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Our courses offer the right balance of practical knowledge and academic excellence and a wide range of study options.

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  • Location:
    Joondalup
  • Study Mode:
    Full-time
    Part-time
  • Delivery Mode:
    On-campus
  • Duration:
    3 years full-time or equivalent part-time
  • Faculty:
    Computing, Health and Science
  • School:
    Natural Sciences
  • Code:
    K57
  • CRICOS:
    063345J
  • Indicative ATAR (TER):
    55

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Bachelor of Science (Conservation and Wildlife Biology)

This course structure contains information about the units which comprise the course as well as the credit points required to successfully complete it.

The Bachelor of Science (Conservation and Wildlife Biology) degree is a 360 credit point (26 units with 24 units of 15 points each and two practicum units of 0 points), three year degree that may be studied in full-time or part-time mode.



Year One
UnitDescription Points
Semester 1
SCI1125Professional Science Essentials 15
SCI1187Form and Function in Biology 15
SCC1123Chemistry for the Life Sciences 15
SCI1186Understanding Pollution 15
SCI1120Natural Sciences Practicum 1 0
Semester 2
SCI1184Australia's Physical Environment 15
SCI1183Origins and Evolution of Life 15
SCI1182Case Studies in Science 15
SCI1185Ecology 15
 


* Students who have completed TEE Chemistry may select SCC1111 General Chemistry instead of SCC1123.

Year Two
UnitDescription Points
Semester 1
SCB2222Cellular and Molecular Biology 15
SCB2322Genetics and Evolution 15
SCI2102Australian Animals 15
MAT1114Introductory Statistics 15
Semester 2
SCB2423Plant Diversity 15
SCB2424Animal Diversity 15
ACS2122Aboriginal Perspectives on the Environment 15
Elective (15 credit points)
 


Year Three
UnitDescription Points
SCM3201Conservation Biology 15
SCI2370Wildlife Management 15
Elective (15 credit points)
Elective (15 credit points)
SCI3214Natural Sciences Practicum 2 0
Semester 2
SCB3201Studies in Ecology 15
SCM3204Ecosystem Management 15
SCM2104Geographical Information Systems 15
Elective (15 credit points)
 


Recommended Electives
UnitDescription Points
SCM2110Marine and Freshwater Processes 15
SCM2201Soil and Land Processes 15
SCI2115Ecological Restoration 15
SCI2101Australian Plants 15
SCI2191Bioinformatics 15
SCI3206Environmental Investigation and Monitoring 15
SCB3322Applications in Molecular Biology 15
SCB3523Plant Physiology and Adaptation 15
SCB3524Comparative and Environmental Physiology 15
SCI3301Catchment Health and Management 15
SCI3312Fisheries Ecology 15
MAT3488Biostatistics 15
 

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