Handbook

Students must complete only one of the below specialisations. The approved Major must be declared before enrolling in level II courses. (Students do not need to declare a Major in their first year as they are encouraged to try a variety of level 1 Science courses to enable them to select an appropriate Major before commencing level II courses).

It is not possible to complete a 'double major' in this Program: if you wish to attempt more than one Major you should consider Program 3970.

Students must take 24 UOC of the following courses.

Students must take 18 UOC of the following courses.

Students must take 18 UOC of the following courses.

Students complete up to 18 UOC of the following courses.

Please Note: Students who do not undertake the Geography Major may also use:
- GEOS2241 Peak Carbon: Climate Change and Energy Policy (6 UOC)
- GEOS2641 Urban Environments (6 UOC)
- GEOS3921 Coastal Resource Management (6 UOC)
towards their Prescribed Electives.

Students can only count a course once as 6 UOC towards the 120 UOC: if a course is in both the compulsory course list and within an approved Major, then additional Prescribed Electives must be taken so that the compulsory courses, approved Major and Prescribed Electives totals 120 UOC.

A maximum of 72 UOC of Level 1 courses can be taken throughout the entire program, including any General Education or mainstream Level 1 course taken to fulfil either the General Education or the Free Elective requirement.

any level 1 course

The following courses are not required, but are recommended as good complementary courses when students are selecting electives.

Level 1:
- BIOS1101 Evolutionary & Functional Biology
- CHEM1011 Chemistry A or CHEM1031 Higher Chemistry A
- CHEM1021 Chemistry B or CHEM 1041 Higher Chemistry B
Level 2:
- BIOS2011 Evolutionary and Physiological Ecology
- GEOS2291 Earth's Interconnections

You are required to complete one Home Major and one Minor in order to graduate.

Note: If you choose to complete a major or minor in a language and your language skills are assessed as Level A in Introductory, Intermediate, Advanced or Professional, you can only commence study of the language in Term 1.

You may complete one of the following external specialisations.

MATHB2 is only available in 3961 Engineering (Honours)/Arts.

If you are enrolled in a double degree program and wish to complete an external minor that is greater than 24 UOC you will need to take extra UOC above 96 UOC.

You must complete 12 UOC of any courses offered by UNSW Arts and Social Sciences.

Indigenous Studies courses (ATSIxxxx) cannot be studied as Arts and Social Sciences Prescribed Electives.

ARTS2050 Academic Writing for the Humanities (6 UOC) and HUMS1005 Personalised English Language Enhancement (6 UOC) can be counted as UNSW Arts and Social Sciences Prescribed Electives or Free Electives.