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The Bachelor of Science from Charles Sturt University gives you the freedom to explore the diversity of natural and physical sciences. You can gain a broad foundational knowledge, specialise in a particular scientific field or construct a unique study program to suit your interests, including choosing electives from other disciplines across the university.
Studying science online gives you the flexibility to study your way - with opportunities to get hands-on experience during on-campus intensive schools. You could also select some on-campus subjects, and gain authentic practical experience in our world-class facilities. For example, you could get hands-on experience at the National Life Sciences Hub, a contemporary research, learning and teaching complex established at Charles Sturt University's Wagga Wagga campus and staffed by leading scientists and researchers. Facilities include student teaching laboratories, collaborative research areas, controlled-environmental facilities, a glasshouse complex and quarantine-approved research areas.
This course is the ideal foundation for further study. You could undertake an Honours year to get a taste of research, move into more specialised postgraduate studies in areas such as ornithology, environmental management, fish conservation or GIS. And who knows, maybe you'll go on to a PhD to discover new knowledge. If you're interested in teaching, the Bachelor of Science also provides a pathway to pursue further study at Charles Sturt to become a secondary school science and/or mathematics teacher.
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When you graduate, you'll be ready to make your mark in a wide range of careers, including:
For each 8-point subject you are enrolled in, you should expect to spend 10 to 12 hours per week working on assignments and assigned readings, tutorial assistance, individual or group research/study, forum activity, workplace learning, and attending lectures, intensive schools, or examinations. If you are studying four subjects per session, this is equivalent to a full-time job. The workload for some subjects may vary as a result of approved course design.
You may need to attend an online or on-campus intensive school for certain subjects in this course. These schools usually involve lectures, tutorials and practicals that will give you a deeper understanding of your subject.
| SCI101 | What is Science? | 8 credit pts | ||
| SCI201 | Science in Modern Society | 8 credit pts | ||
| STA201 | Scientific Statistics | 8 credit pts | ||
| STA308 | Experimental Design and Analysis | 8 credit pts |
| IKC101 | First Nations Foundations: Knowing, Relating and Understanding Country | 8 credit pts | |||
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| ENM111 | Indigenous Environmental Studies | 8 credit pts | |||
| Select one major sequence from following list. Analytical Chemistry, Biology, Earth Science and Physics are extended major sequences with nine or ten subjects required for completion. | |||||
| CH0001 | Analytical Chemistry | 80 credit pts | |||
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| BY0001 | Biology | 72 credit pts | |||
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| EA0001 | Earth Science | 72 credit pts | |||
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| PH0001 | Physics | 72 credit pts | |||
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| MT0001 | Mathematics | 64 credit pts | |||
Electives may be chosen from within the Faculty of Science and/or from across the University (subject to meeting any pre-requisite and enrolment restriction), and used to complete a second major and/or satisfy the student's interests to complete the course requirements. Further elective options may be available in the following applied or interdisciplinary areas. Students should contact the course director for further information: * Animal and plant biosecurity * Data, digital, and spatial science * Natural resource resilience and productivity
Explore the world around you in microscopic detail with the analytical chemistry major. Backed by the Royal Australian Chemical Institute, you'll learn a broad range of skills that will allow you to investigate the chemical composition of substances, while developing solutions to real-world problems.
As changes to the natural environment become more evident, biologists play a vital role in protecting, maintaining and restoring healthy ecosystems. Safeguard our resources, plants, habitats and animal populations for future generations. You can choose to tailor your biology major to reflect your passions: conservation biology, animal biology or plant biology.
In the earth science major you can tailor your learning to your interests and gain advanced knowledge in a wide range of industry, research and government settings. You could examine soil and water quality, management or policy. You could investigate the impact of climate change - and devise solution to mitigate and adapt to it. You could explore how history shapes environment.
Are you a keen problem-solver? You could work in programming, data analysis, financial modelling, logistics and planning, or market research in a range of industries like business, engineering or science. With the mathematics major, you'll gain advanced problem-solving and complex reasoning skills, making you sought after and valued by employers.
Physics is a part of, well, almost everything. You could investigate tiny subatomic particles, or the entire universe. You could propose theories, then explore them. Or develop new products that could make a difference to medicine, the military, or industry. Studying the physics major allows you to explore areas as diverse as astronomy, climatology, electrodynamics, nanotechnology, quantum mechanics and relativity. With physics you can do, well, almost anything.
The Bachelor of Science has multiple session intakes; Session 1 (30), Session 2 (60) and Session 3 (90); your enrolment pattern will be set in consultation with the Course Director.
Brush up on your skills with our short, online subjects that prepare you for university. Topics range from essay writing and grammar, to maths, statistics, and chemistry - best of all they're free for most Australian residents. Visit Study Link to see our full range of subjects.
As a Charles Sturt University student, throughout your course you have a responsibility to continue to develop skills in English language, literacy and numeracy as appropriate to your discipline. This ongoing development will enable you to effectively participate in your course and graduate prepared to enter the workforce.
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I had been working as a lab assistant and loved being part of science again. I decided I wanted to do more with it so I started a science degree majoring in Analytical Chemistry. I'm loving the subjects I have done so far and the lecturers are great. I especially love the time in the laboratory.
