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Bachelor of Biotechnology (Honours) Pre-2021 - Bioinformatics Major

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Program requirements

The program requirements (course list and program rules (PDF, 216KB)) 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 Required for Major Elective
1 BIOL1020 Genes, Cells & Evolution
CHEM1100 Chemistry 12
CSSE1001 Software Engineering I
[ MATH1051 Calculus & Linear Algebra I1,2
OR MATH1071 Advanced Calculus & Linear Algebra I2 ]
 		 BIOL1030 Biodiversity & Our Environment
MATH1050 Mathematical Foundation1
MATH1052 Multivariate Calculus & ODEs
SCIE1000 Theory & Practice in Science
2 CHEM1200 Chemistry 23
STAT1201 Analysis of Scientific Data		 BIOL1040 Cells to Organisms
MATH1052 Multivariate Calculus & ODEs
MATH1061 Discrete Mathematics
  1. Available in semester 1 and 2. Students without at least a Sound Achievement in Seniors Maths C are required to take MATH1050 as an elective before MATH1051
  2. Students with a high achievement in Seniors Maths C (or a 6 or 7 in MATH1050) are encouraged to take MATH1071 and MATH1072. Students with a sound achievement in Senior Maths C (or a 4 or 5 in MATH1050) should take MATH1051 and MATH1052
  3. Students without Queensland Senior Chemistry should complete CHEM1090 before taking any other chemistry course.
Year 2
Semester Required for Major Elective
1 BIOC2000 Biochem & Molecular Biology
SCIE2100 Introduction to Bioinfomatics		 BIOL2006 Biostatistics
BIOL2200 Cell Structure & Function
STAT2003 Probability & Statistics
2 BIOL2202 Genetics
BIOT2002 Issues in Biotechnology
CSSE2002 Programming in the Large		 MICR2000 Microbiology & Immunology

 

Year 3
Semester Required for Major Elective
1 BIOL33034 Genomics
BIOT3009 Quality Management Systems in Biotechnology: GMP, GLP, GCP
COSC3000 Visualization, Computer Graphics & Data Analysis		 BIOC3000 Biomolecular Structure & Funct Choose a level 3 SCIE Project3
CHEE4034 Cell & Tissue Engineering
MATH3104 Mathematical Biology
2 SCIE31005 Bioinformatics 2: Development & Research
BIOT3004 Commercialisation of Biotechno

Choose at least 2 units from:

[ COMP3506 Algorithms & Data Structures
OR
COMP3702 Artificial Intelligence
OR
BIOC3005 Molecular Systems Biology ]

 BIOC3005 Molecular Systems Biology
CHEE4305 Biomaterials: Materials in Medicine
COMP3506 Algorithms & Data Structures
COMP3702 Artificial Intelligence
Choose a level 3 SCIE Research Project3

 

  1. Choose a project from: SCIE3011, SCIE3220, SCIE3221, SCIE3240, SCIE3241, SCIE3260, or SCIE3261. Please note some courses may also have a summer semester offering.
  2. From Semester 1 2021, BIOL3303 replaces BIOL3004.
  3. From Semester 1 2021, SCIE3100 replaces BIOL3014.

Year 4

Students with an interest in research and/or completing a large research project are encouraged to complete Part C of the BBiotech(Hons) course list. In order to enrol in Part C, a student must have completed all Part A requirements with a minimum GPA of 4.0 and have completed 12 units of late year courses with a minimum GPA of 4.5 for the best 8 of these 12 units.

Students who are interested in continuing coursework in science or business related areas and a small research project have the option to complete Part B.

Option for Part B:

Year 4
Semester Required for Major Electives
1 RBUS6911 Commerce Honours Seminar
BIOT4070 Biotechnology Research Project		 Choose 2 units from Part A
2 BIOT4002 Literature Review
BIOT4020 Biotechnology Project A		 Choose 4 units from Part A

Option for Part C:

Year 4
Semester Course Code & Title Requirement
1 RBUS6911 Commerce Honours Seminar

BIOT6121/BIOT6122/BIOT6123 Research Project in Biotechnology5		 Compulsory
2 BIOT6121/BIOT6122/BIOT6123 Research Project in Biotechnology5 Compulsory
  1. Student are required to enrol in this course in Semester 1&2 for completion. The enrol code for students who commenced in Semester 1 will be BIOT6121 for both semesters. The enrol code for the student who commenced in Semester 2 will be BIOT6122. For more information about honours, visit the School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences honours page.