Undergraduate courses offered by the Faculty
Science Double Degree Program (SZSS) – Melbourne (Bundoora)
This double degree program is designed to allow academically able students to combine any two of the three-year degrees offered by the Faculty of Science, Technology and Engineering. A course adviser will assist students in designing a program that will suit their individual interests.
If the core requirements for each degree are met, graduates will be awarded both selected degrees.
Eligible three-year degrees offered by the faculty are:
- Bachelor of Animal and Veterinary Biosciences
- Bachelor of Biological Sciences
- Bachelor of Biotechnology and Cell Biology
- Bachelor of Chemical Science1
- Bachelor of Computer Science2
- Bachelor of Computer Science in Games Technology
- Bachelor of Conservation Biology and Ecology
- Bachelor of Human Nutrition
- Bachelor of Information Systems
- Bachelor of Biomedical Science
- Bachelor of Medicinal Chemistry
- Bachelor of Psychological Science2
- Bachelor of Science
Key: 1 The Bachelor of Chemical Science in being phased out. Students commencing the Science double degree program from 2010 onwards cannot choose the Bachelor of Chemical Science as one of their two degrees.
Key: 2 A course of study in Cognitive Science can be pursued by taking a specified sequence of subjects within the Bachelor of Psychological Science and the Bachelor of Computer Science.
Contact details for obtaining advice about this program are available in the Faculty Office.
Course structure
This double degree is of four and a half years’ full-time or equivalent part-time duration and requires the completion of 540 credit points. Students may complete this double degree in four years as part of an accelerated study program. The maximum number of first year level credit points to be taken is 180 and the minimum number of third year level credit points required is 180. Normally the maximum load permitted in any one semester is 80 credit points. Students are required to complete the core requirements for each of the two degrees. For new students an adviser will be available at the enrolment session to plan their individual course structure.
Students who have difficulty with the workload of the course may apply to transfer to either of the degrees.
Honours
Suitably qualified students may be eligible to undertake an Honours year, which will require an additional full-time or equivalent part-time year of study.