Science (International) - 3987
Program Summary
Faculty: Faculty of Science
Contact: http://www.science.unsw.edu.au
Campus: Sydney
Career: Undergraduate
Typical UOC Per Semester: 24
Min UOC Per Semester: 6
Max UOC Per Semester: 24
Min UOC For Award: 192
UAC Code: 429420
Domestic Entry Requirements: See Domestic Entry Requirements
International Entry Requirements: See International Entry Requirements
Award(s):
Bachelor of Science (International)
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Program Description
The program is designed for students wishing to obtain a strong and highly regarded Science program coupled with specific emphasis on cross-cultural skills, knowledge and understanding. The program also provides the knowledge and skills essential for understanding and working in the rapidly changing global environment. It will provide a wide range of career opportunities in global scientific organisations and companies, international government and non-government agencies and in scientific research. The program requires students to undertake a coherent scientific program, achieved by completing a science-based major and adds a series of directed electives to provide a suite of attributes associated with ‘global education’. The program also places emphasis on cross cultural understanding, competencies in languages and incorporates a period of overseas study. The Faculty provides a contribution to the expenses of this exchange.
Program Objectives and Graduate Attributes
- To graduate scientists with both a breadth and depth of scientific knowledge and professional skills;
- To develop the capacity for critical thinking and independent learning;
- To expose students to the social context of science, to the globalization of science, the global issues in science and provide a greater appreciation and sensitivity to the cultural context of knowledge and learning in science;
- To foster greater cross cultural understanding and the development of international professional networks.
Program Structure
TOTAL OF 192 UOC
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168 UOC
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60-96 UOC
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An approved Bachelor of Science(International) major
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36 UOC
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An approved Language minor
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24 UOC
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Approved Directed Electives |
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12-48 UOC
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Science elective courses :'Science' courses are defined in Table 1 below.
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24 UOC
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24 UOC
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Free electives: these courses can be taken from any Faculty at UNSW.
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Participation and Enrolment Requirements
B Sci (Intl) - Students are required to study overseas. This means they are subject to visa requirements, both here and overseas. But students are not compelled to go to any particular destination. In addition, students who find themselves unable to go overseas may drop back to the B Sc pass degree (program 3970).Program Rules
1. Students must complete a minimum of 192 units of credit.
2. Students must complete at least one approved Bachelor of Science (International) major, and this must be declared before enrolling in level II courses. Information on how to declare a major can be found on the Science website.
3. Approved majors in the Bachelor of Science (International) are:
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- Chinese Studies (Extended);
- Advanced Chinese Studies (Extended);
- French Studies (Extended);
- Advanced French Studies (Extended);
- German Studies (Extended);
- Indonesian Studies (Extended)
- Japanese Studies (Extended);
- Advanced Japanese Studies (Extended);
- Korean Studies (Extended);
- Advanced Korean Studies (Extended);
- Spanish and Latin American Studies (Extended);
5. A student must complete at least 24 UoC of Directed Electives from the following list of approved courses:
- ARTS1210 Concepts of Asia (6 UOC)
- ARTS1211 Australia's Asian Context (6 UOC)
- ARTS1750 Intro to Development Studies (6 UOC)
- ARTS1810 Intro to IR (6 UOC)
- ARTS2811 International Law (6 UOC)
- ARTS2812 Politics of Intl Organisation (6 UOC)
- ARTS2813 International Security (6 UOC)
- ARTS2814 Theorising the Int'l (6 UOC)
- FINS3616 International Business Finance (6 UOC)
- GEOS1601 Population, Environ., Society (6 UOC)
- GEOS3611 Geographies of Asia-Pacific (6 UOC)
- GEOS3651 Migration, Mutlicul. & Society (6 UOC)
- MGMT1101 Global Business Environment (6 UOC)
- MGMT2101 Int Bus & Multinat Operations (6 UOC)
- MGMT2102 Managing Across Cultures (6 UOC)
- MGMT3102 Asia-Pacific Business (6 UOC)
Students may apply for additional courses to be considered for this list through the Science Student Centre. Courses will be considered by the Associate Dean (Undergraduate Programs) or nominee if they fulfil the objectives of the Bachelor of Science (International) program.
6. In addition to the courses required for a student's chosen major, the language minor and 24 UoC of Directed Electives, students must take ‘Science’ courses so that the major plus language minor plus Directed Electives plus ‘Science’ courses total at least 168 UoC. ‘Science’ courses are listed in Table 1 below.
7. Students must complete at least 24 UoC of Level I ‘Science’ courses. ‘Science’ courses are listed in Table 1 below.
8. Students must complete an international exchange of 24-48 units of credit (one or two semesters) at an approved UNSW overseas partner university. Click for a list of partner universities.
The exchange is governed by the following rules:
- To proceed on exchange students must have achieved satisfactory academic progress in their first and second years of study, typically with no more than one fail on their transcript, and must fulfil the requirements of the University's exchange program.
- Students must complete 120 units of credit before they can go on exchange, i.e. the exchange program is completed in Year 3 semester 2, and Year 4 semester 1.
- A Faculty of Science Travel Bursary will be available for students who undertake the international exchange as part of this program. This bursary will represent a small contribution from the Faculty towards the cost of undertaking the exchange. Students can only apply for the Scholarship once and scholarship applications must be submitted prior to the commencement of the UNSW Exchange program. Applications submitted upon completion of the exchange program will not be accepted.
- Students must apply to go on exchange through the Study Abroad and Exchange Office, 9 months in advanced of their intended exchange. Click for details on how to apply for Student Exchange.
Students who do not satisfy the criteria for exchange will normally be required to transfer to another program for which they are eligible, for example the Bachelor of Science (program 3970).
9. A maximum of 72 units of credit of Level I courses can be taken throughout the entire degree.
10. Students may not enrol into Level II courses until at least 30 UoC of Level I courses have been successfully completed.
11. Students may not enrol into Level III courses until at least 72 UoC of courses have been successfully completed.
12. Progression to stages 2,3 and 4 is subject to satisfactory progress. Students who do not meet a minimum weighted average mark (WAM) of 65 at the end of stage 2 will be required to transfer to program 3970 Bachelor of Science. Students who are otherwise deemed ineligible to proceed on exchange will also be required to transfer to program 3970 Bachelor of Science.
Table 1: Definition of 'Science' courses
'Science' courses are courses offered by the following Schools. The course prefixes that are associated with each School are in bold:
Aviation | AVIA |
Biological Earth and Environmental Sciences | BIOS, BEES, CLIM, GEOS, MSCI, ENVS |
Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences | BABS, BIOC, BIOT, MICR |
Chemistry | CHEM |
Computer Science | COMP |
Data Science | DATA |
Food Science | FOOD |
Materials Science and Engineering | MATS |
Mathematics and Statistics | MATH |
Medical Sciences | ANAT, NEUR, PATH, PHAR, PHSL, SOMS |
Psychology | PSYC |
Physics | PHYS |
Optometry and Vision Science | OPTM, VISN |
Science Faculty | SCIF |
General Education Requirements
Honours
Students who wish to undertake Honours in Food Science are required to apply for admission into program 3065 Food 3065 Food Science (Honours) through the School of Chemical Engineering.
Students who wish to undertake Honours in Bioinformatics may either apply for the Bioinformatics stream in program 4500, or the Computational Biology stream in program 4515 Computer Science (Honours).
Academic Rules
Fees
Choosing Electives
Students may choose to undertake further ‘Science’ courses, or may explore subject areas from outside of Science.
Double Major
Award with Distinction
Faculty of Science Rules
Area(s) of Specialisation
Area(s) of Specialisation
- Anatomy
- Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Bioinformatics
- Biological Science
- Biotechnology
- Chemistry
- Chinese Studies
- Food Science and Technology
- French Studies
- Genetics
- Geography
- Geology
- German Studies
- Indonesian Studies
- Japanese Studies
- Korean Studies
- Marine Science
- Materials Science
- Mathematics
- Microbiology and Immunology
- Neuroscience
- Oceanography
- Pathology
- Pharmacology
- Physics
- Physiology
- Psychology
- Spanish and Latin American Studies
- Statistics
- Vision Science