1997 QUT Handbook

(ii) Instead of the major and minor requirement described in Rule 4, students may, in special circumstances
and with the written approval of the Dean, undertake two majors or a major and two minors.
(iii) In the specification of the minor in rule 4 (ii), the term ‘advanced level’ means:
for those students taking minors from the SC30 Science disciplines, units from schedules 2 and
3 in the SC30 schedules of units, and
for students taking minors from other Faculties, any units which have a prerequisite of at least
one other unit.
General Requirements for Majors
The units and specifications listed are the minimum requirements for completion of a major in each discipline.
BIOLOGY
First level: Animal and Plant Structure and Function
Cell and Molecular Biology 1
Chemistry 1
Introduction to Life Science
Statistics or Statistics 1A
Second & third levels: 120 credit points of Biology units including 48 from the third level
BIOTECHNOLOGY
First level: Animal and Plant Structure and Function
Cell and Molecular Biology 1
Chemistry 1
Chemistry 2
Introduction to Life Science
Statistics or Statistics 1A
Second & third levels: 120 credit points of Biotechnology units including 48 from the third level
CHEMISTRY
First level: Chemistry 1
Chemistry 2
At least 36 credit points from other first level Science units OR Computing OR
Software Development 1
Second & third levels: 120 credit points of Chemistry units including 48 from the third level
GEOLOGY
First level: Physical Geology
Historical Geology
Chemistry 1
Chemistry 2
12 credit points of Mathematics or Physics units
At least 12 credit points from other Science units OR
Statistics OR
Computing
Second & third levels: 120 credit points of Geology units including 48 from the third level
MATHEMATICS
First level: Algebra and Analysis B
Calculus and Analysis A2 Calculus and Vector Algebra3 Statistics 1A
Second & third levels: 120 credit points of Mathematics units including 48 from the third level
2 MAB200 is required unless a SA in Mathematics C has been obtained.
3 This unit may be replaced with another first level Mathematics unit with permission from the Mathematics Coordinator.
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