• Pre-2012 rules
    • 9. Science Rules
      • Science Rules for undergraduate courses
        • 9.2 Bachelor's degree
          • 9.2.6 Bachelor of Science (50110) pass degree by way of majors—majors and major sequences
            • Marine Biology Only available to re-enrolling students.

              Note: This major is only available to re-enrolling students. For course advice contact the Science Student Office.

              9.2.6.25B The major sequence in Marine Biology comprises—

              (a) all units in Table 9.2.6(43D) (Marine Biology major sequence core units)—54 points

              and

              (b) one pair of units from Group A in Table 9.2.6(43E) (Marine Biology major sequence options)—12 points

              and

              (c) one pair of units from Group B in Table 9.2.6(43E) (Marine Biology major sequence options)—12 points.

              • Table 9.2.6(43D)—Marine Biology major sequence core units
                Key to availability of units:
                S1 = Semester 1; S2 = Semester 2; SS = Summer teaching period;
                T1 = Trimester 1; T2 = Trimester 2; T3 = Trimester 3;
                NS = non-standard teaching period; OS = offshore teaching period;
                N/A = not available in 2019; * = to be advised

                Note: The unit availability does not form part of the rules and may be subject to change.

                All units have a value of six points unless otherwise stated.

                Level 1
                AvailabilityUnit codeUnit name
                S1BIOL1130Frontiers in Biology
                S2BIOL1131Plant and Animal Biology
                Level 2
                AvailabilityUnit codeUnit name
                S1ENVT2250Ecology
                S1SCIE2204Marine Systems
                S2ENVT2221Global Climate Change and Biodiversity
                Level 3
                AvailabilityUnit codeUnit name
                S2ENVT3307Oceanography
                S1SCIE3304Field Techniques in Marine Science
                S1ENVT3306Coastal Conservation and Management
                S2ENVT3363Ecological Processes
              • Table 9.2.6(43E)—Marine Biology major sequence options
                Key to availability of units:
                S1 = Semester 1; S2 = Semester 2; SS = Summer teaching period;
                T1 = Trimester 1; T2 = Trimester 2; T3 = Trimester 3;
                NS = non-standard teaching period; OS = offshore teaching period;
                N/A = not available in 2019; * = to be advised

                Note: The unit availability does not form part of the rules and may be subject to change.

                All units have a value of six points unless otherwise stated.

                Group A
                AvailabilityUnit codeUnit name
                MATH1001Mathematical Methods 1; and
                MATH1002Mathematical Methods 2
                MATH1712Intermediate Mathematics Specialist
                and one of:
                S1, S2STAT1400Statistics for Science
                S1, S2SCIE1104Science, Society and Data Analysis
                MATH1701Introductory Mathematics Foundations
                and one of:
                S1, S2STAT1400Statistics for Science
                S1, S2SCIE1104Science, Society and Data Analysis
                Group B
                AvailabilityUnit codeUnit name
                S1, S2CHEM1001Chemistry—Properties and Energetics
                S1, S2CHEM1002Chemistry—Structure and Reactivity
                S1, S2CHEM1003Introductory Chemistry
                CHEM1004Biological Chemistry
                S1, S2PHYS1001Physics for Scientists and Engineers
                S1, S2PHYS1002Modern Physics
                S1PHYS1021Applied Physics A
                PHYS1022Applied Physics B