Bachelor of Science

Core courses
 

All Bachelor of Science students need to complete core courses that help you develop transferable skills and support your work in all other courses in the degree.
 

Year 1
 

Choose one of:
 

• DIGD507 Mahitahi | Collaborative Practices

• SCIE504 Science and Society
   

And choose one natural sciences course
 

• ASTR500 Introductory Astronomy

• BIOL500 Foundations of Life

• BMED500 Introduction to Biomedical Science

• CHEM500 Chemistry in Our World

• CHEM501 Principles of Chemistry

• CHEM502 Biological and Solution Chemistry

• CONS500 Biodiversity

• EASC500 Our Dynamic Earth

• ENVS502 Environmental Science Skills

• ENVS503 Our Total Environment

• FOOD502 Food Science

• FOOD503 Food Technology

• GESC500 Mapping Our Environment

• HEAL505 Human Anatomy and Physiology

• HEAL507 Health and Environment

• MAOH501 Hauora Māori and Environment

• MASC500 Introduction to Marine Science

• MASC501 Marine Science Techniques

• MELS501 Histology and Cytology

• MICR501 Microbial Life

• PHYS501 Physics for Scientists and Engineers

• SOSC585 Climate Action
   

And one mathematical and computer sciences course
 

• COMP500 Programming Concepts and Techniques*

• COMP503 Programming II*

• MATH502 Algebra and Discrete Mathematics

• MATH504 Introductory Mathematics for Science

• MATH505 Algebra and Calculus I

• STAT500 Applied Statistics

• STAT502 Introductory Probability and Statistics
   

*Only available to students in the Analytics and Mathematical Modelling and Computation majors
 

And one course from either the natural sciences or mathematical and computer science courses above.
 

Year 2
 

Complete the following course:
 

• SCIE606 Vision Mātauranga: Science Practice in Aotearoa
   

And one of:

• CHEM604 Instrumental Analysis

• SCIE600 Scientific Inquiry
   

Year 3 - Final-year project
 

In Year 3, you complete a project in an area related to your major. This project gives you an important competitive edge for your career, and is good preparation for postgraduate study.
 

Courses you complete for this project:

• SCIE707 Science Capstone Project A

• SCIE708 Science Capstone Project B

English language requirements

IELTS (Academic) 6.0 overall with all bands 5.5 or higher; or equivalent

Domestic
 

• $7,835 - $8,048 (for 120 points)
• ($6,901 - $7,114 tuition fees + $934 student services levy)
   

International
 

• Computing: $36,734 (for 120 points)
• ($35,800 tuition fees + $934 student services levy)
   
• Science: $37,134 (for 120 points)
• ($36,200 tuition fees + $934 student services levy)