Bachelor of Science

• A program that promotes ethical, social and environmental responsibility in its students
• A qualification that maintains its prestigious standing with employers worldwide
• Produces graduates that have highly marketable skills that equip them for employment in a wide range of areas in the private and public sectors, both locally and internationally
• Students can graduate with a course they have tailored to suit their career intentions
• The School of Applied Sciences and Engineering is known for its hands-on training in a laboratory based course resulting in graduates developing advanced skills sought by employers
• Offers practical employment skills such as competence in scientific inquiry and research, communication, critical thinking and analysis, problem solving, use of information technology for communication and scientific techniques, data handling, presentation skills and team work
• Offers huge flexibility as studies can be included from outside science, for example, from arts, business and economics, and information technology, thus further extending career choices
• Students gain specialised knowledge that provides a sound foundation for further studies at honours or postgraduate level thus leading to careers as professional scientists in industry, education or research
• Specialised training to develop potential for honours and postgraduate study for pathways to higherscientific employment.

Science areas of study and sequences

Course structure

Over the three years of the degree students complete:

• A total of 24 units
• Four units each semester or eight units per year
• At least one major science area of study
• At least one minor science area of study
• Two core units
• Either at least one unit is taken from each of physical, life and earth processes known as the three ‘PLE’ groups, or at least three level-one science sequences in different areas of study
• Remaining units from science or another faculty (up to a major) that can help broaden knowledge and include special interests

`PLE' groups include the following areas of study:

Physical processes: chemistry, physics
Life processes: biology, psychology
Earth processes: Environmental science

Sample course 1

• Applied microbiology
• Applied biochemistry

Please Note: This is an example only

Sample course 2

• Applied chemistry
• Resource and environmental management

Please Note: This is an example only

More information

• For more on the Bachelor of Science and science areas of study see the Monash University Undergraduate Handbook 2008.