Computational Science and Microbiology (Dual Major)

(This major is available at St Lucia only)

Prerequisites required for progression in this major:

Course Code Units Course Title
BIOL1020 2 Genes, Cells & Evolution
BIOL1040 2 Cells to Organisms
CHEM1100 2 Chemistry 1

Dual Major requirements (22 units)

Computational Science component (8 units)

4 units for -

Course Code Units Course Title
COSC2500 2 Numerical Methods in Computational Science
SCIE2100 2 Introduction to Bioinformatics

and 4 units from -

Course Code Units Course Title
BIOL3014 2 Advanced Bioinformatics
COMP3506 2 Algorithms & Data Structures
COSC3000 2 Visualization, Computer Graphics & Data Analysis
COSC3500 2 High-Performance Computing
MATH3104 2 Mathematical Biology
PHYS3071 2 Computational Physics
STAT3004 2 Probability Models & Stochastic Processes

Microbiology component (14 units)

6 units for -

Course Code Units Course Title
BIOC2000 2 Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
MICR2000 2 Microbiology & Immunology
MICR3001 2 Microbes & Human Health

and 2 units from -

Course Code Units Course Title
BIOL2006 2 Biostatistics & Experimental Design
BIOL2010 2 Ecology
BIOL2200 2 Cell Structure & Function
BIOL2202 2 Genetics
BIPH2000 2 Foundations of Biophysics
CHEM2052 2 Chemical Biology
CHEM2060 2 Intermediate Chemistry 2
SCIE2020 2 CSI UQ: Introduction to Forensic Science

and 6 units from -

Course Code Units Course Title
BIOC3005 2 Molecular Systems Biology
BIOL3003 2 Advanced Immunology
BIOL3004 2 Genomics & Bioinformatics
BIOL3009 2 Arthropods & Human Health
MICR3002 2 Virology
MICR3003 2 Molecular Microbiology
MICR3004 2 Microbial Genomics
[ BIOL3011 2 Plant Microbe & Insect Interactions
[ or
[ BIOL3201 2 Plant Diseases
[ or
[ PARA3002 2 Biomedical Parasitology

and may include 2 units from -

Course Code Units Course Title
BIOL3011 2 Plant Microbe & Insect Interactions
BIOL3201 2 Plant Diseases
PARA3002 2 Biomedical Parasitology