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Bachelor of Science Pre-2021 - Ecology Major

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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 & Evolution 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
BIOL1040 Cells to Organisms Prerequisite for major
Elective Elective
Elective Elective
  1. Students who commence this program in semester 2 should enrol in BIOL1020, BIOL1040 and STAT1201 to ensure that you are academically prepared for the following semester. Any mid-year commencing student who would like to vary this course selection should contact the Faculty of Science to arrange an academic advising appointment.

Choose a study plan

Terrestrial Ecology

Year 2
Semester Required for Major Recommended
1 BIOL2006 Biostatistics & Experimental Design
BIOL2010 Ecology

Choose at least 2 units from:

[ BIOL2015 Field Ecology1

 MARS2014 Marine Science
2

BIOL2203 Plant Biology
BIOL2204 Zoology ]

 BIOL2201 Evolution
BIOL2202 Genetics
BIOL2205 Insect Science
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 Required for Major
1 Choose at least 6 units from:

[ BIOL3016 Outback Ecology Field Studies1
BIOL3310 Macroecology and Biogeography
BIOL3360 Analysis & Communication of Biological Data
BIOL3370 Animal-Plant Interactions

 Choose at least 2 units from either the courses below or any level 3 course from the Ecology list:

[ BIOL3207 Animal Behaviour
BIOL3209 Biodiversity Analysis, Discovery & Systematics
CONS3017 Landscape Ecology
2

BIOL3000 Conservation ]

BIOL3023 Tropical Marine Ecosystems
BIOL3205 Physiological & Integrative Zoology
BIOL3227 Plant Identification & Vegetation Classification
BIOL3236 Climate Change Biology ]
  1. Students must complete at least one field-based course selected from BIOL2015 or BIOL3016 to meet the requirements for the Ecology major.
     

Marine Ecology

Year 2
Semester Required for Major Recommended
1 BIOL2006 Biostatistics
BIOL2010 Ecology

Choose 2 units from:

[ BIOL2015 Field Ecology1
MARS2014 Marine Science ]

 -
2 - BIOL2201 Evolution
BIOL2202 Genetics
BIOL2203 Plant Biology
BIOL2204 Zoology
BIOL2205 Insect Science
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 Required for Major Recommended
1 Choose at least 6 units from:

[ BIOL3310 Macroecology and Biogeography
BIOL3360 Analysis & Communication of Biological Data

 Choose at least 2 units from either the courses below or any level 3 course from the Ecology list:

[ BIOL3209 Organism Diversity & Evolution BIOL3340 Fish, Fisheries & Aquaculture

 BIOL3211 Marine Invertebrates
2

BIOL3000 Conservation
BIOL3215 Marine Ecology & Conservation ]

BIOL3023 Marine Tropical Ecosystems
BIOL3205 Physiological & Integrative Zoology
BIOL3227 Plant Identification
BIOL3236 Climate Change Biology
BIOL3320 Vertebrate Diveristy & Evolution ]

 MARS3012 Physical-Biological Oceanography

Any course from Ecology course list
  1. Students must complete at least one field-based course selected from BIOL2015 or BIOL3016 to meet the requirements for the Ecology major.
     

Evolutionary Ecology

Year 2
Semester Required for Major Recommended
1 BIOL2006 Biostatistics
BIOL2010 Ecology

Choose at least 2 units from:

[ BIOL2015 Field Ecology1

 MARS2014 Marine Science
2

BIOL2201 Evolution
BIOL2202 Genetics ]

 BIOL2203 Plant Biology
BIOL2204 Zoology
BIOL2205 Insect Science
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 Required for Major
1 Choose at least 6 units from:

[ BIOL3016 Outback Ecology Field Studies1
BIOL3310 Macroecology & Biogeography
BIOL3360 Analysis & Communication of Biological Data
BIOL3370 Animal-Plant Interactions

 Choose at least 2 units from either the courses below or any level 3 course from the Ecology list:

[ BIOL3207 Animal Behaviour
BIOL3209 Organism Diversity & Evolution
BIOL3390 Genome Evolution
2

BIOL3000 Conservation ]

BIOL3205 Physiological & Integrative Zoology
BIOL3236 Climate Change and Adaptation
BIOL3320 Vertebrate Diversity & Evolution
BIOL3350 Genetics of Complex Traits (not offered in 2019) ]
  1. Students must complete at least one field-based course selected from BIOL2015 or BIOL3016 to meet the requirements for the Ecology major.