Course

Diploma in Science/Bachelor of Science

Approved Abbreviation: BSc

Western Sydney University Course Code: 7115.1

AQF Level: 7

This course is delivered by Western Sydney University, The College as an agent of Western Sydney University.

Science asks questions about how the natural world works. It does so in a systematic, yet rigorously creative way based on inquiry and evidence for ideas. This approach has led to our current understanding of nature as being (in large part) systematic and predictable, and has underpinned major advances in human welfare. A Bachelor of Science will prepare you to take part in this process of enquiry, by both contributing to it and by using scientific knowledge to solve current problems. Students will learn core concepts and skills necessary for scientific inquiry: investigating the natural world, proposing and testing ideas by experimentation and observation; quantifying and modelling processes; communicating findings, thinking independently and critically.

This course is designed to engage students in, and further prepare them for, tertiary study in science. It presents students with first year level Bachelor of Science units, delivered in a smaller, more supportive learning environment than usually found in first year undergraduate programs. Students who successfully complete the first-year program, have the option of transferring to another of the University’s B Science, B Medical Science or B Natural Science courses with up to one year equivalent of advanced standing. A Diploma of Science exit point is also available at the end of the first year of the course. Students may also transfer to the Bachelor of Medical Science or Bachelor of Natural Science at the end of the first year of the course.

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Western Sydney University, The College

Study Mode
Three years full-time, six years part-time

Admission

Domestic students are required to have

Completed an English unit in the NSW Higher School Certificate, OR

Competency in English at IELTS 6.0 equivalent (unless a native speaker), OR

Passed The College English test at IELTS 6.0 equivalent, OR

Passed The College Foundation Studies Academic English unit at C grade level or higher

Students are also assumed to have completed some study in Mathematics and Science at a senior high school level or equivalent.

Met other entry requirements such as

An ATAR identified prior to the offer of a place (the ATAR will be set each year at a level below that for admission for the Bachelor of Science), OR

Completed The College Foundation Studies course with a Grade Point Average of 6.0 or higher

This course is not available to International students.

Course Structure

Qualification for this award requires the successful completion of 240 credit points with no less than 60 credit points at level 3, made up as follows

At least 160 credit points made up of science units, including the units in the recommended sequence below
A further 80 credit points of electives (which can be science units or units from another discipline are such as Arts, Law or Business)

Of the 240 credit points at least 60 must be at level 3.

Recommended sequence

Year 1

Term 1

700124

Scientific Literacy (WSTC)

700095

Biodiversity (WSTC)

700123

Quantitative Thinking (WSTC)

Choose one of

700121

Essential Chemistry 1 (WSTC)

700155

Introductory Chemistry (WSTC)

Students must also pass the non-award unit 700173 Tertiary Study Skills in Science (WSTC Prep) which does not count for credit towards this course.

700173

Tertiary Study Skills in Science (WSTC Prep)

Term 2

700122

Essential Chemistry 2 (WSTC)

700125

Cell Biology (WSTC)

700098

Introduction to Physiology (WSTC)

700096

Integrated Science (WSTC)

Students may graduate with the Diploma in Science following successful completion of the above units.

Students can also transfer to the Bachelor of Natural Science or Bachelor of Medical Science at this point.

Level 2 and 3

The completion of at least one of the Majors as listed below.

The completion of at least ten Level 2 or 3 science units from the senior unit sets below with at least four at Level 3 (Units within the Major count towards this requirement).

At least one of the Level 3 units must be a Capstone unit.

Senior unit set Level 2

Organic Chemistry

Inorganic Chemistry

Physical Chemistry

Classical Physics and Advanced Technologies

300936

Functional Proteins and Genes