Bachelor of Communication and Journalism/Bachelor of Science

Year 1

You must complete the following courses:

• Introduction to Communication and Journalism - 1505LHS

• Research and Writing for Journalism - 1507LHS

• Communication: Theory and Scholarship - 1511LHS

• Communication Performance - 1512LHS

• Level 1 Science courses

• Free-choice elective

OR

• Language and Communication for Sciences - 5903LHS

Note 1: Students required to undertake the English Language Enhancement course must complete it in place of a Free-choice elective.

Year 2

You must complete the following courses:

• Empowering the Professional Communicator - 1509LHS

• Ethical Communication - 2505LHS

• Digital Media and Portfolio Production - 1513LHS

• Media Innovation and Entrepreneurship - 2508LHS

• Level 1 Science courses

AND

• Free-choice elective (see Note 1)

OR

• Physics major (see Note 2)

Note 1: Students intending to major in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Clinical Sciences, Geography, Marine Biology, Microbiology or Wildlife Biology must complete an additional Level 1 Science course in place of the free-choice elective to ensure they have the requisite foundation courses for the major.

Note 2: Students intending to complete a Physics major must complete a Physics major course in place of the free-choice elective.

Year 3

You must complete the following courses:

• Global Journalism, Media and Communication - 2506LHS

OR

• Environmental and Climate Change Communication - 2524LHS (offered in even years)

OR

• Health and Science Communication - 2525LHS

• Media Relations - 2515LHS

• Media Law - 2513LHS

• Digital Audio Media Production - 2523LHS

• Science or Physics major

Note 1: Students intending to major in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Clinical Sciences, Marine Biology, Microbiology or Wildlife Biology must complete an additional Level 1 Science course in place of the free-choice elective to ensure they have the requisite foundation courses for the major.

Year 4

You must complete the following courses:

• Advanced Digital Media Production - 3502LHS (see Note 1)

• Communication for Social and Environmental Change Project - 3503LHS (see Note 1)

• Science or Physics major

• Science Capstone - 3992NSC_Y1

AND

• Science Capstone - 3992NSC_Y2

OR

• Environmental Capstone - 3892ENV

OR

• Industry Affiliates Program - 3001ENV

OR

• Work Integrated Learning Placement - 3900ESC

Note 1: These courses are designed as the capstone experience for the final year.

Level 1 Science courses

You must select 60 credit points from the following list:

• Human Biology - 1001NSC

• Introduction to Marine Science - 1007ENV (Gold Coast)

• Biological Systems - 1041SCG

• Chemistry 1A - 1021SCG (Nathan)

OR

• Chemistry I - 1023SCG (Gold Coast)

• Linear Algebra - 1201SCG

• Genetics and Evolutionary Biology - 1042SCG

• Quantitative Reasoning - 1015SCG

• Physics 1A - 1031SCG

• Introduction to Environmental Sustainability - 1043SCG

• Earth Systems - 1044SCG

• Fundamentals of Biochemistry - 1014NSC

• Chemistry 1B - 1022SCG (Nathan)

OR

• Chemistry II - 1024SCG (Gold Coast)

• Physics 1B - 1032SCG (see Note 1)

• Statistics - 1014SCG

• Calculus I - 1202SCG

• Global Environmental Challenges - 1444ENV (not offered in 2021)

• Foundation Mathematics - 1017SCG

Note 1: Students undertaking 1032SCG must complete 1202SCG

Free-choice electives (Science)

You may select free-choice electives from the list below or any Undergraduate free-choice elective/s offered across the University provided prerequisites are met. If you require guidance, please liaise with your Program Director.

• Human Physiology - 2002NSC

• Molecular Genetics - 2000MSC

• Metabolism - 2003NSC

• Fundamentals of Microbiology - 2003MSC

• Protein Science - 2005NSC

• Microbiology - 2007MSC

• Human Anatomy - 2007NSC

• Structural Biochemistry - 2008MSC

• General Microbiology - 2008NSC

• Applied Microbiology - 2010NSC

• Molecular Biology - 2012NSC

• Biotechniques Laboratory - 2013NSC_Y1 (Nathan)

AND

• Biotechniques Laboratory - 2013NSC_Y2 (Nathan)

OR

• Biosciences Laboratory Skills - 2018NSC (Gold Coast)

• Innovation, Creativity and Entrepreneurship - 2043IBA

• Ecology - 2051ENV

• Soils and Geomorphology - 2071ENV

• Inorganic Chemistry - 2101NSC (Nathan)

OR

• Inorganic Chemistry - 2208ENV (Gold Coast)

• Spectroscopic and Molecular Analysis - 2102NSC

• Organic Chemistry - 2103NSC (Nathan)

OR

• Organic Chemistry - 2014MSC (Gold Coast)

• Physical and Analytical Chemistry - 2106NSC

• Introduction to Geographic Information Systems - 2107ENV

• Linear Algebra and Differential Equations - 2201NSC

• Physical and Analytical Chemistry - 2202ENV

• Numerical Methods - 2202NSC

• Environmental Chemistry and Monitoring - 2203ENV (Gold Coast)

OR

• Environmental Chemistry - 2209ENV (Nathan)

• Introduction to Mathematical Modelling - 2204NSC

• Calculus II - 2205NSC

• Environmental Politics and Policy - 2221ENV (not offered in 2020)

OR

• Government-Business Relations - 2004GIR

• Animal Diversity - 2251ENV (Nathan) (not offered from 2021)

OR

• Zoology - 2303ENV

• Plant Diversity - 2261ENV (Nathan) (not offered from 2021)

OR

• Botany - 2702ENV

• Economics and the Environment - 2281ENV

• Applied Data Science - 2291ENV

• Electromagnetism and Optics - 2301NSC

• Modern Physics Laboratory - 2302NSC

• Rivers and Catchments - 2304ENV

• Statistical and Solid State II - 2304NSC (not offered from 2021)

• Analytical and Statistical Mechanics - 2307ESC

• Marine Megafauna: Sentinels of the Sea - 2305ENV

• Quantum Mechanics, Relativity and Elementary Particles - 2305NSC

• Environmental Anthropology - 2416ENV

• Coastal Environments - 2804ENV

• Marine Chemical Ecology and Biotechnology - 2803ENV

• Ecotox and Impact Assessment - 2212ENV (offered online)

• Molecular Cell Biology - 3001NSC (Nathan)

OR

• Macromolecular and Cellular Biochemistry - 3016MSC (Gold Coast)

• Immunology - 3004MSC

• Clinical Biochemistry - 3012MSC (offered at Gold Coast)

• Biomedical Sciences Laboratory - 3009NSC (offered at Nathan)

• Clinical Microbiology - 3006MSC

• Biomedical Sciences Laboratory - 3009NSC

• Clinical Biochemistry - 3012MSC

OR

• Infectious Disease - 3013MSC

• Advanced Physiology - 3014NSC

• Microbiology Laboratory - 3018NSC

• Techniques in Molecular Microbiology - 3020NSC

• Molecular Medicine - 3022MSC

• Griffith Innovation Challenge - 2034IBA

• Advanced Analytical Chemistry - 3102NSC (Nathan)

OR

• Advanced Analytical Chemistry - 3202ENV (Gold Coast)

• NMR and Structural Chemistry - 3103NSC (Nathan) (not offered from 2021)

• Natural Products and NMR - 3225ENV

• Advanced Organic Chemistry - 3105NSC

• Environmental Toxicology and Risk Assessment - 3119MED

• Aquatic Chemistry and Pollution - 3201ENV (Gold Coast)

OR

• Water Pollution Chemistry - 3431ENV (Nathan)

• Advanced Differential Equations and Modelling - 3201NSC

• Biological Mathematics - 3202NSC

• Complex Analysis and Applications - 3203NSC

• Advanced Numerical Methods - 3204NSC

• Quantitative Ecology - 3241ENV (not offered from 2021)

• Quantum Physics III - 3301NSC

• Physics of Solids and Nanoscale Structures - 3303NSC

• Physics Laboratory III - 3304NSC

• Environmental Management - 3306ENV

• Environmental and Social Futures - 3307ENV

• Emerging Topics in Conservation - 3308ENV

• Marine Conservation and Resource Management - 3332ENV

• Land Degradation and Catchment Management - 3441ENV

• Conservation Biology - 3606ENV

• Microbial Ecology and Biogeochemistry - 3701ENV (Not offered from 2021)

• Estuarine Ecology - 3801ENV