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Uni Stuff => Universities - Victoria => University of Melbourne => Topic started by: k.sangakkara on December 21, 2012, 08:16:14 pm

Title: Science - Subject selection
Post by: k.sangakkara on December 21, 2012, 08:16:14 pm

Hi guys,

Anyone have a list of the core subjects for the Melbourne Science Course? I tried reading the handbook, but I'm just totally confused. So it'd be great if someone could paste a list of the necessary subjects here thanks.

:)

Title: Re: Science - Subject selection
Post by: mark_alec on December 21, 2012, 09:27:12 pm

Does looking at http://www.bsc.unimelb.edu.au/majors make it clearer?

Title: Re: Science - Subject selection
Post by: mc1316 on December 23, 2012, 08:58:28 am

There are no core subjects per say, however the following requirement need to be met:
- 62.5 to 125 points of science subjects are level 1
- no more than 37.5 subjects are level 1 in one direction (ie. in maths)
- 62.5 to 112.5 points of science subjects at level 2
- 75 to 125 points of science subjects at level 3
- 225 - 250 points total of science subjects
- note that you must do a major (and all its prerequisite subjects)
+ a total of 50 to 75 points of breadth (non-science subjects) must be completed, that includes
- 0 to 37.5 points at level 1
- 0 to 75 points at level 2
- and 0 to 75 points at level three
**12.5 points per subject**
300 points are required for the completion of the course

Hope it helps :)

Title: Re: Science - Subject selection
Post by: jadams on December 23, 2012, 09:01:51 am

So could I wait till second year to study breadth subjects? Also, I've already completed a UMEP subject in VCE this year, so technically that would be 2 breadth subjects out of the way. Is it easy to get credited for these units?

Title: Re: Science - Subject selection
Post by: mc1316 on December 23, 2012, 09:09:58 am

You can absolutely wait till second year to do breadth, thats what I have done. the UMEP subjects will count towards breadth or science credits depending on what the subjects were.

Title: Re: Science - Subject selection
Post by: jadams on December 23, 2012, 09:19:44 am

Ah, perfect. They weren't science subjects, so at least I'll only have to do 2 breadth subjects during my course.

Title: Re: Science - Subject selection
Post by: Starlight on December 23, 2012, 10:13:43 am

Quote from: k.sangakkara on December 21, 2012, 08:16:14 pm

Hi guys,

Anyone have a list of the core subjects for the Melbourne Science Course? I tried reading the handbook, but I'm just totally confused. So it'd be great if someone could paste a list of the necessary subjects here thanks.

:)

mark_alec is right, it depends on what you want to major in. For example, under the 'life sciences' section of http://www.bsc.unimelb.edu.au/majors, the first year prereqs are generally biology of cells and organisms, genetics and the evolution of life, chemistry 1/ fundamentals of chemistry (the latter if you haven't studied vce chem), chemistry 2.