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Undergraduate: Course rule and topic informationBachelor of Science in Marine Biology(BScMarBiol)Program of study
The program of study for this course changed from 2008. An information session and/or counselling session will be held for all continuing students. INTRODUCTION The Bachelor of Science in Marine Biology requires three years of full-time study (or the equivalent part-time) and the honours program an additional year (or equivalent part-time). The course is offered by the Faculty of Science and Engineering. Enrolment in the honours program may be offered to a student who meets certain academic criteria and subject to the school/department being able to provide appropriate resources and staff to supervise the program of study. The structure of the course allows students to undertake the University's Globalisation program as part of their degree. COURSE AIMS The course aims to create an educational environment that will mentor students to:
COURSE RULE ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS The minimum requirements for consideration for entry to all undergraduate courses are specified in detail in the University Entry Requirements. There are no formal prerequisites for the Bachelor of Science in Marine Biology, but a knowledge of Mathematics and/or Physics to SACE Year 11 level is desirable. PROGRAM OF STUDY [March, 2008] To qualify for the Bachelor of Science in Marine Biology, a student must complete 108 units with a grade of P or NGP or better in each topic, according to the following program of study. No more than 45 units of First Year level topics may be included in the 108 units for the degree. Not all topics are necessarily available in a given year. First Year 36 units comprising:
# For a list of recommended First Year electives see below. Second Year 36 units comprising:
plus 6 or 9 units of electives. While students may select electives from any area of the University, they may wish to choose electives that articulate with their First Year electives. Third Year 36 units comprising:
plus 15 units of electives from science or non-science areas (students may wish to choose electives that articulate with their First and Second Year electives). RECOMMENDED ELECTIVES First Year Highly recommended
Second Year and/or Third Year
HONOURS PROGRAMA student who has completed all the requirements of the Bachelor of Science in Marine Biology, or another qualification which the Faculty Board agrees is equivalent, may be accepted as a candidate for the honours degree providing a sufficiently high standard has been achieved in fulfilling the requirements for the bachelors degree. To qualify for the honours degree, a student must complete satisfactorily 36 units of study in an approved program. 36 units comprising: BIOL7027 Marine Biology Honours Research Project (24 units). Students should enrol in a combination of sub-topics chosen from the following, ensuring that they enrol in 24 units overall.
plus 12 units selected from the following:
or other topics approved by the honours assessment panel, appropriate to a student's program. Students may use their elective topics to undertake the University's Globalisation program as part of their degree. The program is unique to Flinders. There are no prerequisites and no prior knowledge is assumed in any topic. GLOB3002 is available only to students taking a major sequence of 33 units in Globalisation. A minor sequence in the Globalisation program is comprised of 21 units. It must include both First Year topics (9 units) and 2 out of 3 upper year topics (12 units). Each First Year topic is available as an elective topic. Single upper year topics may be available as electives subject to the agreement of the Faculty where the subject-matter of the topic is deemed relevant to the curriculum of the Bachelor of Science in Marine Biology. For the Globalisation program of study click here. Cannot be taken at honours level.
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