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2010 Course Handbook

Bachelor of Biodiversity and Conservation

BICO01

Faculty:
Faculty of Science
Department:
Department of Biological Sciences
Award:
Bachelor of Biodiversity and Conservation (BBioCons)
General requirements:
Minimum number of credit points for the degree 68
Minimum number of credit points at 200 level or above 38
Minimum number of credit points at 300 level or above 18
Minimum number of credit points from Science designated units 42
Completion of a designated People unit
Completion of a designated Planet unit
Completion of other specific minimum requirements as set out below

In order to graduate students must ensure that they have satisfied all of the general requirements of the degree: see the general requirements listed above.

Specific minimum requirements:

Credit points

100 level

Required
3
Evolution and Biodiversity (3)
Required
3
The Thread of Life (3)
Required
3cp from
3
Any 100 level GEOS, ENV, ENVE or ENVG unit
Required
either
or
 
Introductory Statistics (3)
3
Statistical Data Analysis (3)

200 level

Required
3
Genetics (3)
Required
3
Animal Structure and Function (3)
Required
3
Ecology (3)
Required
3
Biostatistics (3)
Required
either
or
 
Plant Structure and Function (3)
3
Microbiology (3)

300 level

Required
3
Biodiversity and Conservation (3)
Required
3
Selected Topics in Biodiversity and Conservation (3)
Required
9cp from

 

 
Animal Communication (3)
 
Plant Ecophysiology (3)
 
Invertebrates: Evolution, Behaviour and Diversity (3)
 
Conservation and Ecological Genetics (3)
 
Plant Diversity and Conservation (3)
 
Biology of Australasian Vertebrates (3)
 
Symbiosis in Health and Disease (3)
 
Ecology and Evolution (3)
 
Vertebrate Evolution (3)
 
Marine Birds and Mammals (3)
9
Temperate Marine Biology (3)

Balance of credit points required:

 
 
26
Electives

TOTAL CREDIT POINTS REQUIRED FOR THIS PROGRAM

68