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Learning Outcomes

1.
The ability to engage in independent and relective learning
2.
The skills required for collaborative and multidisciplinary work
3.
The skills of effective communication
4.
Information literacy: The skills to appropriately locate, evaluate and use relevant information
5.
The skills involved in scholarly enquiry
6.
The capacity for analytical and critical thinking and for creative problem solving
7.
The ability to enage in independent and reflective learning

Graduate Capabilities

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Available in Program(s)
Single degree program(s) in which this specialisation is available:

Non-Award - Not Applicable - NAWD - N/A6115 - UNSW Preparation Program 17-19

Specialisation Structure
36 Units of Credit:

Students must complete 36 UOC.

Science Specialisation Core Courses

Students must take 12 UOC of the following courses.

REGZ9075
6 UOC
Academic Skills 1
REGZ9076
6 UOC
Academic Skills 2

Science Specialisation Electives

Students should seek advice as to the appropriateness of courses to their intended area of study in a degree program.
Students must take 24 UOC of the following courses across at least two different areas and in sequence if multiple courses taken from a single area. Areas include bioscience, chemistry, *maths enabling,mathematics, physics, psychology.
* A student who already has attained Yr 12 Mathematics can choose to sit for a knowledge test before Term 1. A student who attains the required mark can substitute REGZ9070 Maths Skills with a Science elective from the prescribed list. In Term 2 the student will then do REGZ9072, and in Term 3 do REGZ9073.

BABS1201
6 UOC
Molecules, Cells and Genes
BIOS1101
6 UOC
Evolutionary and Functional Biology
BIOS1301
6 UOC
Ecology, Sustainability and Environmental Science
CHEM1001
6 UOC
Introductory Chemistry
CHEM1011
6 UOC
Chemistry 1A: Atoms, Molecules and Energy
CHEM1021
6 UOC
Chemistry 1B: Elements, Compounds and Life
REGZ9070
6 UOC
UPP Mathematics Skills
REGZ9072
6 UOC
UPP Mathematics Skills 2
MATH1011
6 UOC
Fundamentals of Mathematics B
MATH1031
6 UOC
Mathematics for Life Sciences
MATH1041
6 UOC
Statistics for Life and Social Sciences
MATH1131
6 UOC
Mathematics 1A
MATH1231
6 UOC
Mathematics 1B
PHYS1111
6 UOC
Fundamentals of Physics
PHYS1121
6 UOC
Physics 1A
PHYS1221
6 UOC
Physics 1B
PSYC1001
6 UOC
Psychology 1A
PSYC1011
6 UOC
Psychology 1B
REGZ9073
6 UOC
UPP Mathematics Skills 3

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Additional Information

Students will gain credit for all non-Enabling courses at UNSW provided they successfully complete all Enabling courses.

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