Program requirements

The program requirements (course list and program rules (PDF, 180KB)) set out the courses and rules you must follow to successfully complete this program.

You must also comply with UQ’s University Policies and Procedures.

What do the different requirements mean?

  • Compulsory - all students must complete this course
  • Prerequisite for major - a course required for this major
  • Required for Major - a course required for this major
  • Recommended - a course which complements the major, but can be substituted for an elective
  • Elective - an elective course from the course list, or as permitted by the program rules

Year 1 - Semester 1

Course Code & Title Requirements
SCIE1000 Theory & Practice in Science Compulsory
BIOL1020 Genes, Cells & Evolution2 Prerequisite for major
BIOL1030 Global Challenges in Biology Prerequisite for major
Elective Elective

 

Year 1 - Semester 2

Course Code & Title Requirements
STAT1201 Analysis of Scientific Data Compulsory
CHEM1221 General, Organic & Biological Chemistry1,2 Prerequisite for major
ERTH1000 Planet Earth: The Big Picture Prerequisite for major
BIOL1040 Cells to Organisms Recommended
  1. Students without Queensland Senior Chemistry should complete CHEM1090 before taking any other chemistry course.
  2. Students are encouraged to complete both BIOL1020 and CHEM1221 as prerequisites for this major; however, you may elect to complete only one.

Choose a study plan

Marine Biology & Ecology

Year 2

Semester Required for Major Recommended
1 MARS2014 Marine Science
BIOL2006 Biostatistics & Experimental Design

Choose at least 2 units from:

BIOL2010 Ecology
BIOL2015 Ecology Field Studies

Choose courses from the BSc course list
2

BIOL2201 Evolution
BIOL2202 Genetics
BIOL2203 Plant Biology
BIOL2204 Zoology
ERTH2002 Palaeobiology ]

MICR2000 Microbiology & Immunology
SCIE3050 Science Industry Placement (summer semester)1
  1. Students may apply to undertake this course as an elective, or participate in other summer placement or research opportunities, at the end of second or third year during the summer semester.

Year 3

Semester Required for Major Recommended
1 Choose at least 8 units from:

BIOL3211 Marine Invertebrates
BIOL3340 Fish, Fisheries & Aquaculture
 

BIOL3207 Animal Behaviour
BIOL3310 Macroecology & Biogeography
BIOL3360 Analysis and Communication of Biological Data
Choose courses from the BSc course list

2

BIOL3023 Tropical Marine Ecosystems
BIOL3215 Marine Ecology & Conservation
MARS3012 Physical-biological Oceanography ]

BIOL3000 Conservation
BIOL3205 Physiological & Experimental Zoology
BIOL3236 Climate Change Biology
BIOL3320 Vertebrate Diversity & Evolution
Choose courses from the BSc course list

Marine Geoscience

Year 2

Semester Required for Major Recommended
1 MARS2014 Marine Science
BIOL2006 Biostatistics & Experimental Design

Choose at least 2 units from:

ERTH2050 Field Geology
GEOM2000 Introduction to Remote Sensing
ERTH2003 Sedimentology, Stratigraphy & Palaeoenvironments

Choose courses from the BSc course list
2

ERTH2002 Palaeobiology
GEOS2101 Climatology Hydrology ]

SCIE3050 Science Industry Placement (summer semester)1
Choose courses from the BSc course list
  1. Students may apply to undertake this course as an elective, or participate in other summer placement or research opportunities, at the end of second or third year during the summer semester.

Year 3

Semester Required for Major Recommended
1 ERTH3110 Marine Geology Any Level 3 course from the Marine Science major course list
2 BIOL3023 Tropical Marine Ecosystems
ERTH3212 Geology of Coral Reefs
MARS3012 Physical-biological Oceanography
Any Level 3 course from the Marine Science major course list

Coastal Environments

Year 2

Semester Required for Major Recommended
1 MARS2014 Marine Science
BIOL2006 Biostatistics & Experimental Design

Choose at least 2 units from:

BIOL2010 Ecology
GEOM2000 Introduction to Remote Sensing
GEOS2100 Environmental Systems

Any Level 2 course from the Marine Science major course list
2

ENVM2002 Marine & Coastal Env Protection
GEOS2101 Climatology Hydrology
GEOS2103 Biogeography Geomorphology ]

SCIE3050 Science Industry Placement (summer semester)1
Any Level 2 course from the Marine Science major course list
  1. Students may apply to undertake this course as an elective, or participate in other summer placement or research opportunities, at the end of second or third year during the summer semester.

Year 3

Semester Required for Major Recommended
1 ENVM3200 Coastal Processes & Management

 

Any Level 3 course from the Marine Science major course list
2 BIOL3023 Tropical Marine Ecosystems
ERTH3212 Geology of Coral Reefs
MARS3012 Physical-biological Oceanography
Any Level 3 course from the Marine Science major course list