Program Overview

UC’s new Bachelor of Science has been created to help expand your scientific knowledge, while giving you the freedom to explore what you like and discover what you love.
With six specialist majors to choose from, you will be able to self-curate your own study program. The specialist majors include:

• Biomedical science
• Environmental science
• Human movement
• Nutrition studies
• Chemical science
• Biological science

Plus, with room to study eight open electives in areas like Health, Communications, Technology, or Law, you’ll diversify your skillset, broaden or deepen your knowledge base, and increase your employment prospects.
 
Building on the strong foundational Core Major in Science, you’ll develop a highly-transferrable set of skills that include critical thinking, scientific reasoning, data analysis and communication that’ll stay with you long after graduating. You’ll also undertake scenario-based study, participate in practical work integrated learning opportunities, and use industry-standard lab equipment.  These experiences and skills will equip you to solve a range of theoretical and contemporary real-world problems.

Study a Bachelor of Science at UC and you will

• Develop critical thinking and data analysis skills to solve a range of issues on a local or global scale, recognising the importance of entrepreneurship, innovation and work-integrated learning.
• Acquire scientific reasoning, technical, analysis and communication skills.
• Collect scientific data within legal, ethical and social frameworks, with key laboratory, clinical and/or field-based competencies.
• Exhibit breadth of scientific knowledge and technical skills, with a depth in at least one science specialist area. Conduct scientific investigations relevant to a range of disciplines. 
• Evaluate current and emerging ethical and cultural issues that arise in contemporary science and exhibit cross-cultural competence and social responsibility.

Work-integrated learning

Step out of the classroom and into the real-world. Our professional practice units are embedded into this degree and allow you to conduct real life experiments. Work with the latest technologies and/or clinical practices in a range of industry or government settings or explore our own labs by undertaking research projects with support from UC researchers. 

Specialist Major: Nutrition Studies

The Bachelor of Health Science (Nutrition Studies) allows students to complete a range of foundation subjects to develop a sound scientific background in human nutrition including physiology, nutrition and food science. Students will also investigate the properties of food and nutrients and their impact on our physical, social, mental and environmental wellbeing. The different nutritional practices and the role guidelines play in society will also be explored. Students will gain specialist knowledge of the physiological, social, and epidemiological factors influencing diet-related diseases prevalent in societies today as well as across the lifespan and different populations.