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Major & Minor Sequences
The majors and minors offered in this school are listed below and should be read in conjunction with the linked tables (see left) of the units that make up a major or minor sequence. This provides you with a guide as to the unit choices you should make if you want to gain a strong background in a particular discipline. Some of the majors listed below focus on specific disciplines within biology, but the Biology major allows you to do any combination of BIO/GEN units. For a strong broad-based education in plant and animal biology you should include the following units: BIO2181 and BIO2231, with BIO2011, GEN2041 and BIO2022. We have also listed below an advisor for each sequence.
Note: the units listed at 3rd year may have second year prerequisites that are not listed as compulsory 2nd year units for that major or minor. These 3rd year units are marked with an asterisk. In addition, please note that BIO2082, BIO2103, and BIO3103 were last offered in 2005 and are now discontinued units.
It is also possible to do a double major (72 points in a deemed sequence rather than 48 points - see the Faculty Handbook) in Biology, Ecology, Zoology, and in Environmental & Conservation Biology.
Dr Richard Reina
Biology is the study of life process and living organisms. It is concerned with microbes, plants and animals, and their structure, function, evolution and development.
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Dr Alan Neale
Biotechnology is an exciting area in modern science that has great potential in the industrial, medical and agricultural sectors. Biotechnology includes practical applications of knowledge involving many biological processes and it draws on advances in molecular biology, genetics, biochemistry, microbiology, chemical science/engineering, cell biology, immunology, pharmacology and other disciplines.
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Dr Dennis O'Dowd
Ecology is the study of interactions between plants, animals and the environment. It is concerned
with the delicate balance between organisms and the ecosystems in which they live.
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Dr Dennis O'Dowd
Environmental and Conservation Biology focuses on how humans impact on species and ecosystems, and the ecological management methods we can use to maintain or restore properly functioning ecosystems and minimise species extinctions.
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Assoc. Prof. Steve McKechnie
Genetics is the study of genes - their structure, function, transmission and evolution. It lies at the centre of biology because the same genetic principles apply to microbes, plants, animals and humans.
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Dr Coral Warr and Dr Alan Neale
Genetics and molecular biology are complementary disciplines that underpin many exciting areas of science such as biomedical science, biotechnology, conservation genetics, and forensics. Students completing this major will obtain a wide perspective across both disciplines, and an understanding of how they can be applied jointly in basic and applied science.
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Dr Richard Reina
Marine and Freshwater Biology is the study of plant and animal life in aquatic environments, from their biochemistry to their ecology, in environments ranging from ephemeral lakes through tropical reefs to the depths of the ocean.
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Assoc. Prof. Jenny Read
Plant sciences is the study of plants, their diversity and structure, and how they function. It involves studying plants living on land, in the sea and in freshwater environments, from the scale of genes and molecules to ecology.
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Dr Richard Reina
Zoology is the study of animals - their diversity and structure, and how they function. It involves the study of animals living on land, in the sea and in freshwater environments, from the scale of genes and molecules to ecology.
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