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Example first year study plans by major

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Monash University

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These study plans provide you with suggested combinations of level one science units by major. The selection of level one units provide a strong science foundation to allow you to progress to later stages of your course.

Please note that when considering your selection of level one units you need to satisfy the level one requirements for your course.

A

Anatomy and developmental biology

	Major required sequence	Recommended sequence	Core science units	Science or non-science electives
Semester 1	BIO1011	CHM1011 or CHM1051	One level-one mathematics or statistics unit from: MTH1020 MTH1030 (or MTH1035 ) SCI1020 SCI1022 STA1010 SCI1020 or STA1010 is recommended	Another science sequence is recommended
Semester 2	BIO1022	CHM1022 or CHM1052	SCI1000 Science communication to influence change	A unit to complete that science sequence or an elective or STA1010 (if not taken)

For more information refer to the Anatomy and developmental biology major in the Handbook.

Astrophysics

	Major required sequence	Major required sequence	Suggested science sequence/core science unit	Recommended additional science units
Semester 1	MTH1020 or MTH1030 (or MTH1035 ) (depending on VCE or equivalent background)	PHS1011 or PHS1001 (depending on VCE or equivalent background)	Science elective	ASP1010 or another science sequence is recommended in Biological sciences, Chemistry, Earth, atmosphere and environment, Geographical science, or Computational science
Semester 2	MTH1030 (if not already taken) or MTH2010 (or MTH2015 )	PHS1022 or PHS1002	SCI1000 Science communication to influence change	ASP1022 or a unit to complete that science sequence

For more information refer to the Astrophysics major in the Handbook.

B

Biochemistry

	Major required sequence	Or Major required sequence	Core science units	Science or non-science electives
Semester 1	CHM1011 or CHM1051	BIO1011	One level-one mathematics or statistics unit from: MTH1020 MTH1030 (or MTH1035 ) SCI1020 SCI1022 STA1010 SCI1020 or STA1010 is recommended	Another science sequence is recommended
Semester 2	CHM1022 or CHM1052	BIO1022	SCI1000 Science communication to influence change	A unit to complete that science sequence or an elective or STA1010 if not already taken

For more information refer to the Biochemistry major in the Handbook.

C

Chemistry

	Major required sequence	Recommended sequence	Core science units	Science or non-science electives
Semester 1	CHM1011 or CHM1051	BIO1011	One level-one mathematics or statistics unit from: MTH1020 MTH1030 (or MTH1035 ) SCI1020 SCI1022 STA1010	Another science sequence is recommended for example in Computational science, Earth, atmosphere and environment, Geographical science, Mathematics or Psychology
Semester 2	CHM1022 or CHM1052	BIO1022 or BIO1042	SCI1000 Science communication to influence change	A unit to complete that science sequence or an elective

For more information refer to the Chemistry major in the Handbook.

Climate and atmospheric science

Weather and climate stream

	Major required sequence	Major required	Recommended additional science units/core science unit	Science or non-science electives
Semester 1	EAE1011	MTH1020 or MTH1030 (or MTH1035 ) (depending on VCE or equivalent background)	Science elective	CLI1100 or science elective
Semester 2	EAE1022	MTH1030 (if not taken) or MTH2010	SCI1000 Science communication to influence change	CLI1200 or science elective

Climate change science stream

	Major required sequence	Recommended sequence	Recommended additional science units/core science unit	Science or non-science electives
Semester 1	EAE1011	Science sequence in Biological sciences, Chemistry, Computational science, Mathematics or Physics	One level-one mathematics or statistics unit from: MTH1020 MTH1030 (or MTH1035 ) SCI1020 SCI1022 STA1010	ATS1310 or CLI1100 or science elective
Semester 2	EAE1022	Science sequence in Biological sciences, Chemistry, Computational science, Mathematics or Physics	SCI1000 Science communication to influence change	CLI1200 or science elective

For more information refer to the Climate and atmospheric science major in the Handbook - if you are doing EAE3121 and EAE3152 as part of the general stream electives then you need to follow the weather and climate stream sample map above.

Computational science

	Major required sequence	Major required sequence	Major required unit/core science unit	Science or non-science electives
Semester 1	FIT1045	MTH1020 or MTH1030 (or MTH1035 ) (depending on VCE or equivalent background)	MAT1830 or if already taken then another science elective, or FIT1058	A science elective or a further science sequence
Semester 2	FIT1008	MTH1030 (if not taken) or one of MTH2010 (or MTH2015 ) MAT1830 , or STA1010	SCI1000 Science communication to influence change	A unit to complete a science sequence or an elective

Depending on your VCE and Maths background you could replace the unit FIT1045 with its advanced version FIT1053. You could also replace FIT1008 with its advanced version FIT1054.

For more information refer to the Computational science major in the Handbook.

E

Environmental earth science

	Major required sequence	Recommended sequence	Core science units	Science or non-science electives
Semester 1	EAE1011	Science sequence in Biological sciences or Chemistry	One level-one mathematics or statistics unit from: MTH1020 MTH1030 (or MTH1035 ) SCI1020 SCI1022 STA1010	ATS1310 or CLI1100 or science elective
Semester 2	EAE1022	Science sequence in Biological sciences ( BIO1042 recommended) or Chemistry	SCI1000 Science communication to influence change	CLI1200 or science elective

For more information refer to the Environmental earth science major in the Handbook.

Ecology and conservation biology

	Major required sequence	Recommended sequence	Core science units	Science or non-science electives
Semester 1	BIO1011	CHM1011 or CHM1051	One level-one mathematics or statistics unit from: MTH1020 MTH1030 (or MTH1035 ) SCI1020 SCI1022 STA1010 SCI1020 or STA1010 is recommended	Another science sequence is recommended or STA1010 (if not taken) or science elective
Semester 2	BIO1022 or BIO1042	CHM1022 or CHM1052	SCI1000 Science communication to influence change	A unit to complete that science sequence or BIO1022 or BIO1042 if not already completed

For more information refer to the Ecology and conservation biology major in the Handbook.

Environmental science - extended major

	Recommended sequence	Recommended sequence	Recommended additional science units/core science unit	Science or non-science electives/core science unit
Semester 1	EAE1011	BIO1011	CHM1011 or CHM1051	ATS1310 or CLI1100 or science elective
Semester 2	EAE1022	BIO1042	One level-one mathematics or statistics unit from: MTH1020 MTH1030 (or MTH1035 ) SCI1020 SCI1022 STA1010 SCI1020, STA1010 or SCI1022 are recommended and SCI1020 or STA1010 for the ecology stream	SCI1000 Science communication to influence change (or SCI1000 in semester 1 and CLI1200 or science elective in semester 2)

For more information refer to the Environmental Science extended major in the Handbook. The extended major requires BIO1042, EAE1022 and CHM1011/1051 at first year.

G

Genetics and genomics

	Major required sequence	Recommended sequence	Core science units	Science or non-science electives
Semester 1	BIO1011	CHM1011 or CHM1051	One level-one mathematics or statistics unit from: MTH1020 MTH1030 (or MTH1035 ) SCI1020 SCI1022 * STA1010 SCI1020 or STA1010 is recommended	Another science sequence is recommended or STA1010 (if not taken)
Semester 2	BIO1022	CHM1022 or CHM1052	SCI1000 Science communication to influence change	A unit to complete that science sequence or BIO1042 or an elective

* SCI1022 is recommended for students with an interest in bioinformatics and programming.

For more information refer to the Genetics and genomics major in the Handbook.

Geographical science

	Major required sequence	Recommended sequence	Recommended additional science units/core science unit	Science or non-science electives/core science unit
Semester 1	ATS1310	Science sequence in Biological sciences or Chemistry	EAE1011	CLI1100 or science elective
Semester 2	EAE1022	Science sequence in Biological sciences ( BIO1042 recommended) or Chemistry	One level-one mathematics or statistics unit from: MTH1020 MTH1030 (or MTH1035 ) SCI1020 SCI1022 STA1010	SCI1000 Science communication to influence change (or SCI1000 in semester 1 and CLI1200 or science elective in semester 2)

For more information refer to the Geographical science major in the Handbook.

Geoscience

Major required sequence	Recommended sequence	Recommended additional science units/core science unit	Science or non-science electives/core science unit
EAE1011	Science sequence in Biological sciences or Chemistry	One level-one mathematics or statistics unit from: MTH1020 MTH1030 (or MTH1035 ) SCI1020 SCI1022 STA1010 , CLI1100 or science elective	ATS1310 or CLI1100 or science elective
EAE1022	Science sequence in Biological sciences ( BIO1042 recommended) or Chemistry	SCI1000 Science communication to influence change	CLI1200 or science elective

For more information refer to the Geoscience major in the Handbook

H

Human pathology

	Major required sequence	Recommended sequence	Core science units	Science or non-science electives
Semester 1	BIO1011	CHM1011 or CHM1051	One level-one mathematics or statistics unit from: MTH1020 MTH1030 (or MTH1035 ) SCI1020 SCI1022 STA1010 SCI1020 or STA1010 is recommended	Another science sequence is recommended
Semester 2	BIO1022	CHM1022 or CHM1052	SCI1000 Science communication to influence change	A unit to complete that science sequence or STA1010 (if not taken) or an elective

For more information refer to the Human pathology major in the Handbook.

I

Immunology

For more information refer to the Immunology major in the Handbook.

M

Mathematics and statistics

	Major required sequence	Suggested sequence	Recommended additional science units/core science unit	Science or non-science electives
Semester 1	MTH1020 or MTH1030 (or MTH1035 ) (depending on VCE or equivalent background)	A sequence in Biological sciences, Chemistry, Computational science or Physics	MAT1830 , SCI1022 or STA1010 or science elective	A science elective or a further science sequence, for example in Biological sciences, Chemistry, Computational science, Earth, atmosphere and environment, Geographical science or Psychology
Semester 2	MTH1030 (if not taken) or MTH2010 (or MTH2015 )	A unit to complete that sequence	SCI1000 Science communication to influence change	A unit to complete a third sequence or an elective

Note: MTH1020 only counts towards a major in Mathematics. All other majors require MTH1030 and another mathematics and statistics unit – please refer to the particular mathematics area of study for further details.

If you have a strong mathematics background and a keen interest in mathematics you could replace the units MTH1030 and MTH2010 with their advanced versions MTH1035 and MTH2015.

For more information refer to the following majors in the Handbook:

Microbiology

	Major required sequence	Or major required sequence	Core science units	Science or non-science electives
Semester 1	BIO1011	CHM1011 or CHM1051	One level-one mathematics or statistics unit from: MTH1020 MTH1030 (or MTH1035 ) SCI1020 SCI1022 STA1010 SCI1020 or STA1010 is recommended	Another science sequence is recommended
Semester 2	BIO1022 or BIO1042	CHM1022 or CHM1052	SCI1000 Science communication to influence change	A unit to complete that science sequence or STA1010 (if not taken) or an elective

For more information refer to the Microbiology major in the Handbook.

P

Pharmacology

For more information refer to the Pharmacology major in the Handbook.

Physics

	Major required sequence	Major required sequence	Suggested science sequence/core science unit	Science or non-science electives
Semester 1	PHS1011 or PHS1001 or PHS1031 (depending on VCE or equivalent background)	MTH1020 or MTH1030 (or MTH1035 ) (depending on VCE or equivalent background)	Science elective	A sequence in Astronomy, Biological sciences, Chemistry, Earth, atmosphere and environment, Geographical sciences, or Computational science
Semester 2	PHS1022 or PHS1002	MTH1030 (if not already taken) or MTH2010 (or MTH2015 )	SCI1000 Science communication to influence change	A unit to complete that science sequence

For more information refer to the Physics major in the Handbook.

Physiology

	Major required sequence	Or major required sequence	Core science units	Science or non-science elective
Semester 1	BIO1011	CHM1011 or CHM1051	One level-one mathematics or statistics unit from: MTH1020 MTH1030 (or MTH1035 ) SCI1020 SCI1022 STA1010 SCI1020 or STA1010 is recommended	Recommended - PHS1031
Semester 2	BIO1022 or BIO1042	CHM1022 or CHM1052	SCI1000 Science communication to influence change	STA1010 (if not taken) or science elective

For more information refer to the Physiology major in the Handbook.

Plant sciences

	Major required sequence	Recommended sequence	Core science units	Science or non-science electives
Semester 1	BIO1011	CHM1011 or CHM1051	One level-one mathematics or statistics unit from: MTH1020 MTH1030 (or MTH1035 ) SCI1020 SCI1022 STA1010 SCI1020 or STA1010 is recommended	Recommended: EAE1011 ; or ATS1310 ; or PHS1011 / PHS1001 / PHS1031 ; or STA1010 (if not taken)
Semester 2	BIO1022 or BIO1042	CHM1022 or CHM1052	SCI1000 Science communication to influence change	BIO1022 or BIO1042 if not already completed or elective

For more information refer to the Plant sciences major in the Handbook.

Psychology

	Major required sequence	Recommended sequence	Core science units	Science or non-science elective
Semester 1	PSY1011	BIO1011	One level-one mathematics or statistics unit from: MTH1020 MTH1030 (or MTH1035 ) SCI1020 SCI1022 STA1010 SCI1020 or STA1010 is recommended	Another science sequence is recommended
Semester 2	PSY1023	BIO1022	SCI1000 Science communication to influence change	A unit to complete that science sequence or STA1010 (if not taken) or SCI1022 or MTH1020 or MTH1030 (depending on VCE or equivalent background)

For more information refer to the Psychology major in the Handbook.

Z

Zoology

	Major required sequence	Recommended sequence	Core science units	Science or non-science elective
Semester 1	BIO1011	CHM1011 or CHM1051	One level-one mathematics or statistics unit from: MTH1020 MTH1030 (or MTH1035 ) SCI1020 SCI1022 STA1010 SCI1020 or STA1010 is recommended	Another science sequence is recommended or EAE1011 or ATS1310 or STA1010 (if not taken)
Semester 2	BIO1022 or BIO1042	CHM1022 or CHM1052	SCI1000 Science communication to influence change	A unit to complete that science sequence or BIO1022 or BIO1042 if not already completed or elective

For more information refer to the Zoology major in the Handbook.