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Look at the world around you. It's IT'S MEANINGFUL IT'S DIVERSE
changed a lot in the past few years. Makea difference in society just like our A Science degree
is a sure-fire
Whether you want to help fight the researchers, who are tackling some of our your career in way to
research and kickstart
plastic in our oceans, develop clever planet's biggest challenges. health, engineering, development,
chat bots or create the next viral app - information
or education, just to technology
Some examples: name a few.
you can be a part of making the world a are essential wherever Scienceskills
you go.
better place. Making cities greener to increase looking to build a career Whetheryou're
in an established
productivity, prevent urban flooding, industry or explore the
create energy savings and reduce inner possibilitiesina
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Withdeep expertise across the largest BREADTHSUBJECTS

breadth of majors in Australia, access Breadth allows you to tailor your course to fit
"Be excited
about the
to and mentoring from world-leading your individual passions and career ambitions.
educationyou are
diverse
You might, for example, study science but take about to
researchers and teachers, and our experience. Sayyes to
breadth in Mandarin Chinese- a great choice every
location within Melbourne's unique opportunity and
immerse
for a scientist looking to work internationally yourselfin as many
scientific precinct, Science at Melbourne different
and help solve global issues. experiences asyou
offers you a degree like no other. can.
Discover whatyou
You can use breadth to explore something are
passionate about and
you've always been curious about, whether give this
COURSE STRUCTURE allyou've got. Get
readyfor an
it's related to your major or not. Or, you could incredibly transformational
A three-year degree in which you complete 24
complement your Science major with other fewyears."
subjects (300 points of study in total). Most
skills - in business, law or property, for example.
students complete eight subjects (100 points Ariana Kamboj (NewZealand)
'Breadth tracks' (groups of subjects taken
of study) in each year of full-time study.
throughout your degree) may even qualify you Bachelor of Science,
for graduate study in a field that's very different major in Immunology
SCIENCE MAJORS to your major.
A major is a sequence of subjects you
complete in your third year to become a
HONOURS
specialist in that particular discipline.
There are over 40 majors available in the An optional fourth year ofstudy, available
Bachelor of Science. in certain disciplines, that gives you the
opportunity to draw together your previous
Ifyou already know the area you want to studies and focus on an exciting piece of
specialise in, you can focus on your major right original research.
away. Or, if you have interests in many areas
of
science, technology, engineering and
you can leave your options open
maths, BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
first year while you explore.
during your (EXTENDED)
A four-year degree for talented Indigenous
Learn more aboutthe majors students who may not meet the regular
available in the
Bachelor of Science on pages Bachelor of Science entry requirements.
8-17.

SUBJECT SPOTLIGHT: As a Bachelor of Science

(Extended) student,
TODAY'S your study experience will be
SCIENCE, TOMORROW'S enriched with
WORLD an additional year of tailored
In your first semester, support and
you'll take Today's
Science, Tomorrow's resources to provide a strong
World: an innovative foundation for
subject that focuses success in science. You'll
on climate change have access to the
and environmental full range of student
sustainability. Using an opportunities available
interdisciplinaryapproach, at Melbourne- including
you'll discover study abroad and
the powerof exchange; scholarships,
science to make a awards and prizes;
impact, learn positive volunteering and leadership
about cutting-edge programs;
happeningat the research and career-focused
exploresolutions
University of Melbourne, opportunities such as
and opportunities internships and networking.
to us, and available
understand the
responding to the role you play in
challenges We YOUR NEXT STEPS:
face. WORK OR
go.unimelb.edu.au/66ki GRADUATESTUDY
After you finish
your Science
can join the degree, you
workforce or go on
graduate level. to study at
See pages 20-29
where your to find out
degree could
lead.
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 SCIENCEMAJORS

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
full range of ANIMAL HEALTH AND DISEASE BIOCHEMISTRY AND
BIOTECHNOLOGY CELL AND DEVELOPMENTAL SYSTEMS
Majorsencompassthe production MOLECULAR BIOLOGY BIOLOGY wouldn't
engineers, we
engineering, Study animal health, wildlife and to develop new Without chemical
science, technology, an Biochemistry is a branch of science Use biological knowledge We're all made of cells, and we atl
start with pharmaceuticals, toiletries,
disciplines, animal processes while gaining that processes and products in
industry, health. have plastics, and
and medicine the explores the chemical processes taking just one. But what are cells made
of? Explore or processed food
mathematics understanding of how preventing place agribusiness and Other areas Of
human household cleaners
and biological the genetic, molecular and
cellular basis of invent. design
fromthe fundamental spread of animal disease can
protect human inside living things - from viruses and
bacteria technology. You can focus
on areas such as drink. Chemical engineers
systems and IT. development in a variety of organisms
and that convert raw
sciencesto engineering to plants and animals. using molecular
biology, biology, chemistry, physics
and engineering, and implement processes
biochemists study what happens inside products used every
animal health and its related
industries,
cells and even specialise in streams
of agri-
resulting materials into valuable of
by investigating how cellular components when cellular processes are disrupted, through to the Master
including public policy, biosecurity
and
food. molecular, biomedical
and chemical day. Follow this major
AGRICULTURALSCIENCE your such as nucleic acids, proteins, sugars and jump into in developmental disorders or
diseases such
Chemical Engineering and
you'll join students
infectious disease research. Apply fats biotechnology. You'll be ready to
industry is all about as cancer or diabetes. Gain an
awareness such as clean
Today, the agricultural learning in the lab and develop
the skills work together. This information helps us to
one of the world's biggest,
fastest growing working on important projects
science: logistics, engineering,
robotics and in the drug delivery for
to diagnose and monitor
disease in animal understand how cells function, and also why industries. or go into further study Stem energy biofuels, targeted
a cutting-edge, technologies - including IVF, birth control, methods of air
genetics. Modern farming is diseases occur when things go wrong. You'll Master of Biotechnology. cancer treatment and new
towards creating populations, so you could help prevent cell technology and genetically
manipulated
high-tech industry geared build the knowledge and techniques needed in pollution control.
another pandemic. in the foods and crops - to prepare you for
possible
a sustainable future. At Melbourne,
our
the rapidly advancing fields of medical research This major is also available
the
on farms, Bachelor of Biomedicine. careers in research laboratories and
agricultural scientists work in labs, and biotechnology.
with drones and new technology.
We even ANIMAL SCIENCE AND medico-legal area.

have our own robotic dairy!

use your biology MANAGEMENT This major is also available in the
This major is also available in the
develop food and Learn all about animal management and
biology, Bachelor of Biomedicine.
and chemistry knowledge to Bachelor of Biomedicine.
in our to
fibre products that will be sustainable from genetics and reproduction through
changing environment, or your
mathematics behaviour and welfare. You'll study the complex BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING
and
and statistics skills to manage livestock ethical and moral issues concerning animal SYSTEMS
can
grazing patterns. Within this major, you ownership and have the opportunity to focus on
Study elements of engineering, science and
choose to specialise in agricultural science, a chosen group of animals. You can specialise medicine, and learn to use all three to develop
crop science or animal production. in animal behaviour and welfare, livestock new and improved medical treatments,
production or animal science in order to pursue
processes and instruments. Our bioengineers
your career in biotechnology, animal production, are already working on ground-breaking
environmental policy and many others. innovations such as the bionic eye, implants
that help control epilepsy and improved ways of
delivering life-saving drugs to the body. Follow
this major through to the Master of Biomedical
Engineering to become a qualified engineer.

This major is also available in the

Bachelor of Biomedicine.

"Make the most ofuniversity life.

It'San excitingtimeand thereare
SAMPLE COURSE PLAN - BACHELOR OF SCIENCEO many lifeexperiences to be made
MAJOR IN ANIMAL SCIENCE AND MANAGEMENT insideand outsidethe classroom.
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 ENGINEERING
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SYSTEMS
CLIMATE AND WEATHER
DATA SCIENCE ECOSYSTEM SCIENCE 50 per cent engineers design
and build
Over the past decade there ECOLOGY AND ever, more than Electrical scales- from
changes to our For the first time on all
CHEMISTRY Ongoing and unpredictable explosion in the amount of
has been an electronic devices grids.
energy greatly challenge how
harnessjng renewable climate and weather will data captured
Whether it's new from mobile phones. the
nanotechnology or the future. In this major,
sources. next-gen and where we'll live in internet. sensors
chemistry is an science and meteorology and instruments. Capturing this data for us, and for
breakthroughs, you'll study climate is big birds really dinosaurs? more liveable network. as well
medical
different processes combine business, but how do we make species originate? Are making our cities deep space
to discover how sense of it all? combines disciplines from genetics aviation and the engineers
tomorrow. The future
of science Learn to integrate and apply This major
HOW Our electrical
field.
technology of statistical and forests worldwide. as in the medical systems
chemistry sits at the we see dwindling
lives by developing
climate change, climate computational principles to solve
and
weather. Learn about of the evolutionary basis
is multidisciplinary, our problems with large-scale data, and
real-world deep understanding are improving bionic vision,
hearing
much that will change weather forecasting habitats and biodiversity, and This major will
show you for
intersection of so modelling science, and set oi ecosystems. in sustainable ways? and instrumentation systems. You
century. In this major and ocean current yourself up for the career of the future. between species and their and life-support
world over the coming
and the roles that wind the relationships how to care for. use and protect urban technologies and Master of
of molecular design your skills in many specialise in ecology, to the
you'll study the fields systems play. You can build environments. You can forest ecosystems. It has
two specialisations: major through
DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE can follow this become a qualified
analysis and spectroscopic that play a role in ecology, or evolution and forest ecosystems. to
and synthesis, of the different sciences conservation urban ecosystems and Electrical Engineering
identification of chemical
species, quantum
climate and weather.
ENGINEERINGSYSTEMS biodiversity, engineer
dynamics, chemical
chemistry, molecular Do you wonder how your GPS knows
kinetics and thermodynamics. COMPUTING AND SOFTWARE where to go? Or how a satellite can process
SYSTEMS photographic images? With the Digital
SYSTEMS
CIVIL ENGINEERING apps, gaming, Infrastructure Engineering Systems major
Whether you're interested in
significant impact products or you could build the next generation of 3D
Civil engineers have a productivity software, financial
challenges of visualisations for Google Earth or create
on our world, meeting the web development, this major
will build the
infrastructure software that will help us predict and respond
urban development, restoring knowledge and skills you need
for a career in
structures to to bushfires and natural disasters. Study the
after disasters and building use programming
Learn about the software industry. You'll
withstand extreme conditions. science and technology of 3D measurement,
of the built languages, learn about the systematic
planning, design and construction mapping and visualisation, with a focus on the
best ways of processes behind the softwaredevelopment
environment, and explore the appreciation of fundamental questions of where, what and
environment. life cycle, and gain an
interacting with the natural you when. Follow this major through to the Master
Master of advanced computing. Once completed,
Follow this major through to the graduate study to Of Digital Infrastructure Engineering
qualified can level up your major with
Civil Engineering to become a engineer. to become an accredited engineer.
innovative become an accredited software
engineer and start creating .1
solutions to our modern problems. This major is also available in the
Bachelor of Design.
This major is also available in the
Bachelor of Design.

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 ENGINEERING
FOODSCIENCE GEOGRAPHY
INFECTION AND
IMMUNITY
ENVIRONMENTAL be sharing the
By 2050,we can expect to Develop your skills in
IMMUNOLOGY are essential for
conservation
HUMANSTRUCTURE Many microorganisms
SYSTEMS planet with 9.7 billion people who will all environmental practices and some can cause
complexities of natural nutritious, social human health. though
Learn about the need access to food that is safe, through problem-focused processes controls infections and infections. Our immune
they interact with the to sustainably and field-based immune system, which potentially disastrous
systems and how and delicious. Learn new ways activities. You can study Modern humans have existed for over 200,000 microorganisms. inflict damage on us
with
Examine land use and climate change. coastal geomorphology provides protection against system can also
built environmenr_ develop. improve, preserve, process. package years. Discover how the human body has the diseases. Explore
water resources processes. You'll explore its applications to allergies and autoimmune
management, salinity, and store food products globally, so you can palaeoecology. sustainable biodiversity continued to evolve and adapt over this time. new immune- microorganisms.
management,waterquality
and soil development development and clinical use of infectionscaused by
play a pivotal role in meeting the expanding globalisation. Optional and You'll get hands-on experience using human parasites.
rehabilitation.Follow
this major through to the field subjects based therapies for cancer, infectious including bacteria, viruses
and
needs of local and international food you first-hand experience can give cadavers to understand the relationship diseases and controls
Engineering and you of the diseases. allergies. autoimmune system
Masterof Environmental industries. This major has a focus on food politics that define our cultures and between human structure and function. and
issues such Discoverhow our immune
in the field alongside fascinating the prevention of transplantation immunity against the
can join our graduates chemistry, food microbiology, food processing landscapes. explore relevant fields such as physiology, infections and provides
as organ rejection. harm us.
biologists. ecologists and
resource managers
and preservation, and how different
This major is also available
in the neuroscience. pathology. pharmacology and microorganisms that are out to
sustainable world. zoology. This major is a great pathway to
creatinga more efficientand ingredients affect our health and wellbeing.
Bachelor of Arts.
This major is also available in the the
further study in medicine or health sciences This major is also available in
Bachelor of Biomedicine.
ENVIRONMENTALSCIENCE GEOLOGY Bachelor of Biomedicine.
GENETICS This major is also available in the
serious
Our environment is facing some With 4.6 billion years' worth Bachelor of Biomedicine.
habitat Genetic material provides organisms with of records,
challenges - from changing climates to has plenty to tell us. In this geology
species their unique properties, including the major, you'll
toss,environmental degradation, discover the secrets hidden
ability to reproduce, and is the channel for below the ground
extinction and overpopulation. Combine through field-based classes and
evolution. At its core, genetics is the study of laboratory
knowledge in biology, chemistry, statistics analysis. Explore the origins of
the variation between living things - humans, our planet and
and earth sciences for a multidisciplinary the processes that have and
animals and plants - and how this is inherited. will continue to
approach to overcoming these challenges. shape it. Our economy and lifestyles
Specjalise in conservation and ecosystems, Study genetics to find out how cells work rely on
the resources that lie bbeneath
at a molecular level, how mutations can us, so there
climate change, natural resources and are lots of career opportunities for
cause disease, why these mutations occur in geologists
hazards. or sustainability science. Develop in research, environmental assessment
skills in risk assessment and environmental populations and the answers to many more
and remediation, minerals and
monitoring, which are critical to careers in fascinating questions about life. petroleum
industries, and government.
consulting, environmental management and
This major is also available in the
laboratory research.
Bachelor of Biomedicine. HUMAN NUTRITION
Human Nutrition starts with the science
of agriculture, food production and food
processing. It then explores food's nutrient
composition, the interaction of these nutrients
with our biochemical and physiological
make-up, and the impact of diet on health and
disease. This major is a great first step towards
IN THE WORLD FOR IN THE WORLD careers in the food industry, public health, food
ENVIRONMENTAL
STUDIES FOR GEOGRAPHY policy and many other areas. After graduation,
you will be eligible to apply for registration as
an Associate Nutritionist with the Nutrition
Society of Australia and complete graduate
study towards qualifying as a dietitian.

This major is also available in the

Bachelor of Biomedicine.
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ENGINEERING PATHOLOGY Discover the interaction the
MARINE BIOLOGY learning the universal NEUROSCIENCE didn't know the
root matter. Learn about
Are you interested in Not that long ago we agents and living substances,
earth live in the predictive If you like mechanical. is fascinating and diseases, and biologically active
Over of animals on an language for abstraction and electrical and How the brain works cause of the most common mechanisms of
ecosystems confronting captivated by the software still so much to be our agricultural,
agents and
ocean, in marine modeling? Maybe you're just
engineering, why not combine
baffling, and there's learn. Learn how
Explore marine biological
all three
and computers. there's still so much to leads to such as therapeutic chemicals. Be inspired
uncertain future. intrinsic beauty of patterns and
deep truths develop the next generation
of automated discovered about these living scientific understanding of disease household and industrial
they face and the Universe works. technologies? You 'Il build a system is organised path towards the
systems, the threats about numbers and how the Learn how the nervous research
strategies used detailed
biology of to set off on a
environmental management With a major in Mathematics
and Statistics, understanding of the way
mechanical. and how it functions. from the explore the basis of disease
through changes
Develop a breadth of circuits through to disease. among others,
to help them
thrive.
you'll learn powerfulanalytical and
problem- electronic and software engineering nerve cells and neural and function of molecules
disciplines - from interact complex behaviours. in the structure cancer and Parkinson's studying in
knowledge across many You could to enable the development of 'smart' neural systems and pathology in a industry. You'll be
solving skills you can use anywhere. neuroscience interacts and cells, Perform diagnostic
in this Sl trillion
such as botany and products and systems. These include Find out how modern pharmaceutical industry.
biological sciences design algorithms for an innovative
start-up,
sciences of chemistry, with molecular and cell
biology. physiology, the heart of Australia's
zoology, to the physical control and optimise processes in big
industry, computer-controlled robots,washing for a career in disease research
or as a medical opportunities to connect with
This major is psychology, and cognitive and
information so look out for
geography and oceanography advance health care through data science,
machines. automotive equipment, within the
institutes
careers in commercial medical
science. You can then apply
this knowledge to pathologist. the many companies and
a great foundation for help governments and societies make
critical imaging systems, wind and wave
generators,
environmental fields such as drug development,
behaviourai
This major is also available in the Parkville precinct.
aquaculture, conservation, in advanced CNC machines and hybrid
decisions, or pursue an international career and
monitoring, research and
tourism. research and brain imaging. Bachelor of Biomedicine. in the
fundamental research, electric vehicles. Follow this major
through This major is also available
MATHEMATICALPHYSICS
to the Master of Mechatronics Engineering
to This major is also available in
the Bachelor of Biomedicine.
become an accredited engineer.
some MECHANICALENGINEERING Bachelor of Biomedicine.
Applyyour mathematical skills to answer
holes, SYSTEMS
of life'sbiggest questions. From black MICROBIOLOGY
thermodynamics, electricity and magnetism Study the operation and control of machines in
While many microorganisms are essential
to superconductivity and elementary
particle a wide range of contexts, from transportation for
(including cars, aircraft and ships) through to human health, some can cause infections
physics, mathematical physics will introduce
everyday devices such as air conditioners
and with potentially disastrous outcomes. Explore
you to advanced mathematical theory that
dishwashers. Discover how to design, plan microorganisms including bacteria, viruses
you can use to change the physical world. This SCIENCEO
will give you a strong foundation for careers and manage the technical systems needed and parasites, the diseases they can cause, SAMPLE COURSE PLAN - BACHELOR OF
in logistics management, market research, to produce goods for industrial and domestic and the ways we try to treat and prevent MAJOR IN NEUROSCIENCE
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collaboratewith laboratories and institutes
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around the world - including the US, Germany,
endangered species such as the orange- consumer, of course). There's a mathematical
Japan, the UK and China, to name a few.
bellied parrot, Leadbeater's possum and the solution: a model that analyses a person's
Our students go on to collaborate in science, corroboree frog — if people like you join purchasing and payment behaviour to tailor
medicine and health, veterinary medicine, the fight. the best line of credit.
commerce, engineering, law and education,
alongside colleagues from a wide range of RENEWABLES SPACE EXPLORATION
industries. Some of our recent graduates are This is the age of renewable energy. Your Physicists and engineers at the University of
employed at: chemistry know-how will set you up to make
Melbourneare designing and building the
major contributions to a field that is already
Accenture Australia SkyHopper, a small, agile satellite that will
worth more than Sl trillion, and still growing at
Amazon look for evidence of undiscovered planets
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Apple and the earliest galaxies in the universe. As
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Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute
understanding of the people, culture and in astrophysics or mechatronics.
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landscape of disaster-affected communities
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to be able to provide effective aid in a timely
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howevertheseare just a small sample of the hundreds of undergraduate and graduate study combinations you can follow.
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Biotechnology

MajorinBiotechnology 3 years Master of Biotechnology 2 years Patent consultant

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and Statistics, Physics or others
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Majorin Data Science, Computing and Software

3 years Master of Data Science
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Anyengineeringsystems major 3 years Master of Engineering 2 years Engineer

Food science

MajorinFood Science 3 years Masterof Food Science 2 years Food scientist

Law

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Medicine

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Prerequisite subjects in human anatomy

and
human physiology 3 years Doctor of Physiotherapy 3 years Physiotherapist

Psychology

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honours Master of Psychology 2 years Psychologist

Science research
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Bachelorof Agriculture,
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completed VCE Physics Units 3/4 or students have
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may complete year level. of science
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and subject prerequisites.

lowest selection rank ATARs considered indicative for 2023.
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The lowestselection rank
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made may be higher, depending on demand for the course and the number of places available. Only applicants eligible for special entry schemes
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ATARor notional ATAR
Chancellor'sScholarship). of 99.90 or above (or 90.00 or above if Indigenous) and satisfy course prerequisites will be guaranteed a place in the Bachelor of Science (Melbourne
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entry. (Students must either enrol immediately or be granted a deferral in the year following Year 12.)
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requirementsand there are guarantees admission to a course when an international student achieves the required score. meets prerequisite studies, satisfies the English language
still places available
scoresapplyonly if no in the course at the time of acceptance. If you do not meet the guaranteed score your application will not be considered for entry. Guaranteed
furtherstudy has been
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how something works that you can improve it.

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