BSc Schedules

Schedule A, Part I

Compulsory Courses for the BSc - all courses are the equivalent of 15 credits unless otherwise stated.
Code Name Prereq. Restrict. Prep. Sem.
QMET 201 Biometrics Five 100 level courses 1
Plus either:
BIOS 109 Biology 1
OR:
BIOS 111 Invertebrate and Microbial Biology 1
Plus either:
PHSC 101 Chemistry IA 1
OR:
PHSC 104 Global Environ. Issues 2

Schedule A, Part II

Elective courses for the BSc - all courses are the equivalent of 15 credits unless otherwise stated.
100 Level Courses
ANSC 105 Animal Science RECN 104, ANSC 121  2
BICH 101 Food Quality & Consumer Acceptance BICH 103 1
BICH 103 Food & Health BICH 101 1
BICH 104 Biochemistry 1 PHSC 101 2
BIOS 109 Biology 1
BIOS 111 Invertebrate and Microbial Biology 1
BIOS 112 Evolutionary Biology 1
COMP 101 Computing 1/2
COMP 102 Computer Programming 1
ECOL 103 Ecology I: New Zealand Ecology and Conservation ECOL 104 2
ENGN 106 Structures and Land Surfaces ENGN 103 2
ERST 101 Perspectives on the Environment  1
HORT 106 Horticultural Science I HORT 105, 210 Not offered in 2010
PHSC 101* Chemistry IA 1
PHSC 102 Chemistry IB PHSC 101 2
PHSC 103 Environmental Physics 2
PHSC 104 Global Environmental Issues 2
PHSC 105 Introduction to Earth Science 1
PLSC 104 Plant Science I 2
QMET 102 Calculus: Concepts & Applications 1
QMET 103 Statistics QMET 106 1/2
RECN 104 Biology of Human Exercise ANSC 105 1
SOSC 106 Soil Science I 1
200 Level:
ANSC 213 Livestock Production Science ANSC 105 ANSC 203 1
ANSC 206 Mammalian Physiology ANSC 105 or RECN 104 BICH 104 1
ANSC 209 Nutrition I ANSC 105 or RECN 104, plus BICH 104 or PHSC 101 2
ANSC 210 Animal Health & Product Quality ANSC 105 ANSC 207, BIOS 209 ANSC 213 and BICH 104 2
BICH 203 Processing Food for Consumers Five 100 level courses BICH 101 or 103 and PHSC 103 2
BICH 209 Principles of Malting & Brewing PHSC 101 BIOS 111 Not offered in 2010
BIOS 201 Population Biology One of BICH 104, BIOS 109, 111, or 112, plus QMET 201 BICH 104 or two of BIOS 109, 111, or 112 2
BIOS 210 Food Products' Quality Five 100 level courses, including one of ANSC 105, BICH 101, HORT 106, MGMT 103, PLSC 104 BIOS 209 2
BIOS 273 The Science and Practice of Organics Four 100 level courses Any of ANSC 105, 121, BIOS 109, 111, ECOL 103, HORT 106, MGMT 103, PHSC 104, PLSC104, SOSC 106 1
COMP 202 Computer Concepts & Organisation COMP 102 or 110 1
COMP 203 Problem Solving with End User Tools COMP 101 2
COMP 205 Dev. of Effective Programs COMP 102 2
ECOL 201 Ecology II: Principles of Ecology ECOL 103 ECOL 103, PHSC 105 2
ECOL 202 Biological Diversity One of BIOS 109, 111, 112, ECOL 103 BIOS 211 Two or more of BIOS 109, 111, 112, ECOL 103 1
ENGN 230 Food Engineering PHSC 103 2
ENGN 233 Water Science and Technology I One of ENGN 103, 106, PHSC 103 or 105 ENGN 106 plus either PHSC 103 or 105 1
ERST 201 Environmental Analysis Four 100 level courses  2
ERST 202 Environmental Analysis with GIS Five 100 level courses One of COMP 101 or LASC 111 1
ERST 203 Environmental Monitoring & Resource Assessment Five 100 level courses  BIOS 109, PHSC 102, plus one of MAST 104, 112, 115 1
FORS 201 Forest Biology & Silvics One of BIOS 109, ECOL 103, HORT 106 or PLSC 104 Not offered in 2009
FORS 202 Forest Utilisation Five 100 level courses One of ECON 101, 105 or 110 2
WINE 201 (Previously HORT 212) Viticulture I WINE 101 and one of HORT 106 or PLSC 104 HORT 212 SOSC 106, 1
HORT 214 Horticulture Production Systems One of BIOS 109, FORS 101, HORT 106, or PLSC 104 HORT 209, 213 HORT 106 1
HORT 272 Fruit Crop Production HORT 214 HORT 072 2
LWST 205 Food Law Five 100 level courses 1
MICR 203 Microbes & Food BIOS 111 PHSC 101 or BICH 104 1
PHIL 203 Philosophy, History and Ethics of Science One of PHIL 101, 102 or 103: or five 100 level courses PHIL 303 2
PHSC 201* Organic Chemistry PHSC 101, 102 Not offered in 2010
PHSC 204 Atmosphere, Weather and Climate PHSC 103 or PHSC 105 PHSC 103 and QMET 101 and 102 2
PHSC 207 Methods of Bioanalysis Five 100 level courses including one of PHSC 101 or 102  BICH 104, PHSC 102 2
WINE 202 (Previously PHSC 208) Principles of Wine Science WINE 101, PHSC 101 PHSC 208 BIOS 111 1
PHSC 209* Environmental Biogeoscience PHSC 101, 102 PHSC 203 1
PLPT 203 Plant Pest Mgmt. One of BIOS 109, 111, PLSC 104 MICR 325, PLPT 202, 320, 323 Two of BIOS 109, 111 or PLSC 104 1
PLSC 201 Plant Science II One of BIOS 109, HORT 106 or PLSC 104 HORT 209 2
PLSC 204 Plant Production Systems One of BIOS 109, HORT 106 or PLSC 104 SOSC 106 1
QMET 205 Mathematical Modelling & Quantitative Risk Analysis QMET 102 QMET 203 Not offered in 2010
SOSC 222 Soil Science II SOSC 106 PHSC 102 2
SOSC 223 Geomorph. PHSC 105 or SOSC 106 2
SOSC 224 Soil Management SOSC 106 2
WATR 201 Freshwater Resources Five 100 level courses 2
* Mid-year entrants who have passed PHSC 102 may enrol concurrently in PHSC 201 and PHSC 101, or PHSC 209 and PHSC 101
300 Level:
ANSC 323 Environmental Physiology & Animal Welfare ANSC 206 2
ANSC 325 Nutrition II ANSC 209 ANSC 324 BICH 207 1
ANSC 339 Animal Health One of ANSC 206, 207, 210 or BICH 207 plus one other 200 level course with an ANSC or BICH prefix ANSC 338 BICH 207 1
ANSC 340 Animal Breeding & Genetics BIOS 201 ANSC 331, 332 ANSC 203 1
ANSC 311 Beef and Deer Science ANSC 213 plus four 200 level courses ANSC 271, ANSC 345 ANSC 206, 209, 210 1
ANSC 312 Dairy Science ANSC 213 plus four 200 level courses ANSC 272 and ANSC 345 ANSC 206, 209, 210 2
ANSC 313 Sheep and Fibre Science ANSC 213 plus four 200 level courses ANSC 272 and ANSC 345 ANSC 206, 209, 210 2
ANSC 346 Animal Biochemistry & Physiology ANSC 206 and BICH 207, or one of them with the approval of the Director, Agriculture and Life Sciences Division. BICH 332 and ANSC 321 1
BICH 309 Brewing Science & Technology Five 200 level courses including BICH 209 Not offered in 2010
BICH 321 Molecular Biology BICH 207 BIOS 201 1
BICH 326 Protein Biochemistry BICH 207 2
BICH 329 Advanced Food Processing BICH 203 ENGN 230 2
BICH 334 Food Biochemistry & Biotechnology BICH 207 BIOS 209 or 210 2
WINE 304 (previously BICH 335) Wine Chemistry & Technology WINE 202 BICH 335 BICH 207 2
BIOS 304 Toxicology ANSC 206, and BICH 207 or PHSC 203 BIOS 206, 306 1
BMGT 314 Quality Management Five 200 level courses, including BMGT 101 or 206, and QMET 103 or 201 MKTG 101 BMGT 204 1
COMP 302 Analysis & Design of Information Systems COMP 203 or 205 1
COMP 302 Analysis & Design of Information Systems COMP 203 or 205 1
COMP 303 Concepts & Organisation of Databases COMP 203 or 205 COMP 102 2
COMP 307 End User Computing COMP 203 COMP 102 1
COMP 308 Computer Modelling & Simulation COMP 205, or COMP 102 and 203 COMP 305 QMET 205 2
COMP 311 Operating Systems COMP 202 2
COMP 312 Computer Networking COMP 202 2
COMP 313 Computer Graphics COMP 205 COMP 330 QMET 101 or 102 1
COMP 314 Software Engineering COMP 205 COMP 306, 333(2007 or 2008) 1
COMP 315 Web Development COMP 102 and COMP 203 COMP 332 (2007 or 2008) 2
ECOL 302 Applied Ecology and Conservation ECOL 201 or ECOL 202 1
ECOL 308 Ecology III: Advanced Ecology ECOL 201, 303 and one of QMET 103 or 106, 201, 202 ECOL 303 QMET 102 2
ECOL 309 AgroEcology Five 200 level courses

Any of BIOS 111, BIOS 273, ECOL 201, 202, ECON 214, ERST 204, PHSC 104

 1
ECOL 310 Field Ecology Five 200 level courses including ECOL 201

Jan SS

Not offered in 2011

ECOL 311 Behavioural and Molecular Ecology BIOS 112, ECOL 201 ECOL 306 1
ENGN 333 Water Science and Technology II ENGN 233 or ENGN 366 ENGN 233 2
ENGN 366 Water Resources & Hazards One of ENGN 233, PHSC 204, 205, 206, SOSC 223 ENGN 365, 371 Two of ENGN 233, PHSC 204, 205, 206, SOSC 223 1
ENTO 304 Insect Ecology & Diversity ECOL 202 plus three 200 level courses  1
ERST 310 GIS & Applications in Natural Resource Analysis ERST 202 COMP 102 2
ERST 311 The Monitoring & Management of River Systems ERST 203, or PHSC 203 plus one of BIOS 109, 111, or ECOL 201 ERST 203 2
ERST 368 Energy, Transport and Environment PHSC103 plus four 200 level courses ENGN 368 TRAN 101, PHSC204, COMP203 2
FORS 304 Agroforestry FORS 201 or 303 One of MGMT 201, 203, or 216 Not offered in 2010
HORT 325 Environmental Horticulture One of ECOL 201, HORT 210, PLSC 201, LASC 206 plus one other course with a HORT, LASC or PLSC prefix at the 200 level Not offered in 2010
WINE 301 (Previously HORT 327) Viticulture II WINE 201 HORT 327 2
WINE 303 (Previously HORT 328) Science of Grapes and Wine WINE 201, WINE 301 HORT 328 PLPT 323, or PLSC 201 plus three other 200 level courses 2
HORT 330 Fruit & Vegetable Science & Technology Two courses at the 200 level with a PLSC, HORT or FORS prefix HORT 323, 329 HORT 210, 213, 214, QMET 201, SOSC 224 1
LWST 302 Resource Management Law Four 200 level courses LWST 101 or 102, SOCI 207 1
MICR 326 Food Microbiology BIOS 111 and PHSC 101, plus four 200 level courses from the B.Sc., B.Agr.Sc., or B.V.&O. schedules BICH 201 or 207 1
MICR 327 Environmental Microbiology BIOS 111 and PHSC 101, plus four 200 level courses from the B.Sc., B.Agr.Sc., or B.V.&O. schedules 1
MICR 328 Fungal Ecology and Diversity BIOS 111 or 109, and one 200 level HORT or PHSC coded course PLPT 203 and BIOS 201 2
WINE 302 (Previously PHSC 317) Wine Quality Assessment WINE 202 PHSC 317 2
PHSC 318 Biogeochemistry and Climate Change Either PHSC 203 or 209 PHSC 315 2
PLPT 323* Grape Pest & Disease Management BIOS 111 and four 200 level courses including WINE 201 PLPT 203, 519 PLSC 208 1
PLPT 325 Biological Control One of ECOL 201, PLPT 203, 323, PLSC 201 ECOL 201, ENTO 304, MICR 325, PLPT 203 2
PLPT 326 Integrated Pest Management Either PLPT 203 or PLPT 323 plus one of HORT 212, PLSC 201, 204 HORT 214 or PLSC 204 2
PLSC 320 Crop Science

One of FORS 201, WINE 201, PLSC 201, 204, plus four 200 level courses from the B.Sc., or B.V.&O. schedules

 PLSC 204 1
PLSC 321 Pasture Agronomy PLSC 204 or two courses with an ECOL, FORS, HORT or PLSC prefix at the 200 level 2
PLSC 325 Environmental Plant Biology PLSC 201 or two of BICH 207, ECOL 201, FORS 201, HORT 214 2
PLSC 331 Seed Technology Five 200 level courses including at least one with a HORT or PLSC prefix, or FORS 201 One of FORS 201, HORT 214, PLSC 201 or 204 2
PLSC 332 Plant Biotechnology PLSC 201 plus one of BIOS 201 or BICH 207 BIOS 201 2
QMET 306 Experiment. Either: four 200 level courses including QMET 201 or four 200 level courses plus QMET 103 QMET 301 2
QMET 307 Applied Statistical Methods QMET 201 QMET 203 or 205 Not offered in 2010
SOSC 341 Soil Geomorphology SOSC 222 or 223 Not offered in 2010
SOSC 340 Advanced Soil Management SOSC 222 or 224 1
SOSC 342 Soil Resources SOSC 222 or 223 1
SOSC 343 Advanced Soil Science SOSC 222 PHSC 202 or 203 2
WATR 301 Water Resource Management WATR 201 plus two 200 level courses
XXXX 398 Research Essay Five relevant 200 and/ or 300 level courses 1/2
XXXX 399 Research Placement Five relevant 200 and/ or 300 level courses 1/2

* WINE 201 may be taken concurrently with PLPT 323

* WINE 301 is normally taken concurrently with WINE 303

 


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