campus | ||
Plant and Animal Biology | 12 | BIOL2547 | City Campus |
Genetics and Molecular Biology | 12 | BIOL2262 | City Campus |
BIOL2263 | Bundoora Campus | ||
Microbiology and Immunology | 12 | BIOL2531 | Bundoora Campus |
BIOL2532 | City Campus |
Course Title | Credit Points | Course Code | Campus |
---|---|---|---|
Chemistry Fundamentals 1 | 12 | CHEM1313 | City Campus |
Chemistry Fundamentals 2 | 12 | CHEM1314 | City Campus |
Concepts in Chemistry | 12 | CHEM1039 | City Campus |
Further Concepts in Chemistry | 12 | CHEM1040 | City Campus |
Course Title | Credit Points | Course Code | Campus |
---|---|---|---|
The Changing Environment | 12 | ENVI1146 | City Campus |
The Soil Environment | 12 | ENVI1012 | City Campus |
The Hydrosphere | 12 | ENVI1008 | City Campus |
Evolution and Ecology | 12 | BIOL2546 | City Campus |
Course Title | Credit Points | Course Code | Campus |
---|---|---|---|
Food Processing Technology | 12 | ONPS2720 | Bundoora Campus |
Food and Nutritional Chemistry | 12 | CHEM1311 | City Campus |
CHEM1312 | Bundoora Campus | ||
Human Sensory Evaluation | 12 | ONPS2189 | City Campus |
ONPS2520 | Bundoora Campus | ||
Introduction to Microbiology for Food and Nutrition | 12 | ONPS2555 | City Campus |
Food Microbiology | 12 | ONPS2113 | City Campus |
ONPS2114 | Bundoora Campus | ||
Food Manufacturing Animal Products | 12 | ONPS2554 | Bundoora Campus |
Course Title | Credit Points | Course Code | Campus |
---|---|---|---|
Applied Geospatial Techniques | 12 | GEOM2083 | City Campus |
Spatial Information Science Fundamentals | 12 | GEOM1033 | City Campus |
Earth Observation Science | 12 | GEOM2084 | City Campus |
Distributed Mapping | 12 | GEOM2140 | City Campus |
Spatial Thinking | 12 | GEOM2166 | City Campus |
Course Title | Credit Points | Course Code | Campus |
---|---|---|---|
Vectors and Calculus | 12 | MATH1143 | Bundoora Campus |
MATH1144 | City Campus | ||
Advanced Linear Algebra with Vector Calculus | 12 | MATH2311 | City Campus |
Discrete Mathematics | 12 | MATH1149 | Bundoora Campus |
MATH1150 | City Campus | ||
Modelling with Differential Equations | 12 | MATH2138 | City Campus |
Course Title | Credit Points | Course Code | Campus |
---|---|---|---|
Chemistry for Food and Life Science | 12 | CHEM1239 | City Campus |
CHEM1240 | Bundoora Campus | ||
Nutritional Physiology | 12 | ONPS2722 | City Campus |
Nutrition, Health and Disease | 12 | OHTH2068 | City Campus |
OHTH2172 | Bundoora Campus | ||
Applied Nutrition | 12 | OHTH1156 | City Campus |
OHTH2173 | Bundoora Campus |
Course Title | Credit Points | Course Code | Campus |
---|---|---|---|
Mechanics and Thermodynamics | 12 | PHYS1046 | City Campus |
Introduction to Electromagnetism | 12 | PHYS2189 | City Campus |
Materials Physics | 12 | PHYS2179 | City Campus |
Classical & Quantum Mechanics | 12 | PHYS2178 | City Campus |
Course Title | Credit Points | Course Code | Campus |
---|---|---|---|
Data Visualisation with R | 12 | MATH2237 | City Campus |
Statistical Methodologies | 12 | MATH2201 | City Campus |
Industrial Applications of Mathematics and Statistics 1 | 12 | MATH2196 | City Campus |
Course Title | Credit Points | Course Code | Campus |
---|---|---|---|
Time Series and Forecasting | 12 | MATH2204 | City Campus |
Machine Learning | 12 | MATH2387 | City Campus |
Course Title | Credit Points | Course Code | Campus |
---|---|---|---|
Specialised Chemistry Laboratory | 12 | CHEM1042 | City Campus |
Specialised Chemistry | 12 | CHEM1317 | City Campus |
Advanced Topics in Chemistry | 12 | CHEM1068 | City Campus |
Advanced Instrumental Analysis and Spectroscopy | 12 | CHEM1080 | City Campus |
Course Title | Credit Points | Course Code | Campus |
---|---|---|---|
Field Ecology | 12 | BIOL2549 | City Campus |
Marine Biology | 12 | BIOL2128 | Bundoora Campus |
BIOL2255 | City Campus | ||
Ecotoxicology | 12 | BIOL2162 | City Campus |
Environmental Sampling and Analysis | 12 | ENVI1145 | City Campus |
Field Experience Practicum | 12 | BIOL2061 | Bundoora Campus |
Course Title | Credit Points | Course Code | Campus |
---|---|---|---|
Genomics and Gene Technologies | 12 | BIOL2527 | City Campus |
Proteomics and Designer Proteins | 12 | BIOL2535 | City Campus |
Environmental and Industrial Biotechnology | 12 | BIOL2536 | City Campus |
Medical Biotechnology | 12 | BIOL2537 | City Campus |
Course Title | Credit Points | Course Code | Campus |
---|---|---|---|
Environmental Analysis in Action | 12 | CHEM1315 | City Campus |
Environmental and Chemical Analysis | 12 | CHEM1316 | City Campus |
Advanced Topics in Chemistry | 12 | CHEM1068 | City Campus |
Advanced Instrumental Analysis and Spectroscopy | 12 | CHEM1080 | City Campus |
Course Title | Credit Points | Course Code | Campus |
---|---|---|---|
Computational Biology | 12 | BIOL2526 | City Campus |
Immunology | 12 | ONPS2388 | Bundoora Campus |
Medical Microbiology 1 | 12 | ONPS2118 | Bundoora Campus |
Systems Biology | 12 | BIOL2512 | City Campus |
Course Title | Credit Points | Course Code | Campus |
---|---|---|---|
Nanotechnology Methodology | 12 | ONPS2155 | City Campus |
Nano Theory and Computation | 12 | ONPS2149 | City Campus |
Nanotechnology Practice | 12 | ONPS2156 | City Campus |
Course Title | Credit Points | Course Code | Campus |
---|---|---|---|
Introduction to Electromagnetism | 12 | PHYS2189 | City Campus |
Further Concepts in Chemistry | 12 | CHEM1040 | City Campus |
Course Title | Credit Points | Course Code | Campus |
---|---|---|---|
Plant Diversity | 12 | BIOL2270 | City Campus |
Animal Diversity | 12 | BIOL2151 | City Campus |
BIOL2153 | Bundoora Campus | ||
Immunology | 12 | ONPS2388 | Bundoora Campus |
Evolution and Ecology | 12 | BIOL2546 | City Campus |
Field Experience Practicum | 12 | BIOL2061 | Bundoora Campus |
Course Title | Credit Points | Course Code | Campus |
---|---|---|---|
Advanced Quantum Physics and Photonics | 12 | PHYS2192 | City Campus |
Advanced Experimental Physics | 12 | PHYS2191 | City Campus |
Solid State Physics | 12 | PHYS2068 | City Campus |
Astrophysics and Cosmology | 12 | PHYS2067 | City Campus |
Course Title | Credit Points | Course Code | Campus |
---|---|---|---|
Space Exploration | 12 | PHYS2182 | City Campus |
Satellites and Space Debris | 12 | GEOM2160 | City Campus |
Rocket Science | 12 | PHYS2183 | City Campus |
Astrophysics and Cosmology | 12 | PHYS2067 | City Campus |