Biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies ares sources of employment. This degree recognises these particular strengths by providing basic training in science with some specialist skills defined by the selected major areas of study. These skills will enable students to work on projects such as those relating to greenhouse gas emissions, industrial pollution, captive breeding programs, conservation of metropolitan wetlands. Botany, microbiology, zoology, chemistry, geography, geomechanics, geoscience, land and water management, soil science. Students learn the skills of landscape design and planning, as well as knowledge of plant and soil science for ornamental, landscape and amenity purposes, and for revegetation and conservation.
Chemistry is desirable.
Marine Science is an area of increasing importance which transcends traditional scientific disciplines such as botany, zoology, geography and geology, requiring an interdisciplinary approach. A proportion of students is expected to go on to higher-level studies. Studies in Molecular Biology begin in second year after a first year of foundation studies in Chemistry and Biology. In the laboratory students will be cloning DNA, sequencing genes and using computers to analyse the structure and function of genes. It seeks to discover and determine how the mechanisms underlying the multi-faceted functions of the brain and the peripheral nervous system develop throughout the life span of the organism.