Ecology - BIOSA13566

Stream Summary

Faculty: SCI - Faculty of Science

School: School of Biological, Earth & Environmental Sciences

Contact: http://www.babs.unsw.edu.au/

Program: 3566 - Economics / Science (Adv Sc)

Award(s):

Bachelor of Science (Advanced) (Major)

Stream Outline

Ecology is a branch of Science concerned with the interrelationship of organisms and their environment.

Stream Structure

A major in Ecology is comprised of 72 units of credit of courses as follows:

Stage 1

BIOS1101 Evolutionary & Functional Biol (6 UOC)
BIOS1301 Ecology and sustainability (6 UOC)
GEOS1701 Environ Systems. & Processes (6 UOC)
MATH1041 Stats for Life & Soc Sciences (6 UOC)

Stage 2

BEES2041 Data Analysis: Life & Earth Sc (6 UOC)
BIOS2011 Evolutionary & Physiol Ecology (6 UOC)
GEOS2711 Australian Climate &Vegetation (6 UOC)

PLUS 6 UOC from:

BIOS2031 Biology of Invertebrates (6 UOC)
BIOS2051 Flowering Plants (6 UOC)
BIOS2061 Vertebrate Zoology (6 UOC)

Recommended electives (these courses are not required but are recommended as good complementary courses for this major):

GEOS2811 Remote Sensing Applications (6 UOC)
MSCI2001 Introductory Marine Science (6 UOC)

Stage 3

BIOS3601 Advanced Field Biology (6 UOC)
BIOS3671 Conserv. Biol. & Biodiv. (Adv) (6 UOC)

PLUS 12 UOC from:

BIOS3061 Plant Ecology (6 UOC)
BIOS3091 Marine and Aquatic Ecology (6 UOC)
BIOS3161 Life in Arid Lands (6 UOC)
BIOS3681 Ocean to Estuarine Ecosys Adv (6 UOC)

Recommended electives (these courses are not required but are recommended as good complementary courses for this major):

GEOS3911 E.I.A. (6 UOC)

BEES3041 Statistics in Life and Environmental Sciences (new course under development).

Honours

For further information on Honours in Ecology, please see the Ecology Honours entry in this Handbook.