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Major: Palaeobiology

Major details:

Palaeobiology

PAL01

Department:
Department of Biological Sciences
Faculty:
Faculty of Science

This major must be completed as part of an award. The general requirements for the award must be satisfied in order to graduate.

Requirements for the Major:

Completion of a minimum of 24 credit points including the following prescribed units:

Credit points

100 level

Required
6cp from
 
The Planet Earth (3)
 
 
Evolution and Biodiversity (3)
 
 
Marine Geoscience (3)
 
6
The Thread of Life (3)
 

200 level

Required
either
or
 
Palaeontology (3)
 
3
Palaeontology: The History of Life (3)
 
Required
3cp from
3
200 level BIOL or GEOS units

300 level

Required
either
or
 
Invertebrate Palaeontology (3)
C
3
Applied Palaeontology and Biogenic Sediments (3)
C
Required
3
Reef Evolution and Dynamics (3)
 
Required
3
Special Interest Topics in Biology (3)
 
Required
3cp from
 
Invertebrates: Evolution, Behaviour and Diversity (3)
 
 
Biology of Australasian Vertebrates (3)
 
 
Freshwater Ecology (3)
 
 
Ecology and Evolution (3)
 
 
Vertebrate Evolution (3)
 
 
Marine Ecology (3)
 
 
Invertebrate Palaeontology (3)
 
 
Applied Palaeontology and Biogenic Sediments (3)
 
 
Field Geology and Mapping (3)
 
 
Liquid Fuels and Energy Security (3)
 
 
Environmental Geology (3)
 
 
Museology of Natural History (3)
 
3
Museum Field Studies (3)
 

TOTAL CREDIT POINTS REQUIRED TO SATISFY THIS MAJOR

24
Note:
Units marked with a C are Capstone units.