B science majors how does it work (1 Viewer)

[thebigticket]

If u do a B science how many majors can u choose from
Also do u choose all the majors when u enroll or as u go

 

[MetalTheory]

How many majors depends on the uni. I can't say for most unis, but USyd has 27 different science majors from biology and physics to more specialised fields like plant science and anatomy & histology. UNSW should have a similar number of science majors.

Again, I can't say for all unis but at USyd and UNSW you don't have to declare a major until the end of second year, where a major is 24 or more credit points in one field of study with the same course code (eg. PHYS for physics subjects, CHEM for chemistry, etc). But you should structure your second year carefully to make sure you can major in a subject.

 

[Shadowdude]

1. Depends on what uni.
2. As you go, though for some specialist Science degrees - your major may be set up from the get go

 

[thebigticket]

i plan on doin a B science flexible @ USYD so wat do u do in the first year
i know that u have to take a maths unit but wat else?

 

[thebigticket]

Also wat r electives ?
is there a list of electives u can choose from?

 

[MetalTheory]

Apart from maths, you can do anything you want including elective units that are out of general interest. You should consult this table to see what you should or need to do in your first year to get into second and third year units. First year units are denoted as XXXX1xxx (eg PHYS1001, BIOL1003)

http://sydney.edu.au/handbooks/science/undergraduate/units_of_study/first_year_table_guide.shtml

 

[mariannebags]

your major effects the first year subject you need to do ie if you are studying chemistry you might need to do chem and physics 101, but not need physics 101 for biology. You'd do physics for life sciences in that case. You can try physics 101 then drop down to the easier one if you find you are struggling too much, or even do the easier one then dod physics 101 in second year, which would of course take more time.
When I was uni, I found they were really good at helping you to move if you realised you were out of your depth.