Computational Science and Plant Science (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
BIOL1030 2 Global Challenges in Biology
BIOL1040 2 Cells to Organisms

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

Plant Science component (14 units)

6 units for -

Course Code Units Course Title
BIOL2006 2 Biostatistics & Experimental Design
BIOL2203 2 Plant Biology
BIOL3200 2 Current Topics in Plant Science

and 2 units from -

Course Code Units Course Title
AGRC2013 2 Agricultural Microbiology & Gene Technology
BIOC2000 2 Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
BIOL2010 2 Ecology
BIOL2015 2 Ecology Field Studies
BIOL2201 2 Evolution
BIOL2202 2 Genetics
MICR2000 2 Microbiology & Immunology
PLNT2011 2 Plant and Environmental Health

and 4 units from -

Course Code Units Course Title
BIOL3011 2 Plant Microbe & Insect Interactions
BIOL3201 2 Plant Diseases
BIOL3202 2 Plant Biology II
BIOL3203 2 Plant Molecular Biology & Biotechnology
BIOL3204 2 Plant Adaptation and Global Change
BIOL3227 2 Plant Identification and Vegetation Classification

and 2 units from -

Course Code Units Course Title
AGRC3037 2 Plants for Human Health
BIOL3000 2 Conservation
BIOL3004 2 Genomics & Bioinformatics
BIOL3016 2 Outback Ecology Field Studies
BIOL3030 2 Urban Ecology
BIOL3210 2 Fungal Biology
BIOL3310 2 Macroecology and Biogeography
BIOL3370 2 Animal-Plant Interactions
LAND3005 2 Soil Plant Relationships
PLNT3012 2 Weed Science