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 Recommended
1 BIOL1020 Genes, Cells & Evolution
BIOL1030 Biodiversity & Our Environment
CHEM1100 Chemistry 11
MGTS1301 Introduction to Management
-
2 ACCT1101 Accounting for Decision Making
BIOL1040 Cells to Organisms
CHEM1200 Chemistry 2
STAT1201 Analysis of Scientific Data
-

Year 2

Semester Required for Major Recommended
1 BIOC2000 Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Choose at least 2 units from:

BIOL2200 Cell Structure & Function
BIOL2006 Biostatistics & Experimental Design
BIOL2010 Ecology
CSSE2002 Programming in the Large
STAT2003 Probability & Statistics
SCIE2100 Introduction to Bioinfomatics ]


FINM1415 Introduction to Finance
OR
FINM1416 Introduction to Financial Management ]
BIOL2015 Field Ecology
MARS2014 Marine Science
2 BIOL2202 Genetics
BIOL2203 Plant Biology
BIOT2002 Issues in Biotechnology
TIMS33092 Fundamentals of Technology & Innovation Management
-

Year 3

Semester Required for Major Recommended
1 BIOL33033 Genomics
BIOL3203 Plant Molecular Biol & Biotech
BIOT3009 Quality Management Systems in Biotechnology: GMP, GLP, GCP

IBUS2302 Globalisation & Business
OR
IBUS3303 Managing International Business Operations ]
-
2 Choose 2 units from:

BIOL3011 Plant Microbe Insect Interact
SCIE31004 Bioinformatics 2: Development & Research
BIOL3204 Plant Adaptation & Global Change ]


BIOL3200 Plant Microbe & Insect Interactions
BIOT3004 Commercialisation of Biotechnology Products
TIMS3302 Entrepreneurship
 
  1. Students without Queensland Senior Chemistry should complete CHEM1090 before taking any other chemistry course.
  2. If TIMS3309 is not available, students can complete MGTS3301.
  3. From Semester 1 2021, BIOL3303 replaces BIOL3004.
  4. From Semester 1 2021, SCIE3100 replaces BIOL3014.

Option for Part B:

Year 4

Semester Required for Major Electives
1 RBUS6911 Commerce Honours Seminar
BIOT4070 Biotechnology Research Project
Choose 2 units (at level 3 or higher) from Part A
2 BIOT4002 Literature Review
BIOT4020 Biotechnology Project A
Choose 4 units (at level 3 or higher) 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 Biotechnology1
Compulsory
2 BIOT6121/BIOT6122/BIOT6123 Research Project in Biotechnology1 Compulsory
  1. Student are required to enrol in this course in Semester 1 and 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, please go here.